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Beneduce, Ann Keay, Editor

Joy to the World: A Family Christmas Treasury

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Gennady Spirin. This elegant volume brings together mostly traditional and familiar stories, poems, plays, carols, and Bible passages. Selections include O. Henry's story "The Gift of the Magi" and a play based on Beatrix Potter's "The Tailor of Gloucester." The sumptuous, detailed watercolors call to mind religious iconography and lavish Victorian times; full-page paintings alternate with smaller vignettes on every page. Ind.

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