Full color on every page gives this holiday book a special appeal. The text and photographs glow from the deep green pages like candle flames, in a rich tapestry of color. The suggestion of a family photograph album further enhances the sense of homey warmth and shared memory.
Ten-year-old Margaret introduces us to her family Christmas traditions--the homemade creche, the tree with real candles--and to equally well-loved traditions in her family's church, including a food pantry, late-night Christmas Eve service, and the magnificent Christmas pageant, "People Look East," in which Margaret plays a starring role. Children will share Margaret's joy in the yearly repetition of family and parish ritual, growing in depth as she grows in understanding year by year. For children 8 to 12, or for reading aloud with 5 and up.
