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Product Identifiers

PublisherRandom House Children's Books

ISBN-100679887253

ISBN-139780679887256

eBay Product ID (ePID)372964

Product Key Features

Book TitleSmall Miracle

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

TopicHolidays & Celebrations / Christmas & Advent, General

IllustratorYes, Collington, Peter

FeaturesReprint

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorPeter Collington

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight13.6 Oz

Item Length11.3 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN96-053916

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"This is a Christmas miracle like no other, with such richness in image and story that children will return to it again and again" (Booklist , starred review). "Without a doubt the most original Christmas book of the year not the least because of its surprising yet, in context, fitting combination of the devout and the surreal."-- The Horn Book , starred review "The story is sweet, simple and wordless. The illustrations are intricate enough to warrant reading this one over and over."-- American Bookseller "...an upbeat story to treasure for this and many Christmases to come."-- School Library Journal "In a series of meticulously crafted panels, Collington poignantly relates the wordless story of a penniless old woman whose good turn is rewardedshe rescues the village church's nativity scene from a vandalwhen the figurines come to life and save her." Publishers Weekly, Starred, "This is a Christmas miracle like no other, with such richness in image and story that children will return to it again and again"(Booklist, starred review). "Without a doubt the most original Christmas book of the year not the least because of its surprising yet, in context, fitting combination of the devout and the surreal."--The Horn Book, starred review "The story is sweet, simple and wordless. The illustrations are intricate enough to warrant reading this one over and over."--American Bookseller "...an upbeat story to treasure for this and many Christmases to come."--School Library Journal "In a series of meticulously crafted panels, Collington poignantly relates the wordless story of a penniless old woman whose good turn is rewardedshe rescues the village church's nativity scene from a vandalwhen the figurines come to life and save her."Publishers Weekly,Starred

TitleLeadingA

Grade FromKindergarten

Dewey Decimal823.9/14

Grade ToTwelfth Grade

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisThe wooden figures in a Christmas crèche come to life to save a poor old woman in this truly original, deeply moving contemporary parable. Told with 96 pictures by Peter Collington, the master of the wordless story, this is a Christmas treasure the entire family can enjoy. In the Publishers Weekly 12th Annual Off-the-Cuff Awards, booksellers chose A Small Miracle as the Book We're Sorriest to See Go Out of Print. Knopf is proud to reintroduce this picture book classicpriced $2 lower than the originaljust in time for Christmas.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.C686Sm 1997