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Sweet, Melissa, Illustrator

On Christmas Day in the Morning: A Traditional Carol

26 pp. | Candlewick | October, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-7636-0375-9 $$15.99

(2) PS Silly rhymes, cheerful pictures of animal farmers, and a culminating feast make this a child-appealing rendition of an old carol. The text appears on rather formal left-hand pages with a few collage elements; full-page bucolic scenes in watercolor grace the right-hand pages; the whole is brought together with a celebratory gold border. A musical score, a map of the animals' farms, and a foreword by that master of song, John Langstaff, are included.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 1999