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K-3
Illustrated by
Mark Buehner.
In Buck's sentimental but satisfying Christmas story, first published in 1955, a boy gets up very early on Christmas morning to do his father's farm chores. Buehner's slightly rounded, stylized paintings, some of which are too dark, have at times a humorous feel at odds with the text.