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Lucy's Christmas Paperback – Illustrated, October 1, 2007

by Donald Hall (Author), Michael McCurdy (Illustrator)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
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Share an old-fashioned New England Christmas with your children―back to a time when making the presents was far more satisfying than buying them.

Lucy Wells likes planning ahead. In her quaint New England town the leaves have just begun to change, but Lucy is already thinking of Christmas. She begins to make presents for her family: a pincushion for her mother, a doll for her sister, and a pen-wiper for her best friend. For the whole family, her parents have ordered a new modern range stove. The days grow colder and shorter, the snow grows deeper, and everyone grows more excited. Finally, the day arrives Lucy and her family travel to the South Danbury Church on Christmas to exchange gifts, sing carols with the whole town, and perform in the Christmas pageant.

Poet laureate Donald Hall (author of The Ox-Cart Man and the companion to this book, Lucy’s Summer) grew up spending as much time as he could on his grandfather’s farm in rural New Hampshire. It was there he milked cows, raised sheep, and heard stories about Christmases past that are brought to life in this read-aloud picture book for young children.

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    4 - 8 years
  2. Print length
    40 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    1 - 3
  5. Dimensions
    9.36 x 0.22 x 8.98 inches
  6. Publisher
    David R. Godine, Publisher
  7. Publication date
    October 1, 2007
  8. ISBN-10
    1567923429
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1567923421
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The New England of Donald Hall — for children and adults

Lucy's Christmas

Lucy's Summer

On Eagle Pond

Lucy's Christmas

For children, an old-fashioned New England Christmas. The story begins as the leaves have just begun to change, but young Lucy is already thinking of Christmas. She begins to make presents for her family: a pincushion for Mother, a doll for her sister, and a pen-wiper for her best friend. For the whole family, her parents have ordered a new modern range stove. The days grow colder and shorter, the snow grows deeper, and everyone grows more excited. Finally, the day arrives!

Lucy's Summer

For children, a glimpse of a New England summer long ago when the July Fourth parade in Danbury, New Hampshire was the biggest celebration of the year (complete with flags, speeches, and ice cream) and when a trip to Boston, where toys could be bought for a penny apiece, was counted as a major event. This is a piece of Americana that will bring readers back to a time when pleasure was derived from making as much as buying and when worth was determined by character.

On Eagle Pond

For adults, Donald Hall’s collected essays of a life well-lived in rural New England. Here is Hall on letter writing, possessions, the past, wood stoves, the weather, the Boston Red Sox, satellite dishes, and much more from Eagle Pond Farm – his ancestral home in New Hampshire, where he visited his grandparents as a young boy. Throughout, Hall beautifully narrates the flow of one season into then next, taking the good with the bad and moving on, knowing that the cycle always begins again.

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About the Author

Donald Hall was not only one of America’s poet laureates but one of the great personal essayists. “If any American writer deserves the description of ‘man of letters,’” the New York Times Book Review wrote, “it is Donald Hall.” Mr. Hall approached writing as he approached life―with simplicity, affection, and a wry wit. He distilled the human experience with a sense of humor that readers will return to again and again, each time learning something new. His work glows with the affection he held for the land, the people, and the customs of rural New England, and especially for the small, New Hampshire dairy farm near Ragged Mountain he visited every summer as a child.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ David R. Godine, Publisher; Illustrated edition (October 1, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1567923429
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1567923421
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 1 - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.36 x 0.22 x 8.98 inches
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Tea4Me
5.0 out of 5 stars She's a little young to appreciate this book but her mom and I love it! Sweet story
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My two year old granddaughter's name is Lucy so I gave this to her for Christmas. She's a little young to appreciate this book but her mom and I love it! Sweet story, beautiful artwork. I'm sure my Lucy will love it too when she's a little older.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lucy's Christmas
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Love the sweet story. Recently gave our daughter an antique Glenwood stove and as she is a children's author the story seemed apropos. Thanks for great service.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book to add to our Christmas collection!
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Donald Hall is one of my favorite authors and poets, hands down. Children and adults will like this book. The prose and the illustrations combine to bring this slice of the past to life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars LUCY'S CHRISTMAS
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GREAT STORY. REAL LESSON ABOUT THE PAST AND WHAT CHRISTMAS WAS LIKE LIVING IN THE "COUNTRY". I THINK ANY AGE WILL ENJOY THIS BOOK.
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David R. Holder
5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful story and illustrations
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2012
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This is a wonderful story. Our granddaughter's name is Lucy and we will pass it on to her as something to keep forever.
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Rob Dickson
5.0 out of 5 stars good story
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2016
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Interesting story especially if your name is Lucy!
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Lovely picture and bits of Donald Hall (such as Riley the horse)that DH fans will find familiar. It's a real story about a long time ago. Unfortunately it comes off as a bit dated if one were looking for a Christmas gift for a seven year old named Lucie as I was.
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