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Sleeping Bear Press

Annotation: On Christmas Eve, an old farmer whose wife has died acquires new hope after helping a pregnant mare in a snowstorm.

Genre: [Realistic fiction]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #4516786

Format: Library Binding

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

Edition Date: 2004 Release Date: 09/22/04

Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)

ISBN: 1-585-36231-X

ISBN 13: 978-1-585-36231-8

Dewey: E

LCCN: 2004009854

Dimensions: 27 cm.

Subject Heading:
Hope. Fiction.
Christmas. Fiction.
Wild horses. Fiction.
Horses. Fiction.
Grief. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book (Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2009)

In Friend, on the first day of school, Jim watches silently for a time, then joins in, and discovers a shared interest with a classmate. In Valentine, George cries in the cloakroom after receiving fewer cards than other children--but his friends rally to comfort him. Both books are newly illustrated with Himler's soft, gentle watercolor and pencil drawings.

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Horn Book (Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2009)

Word Count: 694

Reading Level: 4.0

Interest Level: 2-5

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.0 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 85587 / grade: Lower Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:2.4 / points:1.0 / quiz:Q37245

Lexile: AD650L

It may be Christmastime but on a small, forlorn farm the holiday season is best forgotten, along with painful memories of loved ones lost. Mother Nature has other plans, however, and a chance snowstorm brings together two unlikely hearts, one human and one beast, yet both yearning for comfort, companionship, and that most elusive gift of all, hope. This lustrous jewel of a story, quietly told and perfectly complemented by soft, evocative paintings, reminds even the most cynical of readers that the heart indeed can recover and go on.

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