PICTURE BOOKS
Godden, Rumer

The Story of Holly & Ivy

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Barbara Cooney. An orphan, an unpurchased doll, and a lonely older couple persevere through a cold Christmas Eve and are united by fate for a joyous holiday morning. Texturally rich and evocatively wintry, this reissue is timeless: "a story about wishing" not for trucks or dolls but for home and family, and a story about the universal gifts of warmth and love.

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