The Christmas gift = El regalo de Navidad

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Title:

The Christmas gift = El regalo de Navidad

Alternate title:

Regalo de Navidad

Author:

Jimenez, Francisco, 1943- author.

Cotts, Claire, illustrator.

Summary:

When his family has to move again a few days before Christmas in order to find work, Panchito worries that he will not get the ball he has been wanting.

Physical Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Genre:

Christmas fiction.

Subject Term:

Spanish language materials -- Bilingual.

Migrant labor -- Fiction.

Mexican Americans -- Fiction.

Author(s):

Cotts, Claire,

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin,

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Publication Date:

2000

ISBN:

9780395928691

Publication Information:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

Call Number:

P JIMENEZ

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With honesty and rare grace, award-winning author Francisco Jiménez shares his most poignant Christmas memory in this remarkable book. Illustrated with paintings full of strength and warmth, written in spare bilingual text, this simple story celebrates the true spirit of Christmas, and illuminates how children do indeed draw strength from the bonds of their families.

Author Notes

Francisco Jiménez emigrated from Tlaquepaque, Mexico to California, where he worked for many years in the fields with his family. He received a bachelor's degree from Santa Clara University and a master's degree and a Ph.D. in Latin American literature from Columbia University. He is a professor at Santa Clara University. He has published and edited several books on Mexican and Mexican American literature, and his stories have been published in over 100 textbooks and anthologies of literature. His books include The Circuit, Breaking Through, La Mariposa, The Christmas Gift/El Regalo de Navidad, Reaching Out, and Taking Hold: From Migrant Childhood to Columbia University.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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"Most of us have a favorite Christmas story to tell. The Christmas Gift is a true story, based on an experience I had as a child many years ago. It took place in a farm labor tent camp . . ."Text Copyright 2000 by Francisco Jimenez Illustrations Copyright 2000 by Claire B. Cotts Excerpted from The Christmas Gift: El regalo de Navidad by Francisco Jiménez, Francisco Jimenez, Francisco JimÃ©nez All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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