Christmas Dreams (Portraits of Little Women) [Hardcover]

Susan Beth Pfeffer (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Series: Portraits of Little Women

Each of the girls has a choice to make about the beautiful brooch.

Meg's Christmas Dream: Meg would gladly exchange it for a gift for her father....

Jo's Christmas Dream: Jo behaves like a total scrooge and must learn the true spirit of Christmas.

Beth's Christmas Dream: Beth discovers what her sisters' and parents' lives would have been like without her.

Amy's Christmas Dream: Always happy to receive presents, Amy surprises everyone when she bestows a gift to a poor little girl.

This quartet of Christmas stories captures the joyful spirit of the holiday season.

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Each of the girls has a choice to make about the beautiful brooch.

Meg's Christmas Dream: Meg would gladly exchange it for a gift for her father....

Jo's Christmas Dream: Jo behaves like a total scrooge and must learn the true spirit of Christmas.

Beth's Christmas Dream: Beth discovers what her sisters' and parents' lives would have been like without her.

Amy's Christmas Dream: Always happy to receive presents, Amy surprises everyone when she bestows a gift to a poor little girl.

This quartet of Christmas stories captures the joyful spirit of the holiday season.

About the Author

Award-winning author Susan Beth Pfeffer, has written over sixty books for children and young adults. She began her career in 1970, with the publication of her first book, Just Morgan, which she wrote her last semester at New York University.


Ms. Pfeffer's books include middle-grade novels (The Pizza Puzzle), historical fiction (Nobody's Daughter and its companion volume Justice for Emily), and young adult novels (Family of Strangers and Twice Taken). Her young adult novel About David was awarded the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award.


Her young adult novel The Year Without Michael, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and winner of the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award, was named by the American Library Association as one of the hundred best books for teenagers written between 1968-1993.


Susan Beth Pfeffer is also the author of the popular Portraits of Little Women series. Created for readers grades 3-6, each of the books in the series captures one of the beloved March sisters from Little Women--Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy--at age 10. These unforgettable heroines experience the joys and sorrows of sisterhood, family life, and a changing America.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (October 13, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385326238
• ISBN-13: 978-0385326230
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 4.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,433,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

SUSAN BETH PFEFFER is the author of many books for teens, including Life As We Knew It and the bestselling novel The Year Without Michael. She lives in Middletown, New York.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A special Portraits of Little Women book for the holidays., October 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Christmas Dreams (Portraits of Little Women) (Hardcover)

This special holiday Portraits of Little Women book features four stories, each one about a different March sister's Christmas dream. Meg wants to buy her father a special gift, but she has no way to afford it. Jo must learn the true spirit of Christmas. Beth, who believes her family does not appreciate her, realizes just how much she means to them. And Amy, who is always wants presents, surprises everyone when she gives a gift to a poor, starving little girl on Christmas day. At the center of these stories is a family heirloom, an old cameo brooch, that teaches each girl the lessons she must learn about the holidays. I highly reccomend this book, especially if you liked previous Portraits of Little Women books.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Book!!!!!!!, July 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Christmas Dreams (Portraits of Little Women) (Hardcover)

I love the book Little Women so when I saw this book at the library I checked it out.Let's just say I wasn't disappointed.I liked reading how they dealt with Aunt March.It was so touching what Amy did with her gift.Read this book to find out!!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The March girls all find the true meaning of Christmas., October 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Christmas Dreams (Portraits of Little Women) (Hardcover)

The March girls all await to see who Aunt March will give the cameo brooch to. Meg longs to give her father a special gift for Christmas, but will she ever have the money to buy it? Jo has a heated duel with Aunt March. Will a jurney with a few unexpected visitors show her a thing or two? Beth feels she will amount to nothing. But will St. Nicholas will give her a change of mind? Amy attends Aunt March on a dazziling trip to New York, but will Amy overcome her selfish streak and be kind to those less fortunate? Who shall own the brooch? What will happen to it? These and other questions will be answerd in this edition of: Portaits of Little women, a truly fun book for the young reader.