The all-I'll-ever-want Christmas doll / written by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780375937590
- 0375937595
- 9780375837593
- 0375837590
- All I will ever want Christmas doll
- Christmas -- Fiction
- Sharing -- Juvenile fiction
- Sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Dolls -- Juvenile fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- African American children -- Southern States -- Juvenile fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Southern States -- Juvenile fiction
- Children's stories, American -- 21st century
- Charlotte Zolotow Award: Highly Commended
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Children’s Holiday | MCKISSAC PAT | Christmas | Available | 33111011215650 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
IT'S CHRISTMAS, AND NELLA is beside herself with excitement She and her sisters have been given a real gift - a beautiful Baby Betty doll. But it's hard to share something you've waited your whole seven-year-old life for, and Nella grabs the doll for herself. It isn't long before she discovers that a doll can't do the fun things she and her sisters do together. So, as Christmas day fades, Nella shares it with her sisters. Set in the Depression era South, here's a heartwarming story that captures the essence of the holiday. From the Hardcover edition.
Charlotte Zolotow Award: Highly Commended
Ages 4-8.
During the Depression, three young sisters get one baby doll for Christmas and must find a way to share.
Accelerated Reader LG 3.3 0.5.