A Child's Christmas in Wales by Thomas, Dylan

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Hardcover
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ISBN
0879233397
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Godine Publisher, David R.
ISBN-10
0879233397
ISBN-13
9780879233396
eBay Product ID (ePID)
734027

Product Key Features

Book Title
Child's Christmas in Wales
Number of Pages
48 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Holidays & Celebrations / Christmas & Advent, Literary, Holidays / Christmas & Advent, Customs & Traditions, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2014
Illustrator
Yes, Ardizzone, Edward
Genre
Literary Criticism, Juvenile Fiction, Religion, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Dylan Thomas
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Width
7.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
LCCN
80-066216
TitleLeading
A
Reviews
"This is Dylan Thomas's homage to the Christmases of his boyhood, when the snow was thicker and whiter....It's the sheer acrobatic brilliance of the language here that we most love. This is the most delicious read-aloud for having words trip off the tongue."-- Publishers Weekly
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
821.912
Synopsis
A reminiscence of Christmas, from the viewpoint of a young boy, that has been a holiday favorite for decades. In rich, humorous, magical prose, poet Dylan Thomas recalls the church-going, the tree-trimming, the food, the carols and games of his childhood Christmases. And, of course, Mrs. Prothero and the firemen. It is one of Thomas' most popular works. Always on Christmas night there was music, he writes . An uncle played the fiddle, a cousin sang "Cherry Ripe," and another uncle sang "Drake's Drum." It was very warm in the little house. Auntie Hannah, who had got on to the parsnip wine, sang a song about Bleeding Hearts and Death, and then another in which she said her heart was like a Bird's Nest; and then everybody laughed again; and then I went to bed. Looking through my bedroom window, out into the moonlight and the unending smoke-colored snow, I could see the lights in the windows of all the other houses on our hill and hear the music rising from them up the long, steady falling night. For this edition, Edward Ardizzone created the perfect accompaniment in 30 delightful watercolors and drawings. This is a timeless classic--a wonderful evocation of a gentle and seemingly endless Christmas made charming and endearing through language. Published in a format for reading aloud to young people, this is truly a book for all ages., For almost half a century, Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales has entranced both young and old and has become a familiar part of the holiday-season landscape. With lovely poetic lilt, this simple tale captures the child's eye-view and an adult's warm remembrance of the time of presents, good things to eat, and, in the best of circumstances, newly-fallen snow.
LC Classification Number
PR6039.H52C48 1980

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