Cole Family Christmas by Jennifer Liu Bryan, Jenniffer Julich (Illustrator), Hazel Cole Kendle (With)
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(Hardcover)
- Age Range: 9 to 12
- Pub. Date: September 2008
- 74pp
- Sales Rank: 242,099
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: September 2008
- Publisher: Next Chapter Press
- Format: Hardcover, 74pp
- Sales Rank: 242,099
- Age Range: 9 to 12
- ISBN-13: 9780981626505
- ISBN: 0981626505
Synopsis
The wish book. This amazing year, the nine children in the Cole family have been allowed to sit down with the Sears, Roebuck and Company catalogue to choose the gift they would most like to receive for Christmas. This is a rare event, for the Coles are not wealthy.
Indeed, Cole Family Christmas is the true, tender, and wholly unforgettable tale of a coal miner's family. The story takes place in the small company town of Benham, Kentucky, in a time (1920) and place when coal was king and families made their precarious living mining the dirty and sometimes deadly coal.
When one of Mama's few possessions, a treasured purple glass bowl with fluted edges, is accidentally broken by exuberant children rushing in from the outdoors, and an unlikely blizzard prevents Papa from coming home after working extra hours at the coal mine on Christmas Eve, the stage is set for a Christmas morning in which gifts are given and received that no one could have predicted.
Based on a real family, the youngest of nine children in the story, Hazel, is the 88-year-old co-author of the book.
School Library Journal
Gr 3-6
A nostalgic look at a Christmas in a small Kentucky coal town in 1920, based on the author's family lore. Ruble Cole, 10, doesn't expect much for Christmas. Life is hard for a family with nine children. So she and her siblings are surprised when Mama tells them to look through the "Wish Book" (the Sears, Roebuck and Company catalog) to pick out one thing they really want. Will an unexpected snowstorm put a stop to what just may be the family's best Christmas ever? Not if Mama and Papa can help it. These hardworking, loving, and forgiving parents possess an unusual understanding of all their children's secret dreams. Despite a few moments of real charm, the writing is serviceable at best, and the illustrations are cartoonish and unattractive.-Mara Alpert, Los Angeles Public Library
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A Mom's Choice Awards Recipient!by MomsChoiceAwards
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February 20, 2009: The Mom's Choice Awards® honors excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. An esteemed panel of judges includes education, media and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors, scientists and others. A sampling of the panel members includes: Dr. Twila C. Liggett, Ten-time Emmy-winner, professor and founder of Reading Rainbow; Julie Aigner-Clark, Creator of Baby Einstein and The Safe Side Project; Jodee Blanco, New York Times Best-Selling Author; LeAnn Thieman, Motivational speaker and coauthor of seven Chicken Soup For The Soul books; Tara Paterson, Certified Parent Coach, and founder of the Mom's Choice Awards®. Parents and educators look for the Mom's Choice Awards® seal in selecting quality materials and products for children and families. This book/product has earned this distinguished award.
Christmas Traditionby Smilingsally
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October 28, 2008:
Looking at the cover of this book made me smile. It promises a treat inside, and it delivers! A true story, that tells about a poor/rich family experiencing the real meaning of Christmas. Further enhanced with beautifully detailed illustrations by Jenniffer Julich, the story holds the reader's attention page after page. Why, there are even "six vintage Christmas-themed fabrics featured on the borders" that reflect Mama Cole's quilts!
You'll find good use of vocabulary, table manners, and sharing skills.
The Cole family is a special one because of their love and their traditions of Christmas. Each member is valued, and in nine chapters a story is told that can become a part of your family tradition. I loved the gifts for Mama Cole. A terrific chapter book!
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