Title The miracle of the first Poinsettia : a Mexican Christmas story / written by Joanne Oppenheim ; illustrated by Fabian Negrin.

Publication Info.

Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, 2003.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department	J 394.266 CHRISTMAS OPPENHEIM	Check Shelf
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department	J394.2 CHR c.2	Storage
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department	JJ HOLIDAY OPPENHEIM	Check Shelf
Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department	J 398.2 OPP	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 398.2 OPPENHEIM	Check Shelf
Granby, Main Library - Children's Room	E OPP	DUE 10-29-10
New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department	J398 OPP	Check Shelf

Description	32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 30 cm
Note	"This book was typeset in 15.5/18pt Granjon"--CIP, p. facing t.p.
	"The illustrations were prepared in watercolors, colored pencils, wax and oil pastels on Fabriano paper"--CIP, p. facing t.p.
	Illustrations on lining papers.
Summary	A retelling of a Mexican legend that describes the origin of the Poinsettia plant. In this version, a young girl has nothing to give the Christ child, but when the weeds she carries in her hands miraculously transform into red flowers, she now has the perfect gift.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.6 0.5 73823.
Subject	Poinsettias -- Juvenile fiction.
	Christmas stories -- Mexico.
	Children of unemployed parents -- Juvenile fiction.
	Mexico -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre/Form	Christmas stories -- Juvenile fiction.
Subject	Christmas -- Fiction.
	Poinsettias -- Fiction.
	Christmas -- Mexico -- Fiction.
	Christmas -- Folklore.
	Poinsettias -- Folklore.
	Folklore -- Mexico.
Added Author	Negrin, Fabian, illustrator.
ISBN	1841482455: $16.99
	9781841482453

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