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The Little Toy Soldier on the Covered Bridge: A Christmas Encounter in the Miniature New England Village of Duxbury

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In The Little Toy Soldier On The Covered Bridge: A Christmas Encounter In The Miniature New England Village Of Duxbury, author Coolidge Wilson takes his young readers on an exciting adventure in a tale of three young children, a toy solider, and a toy dog who are all transported to the miniature village of Duxbury Sea Town. There they search for a lost boy and encounter a host of unusual and memorable characters along the way. The Little Toy Soldier On The Covered Bridge is a welcome and highly recommended addition to the growing library of classic Christmas literature with its underlying message that grace and faith live within us all -- and sometimes revealing itself in rusted tin toys and floppy-eared dogs!

As author of THE LITTLE TOY SOLDIER ON THE COVERED BRIDGE,I'd suggest that it is most suitable for those with unfettered imaginations disposed to flights of Christmas fancy, particularly for ages 12-97. Betsy Johnson wrote: "This story captures the child in all of us." TOY SOLDIER is a fantasy, a vehicle of imagination that allows one to experience Christmas from the inside out. It acknowledges the mysterious dynamic of transcending, which usually occurs wittingly or unwittingly during the Christmas season, when many of us imagine entering one of numerous miniature Christmas villages set up in our living room or on the fireplace mantel. TOY SOLDIER is a Christmas tale about three children, a toy soldier and a dog who enter one such village (the New England Village of Duxbury) in search of a lost boy (Little Boy Blue). In their extensive odyssey, the Little Company faces Nature's winter ferocity, experiences a series of extraordinary adventures, and meets unusual characters who inhabit this fantastical account of Christmas happenings in the miniature village of Duxbury Sea Town. My fondest hope is that, as you read the story, you will insert yourself into Christmas and experience it from the inside out . . . lest I remain the only gray-haired "child" lost in flights of fantasy during the Christmas season, this "hallow'd and gracious time."