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Physical Description:72 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. print
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Publisher:New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
The reluctant Fairy / illustrated by Ian Beck -- Good news / illustrated by Michael Foreman -- Dear Santa / illustrated by Sue Hellard -- The enormous cake / illustrated by Linda Bronson -- Almost perfect / illustrated by Barbara Nascimbeni -- Snowy snowy night / illustrated by José Masse -- Jesus is born / illustrated by Penny Dann -- The Christmas mouse / illustrated by Eleanor Taylor.
Summary, etc.:
A collection of eight new or retold stories, illustrated by various artists, which feature such things as an ill reindeer, an elf who gets locked in the workshop, and a boy who cannot decide what he wants Santa Claus to bring.