The Story of Little Christmas

By George MacDonald

Book Overview

Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Chariot Victor Pub; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition (August 1995) Language: English ISBN-10: 0781402336 ISBN-13: 978-0781402330 Product Dimensions: 0.5... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781402336
• ISBN13: 9780781402330
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Chariot Victor Pub
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

HE "BAPTIZIES THE IMAGINATION WITH GOODNESS"

This quaint but charming tale is by the beloved and respected Scottish storyteller, George MacDonald (At the back of the North Wind.) Originally titled, "My Uncle Peter" this Victorian Christmas story was published in 1870 and recounts the heart-tugging adventures of a badly-abused street urchin who is adopted by a kindly gentlemen, then viciously, greedily kidnapped. MacDonald 's literature (mainly for adults) exerted a great influence on subsequent writers, who freely admit the importance of his literary legacy. C.S. Lewis regards him as his master, claiming to have quoted from him in almost all his books. JRR Tolkien used his work as a measuring stick for his own writitng in Lord of the Rings. MacDonald himself claims that he writes not for children, but for the childlike. Named Little Christmas this pitiful waif is a character out of Dickens; she inspires both evil and generous reactions in those she meets, while suffering great injustice with stocisim. This story transports the reader back into violent times, with an ingenuous heroine and a tender benefactor. A delightful book to remind us of Christian charity and rekindle the flame of Christmas generosity.