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(0)Joanne Oppenheim
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A retelling of a Mexican legend that describes the origin of the Poinsettia plant. In this version, a young girl has nothing to give the Christ child, but when the weeds she carries in her hands miraculously transform into red flowers, she now has the perfect gift.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells the traditional Italian tale of the poor peasant woman who, long ago, set out to find the Christ Child and wanders to this day, carrying a sack of gifts to give to good children at Christmas.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
In the early 1940s, Clara Breed was the children's librarian at the San Diego Public Library. But she was also friend to dozens of Japanese American children and teens when war broke out in December of 1941. The story of what happened to these American citizens is told through letters that her young friends wrote to Miss Breed during their internment. This librarian and humanitarian served as a lifeline to these imprisoned young people, and was brave...
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
A retelling of a Mexican legend that describes the origin of the Poinsettia plant. In this version, a young girl has nothing to give the Christ child, but when the weeds she carries in her hands miraculously transform into red flowers, she now has the perfect gift. Included is the music of a traditional Mexican Christmas song.