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published
October 1994
by Abdo & Daughters Publishing
binding
Library Binding, 112 pages
isbn
1562399993
(isbn13: 9781562399993)
description
After Grandmother explains why the trees in Lebanon kneel at Christmas, Afify and Hanna hope to witness a similar miracle in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
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Read in April, 2008
I found this book when looking for resources to use for our Sunday school class. The author wrote my beloved Betsy-Tacy-Tib books so I just had to read this one. It's a sweet story about Syrian Christmas traditions. It's a children's book, but I'm not sure I'd actually recommend it to children. (Spoiler alert--I'm going to reveal the end.) The climax of the story comes when 2 little kids (ages 7 and 4) go out all alone in Brooklyn late at night to walk several city blocks to a park. I'm not sure...more
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I read this thinking of a friend who is a Lovelace fan. It's a little story centered on a Syrian legend of Christmas trees bowing in humility the night of Christmas Eve. It follows a Catholic Lebanese/Syrian immigrant family and their traditions. Interestingly dedicated to the Brooklyn public schools. I would be surprised if there was a copy of this left on any school shelves. It's not politically correct by any stretch of the imagination.
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