Holiday Harvest Basket.A Child Is Born by Margaret Wise Brown illustrated by Floyd Cooper Jump at the Sun: Hyperion Books for Children, October 2000, $17.99 ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-786-80673-7, Ages 2-5 The miracle of Christmas is retold re·told v. Past tense and past participle of retell. with luminous illustrations by award-winning artist Floyd Cooper. Christmas Soul An African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. Holiday edited by Allison Samuels paintings by Michele Woods Jump at the Sun: Hyperion Books for Children, September 2000, $17.99 ISBN 0-786-80521-8, Ages 9-12 A heartwarming heart·warm·ing or heart-warm·ing adj. 1. Causing gladness and pleasure. 2. Eliciting sympathy and tender feelings: a heartwarming tale. Adj. 1. collection of original stories of African American celebrities recounting their favorite childhood Christmas memories. Brown Sugar Babies by Charles R. Smith, Jr. Jump at the Sun: Hyperion Books for Children, November 2000, $14.99 ISBN 0-7868-0622-2, Ages 2-5 Illustrations and rhyming text take readers through the many shades of beautiful brown babies. Hallelujah Hallelujah (hăl'əl  `yə) or Alleluia (ăl–) [Heb.,=praise the Lord], joyful expression used in Hebrew worship; cf. Pss. ! A Christmas Celebration by W. Nikola-Lisa, paintings by Synthia Saint James Atheneum ath·e·nae·um also ath·e·ne·um n. 1. An institution, such as a literary club or scientific academy, for the promotion of learning. 2. A place, such as a library, where printed materials are available for reading. Books for Young Readers, October 2000, $16.00 ISBN 0-689-816731, Ages 4-8 Describes the plum-purple sky, yew-green hills, silver strands of moonlight and other colorful things, which provided the setting for the birth of a black baby Jesus. Magid Fasts for Ramadan by Mary Matthews illustrated by E. B. Lewis Clarion Books, 1996, $6.95 ISBN 0-618-04035-8, Ages 9-12 Young Magid wishes to fast with his family for Ramadan, but he is too young. In this touching story for young Muslim readers and their friends, Magid learns a powerful lesson about honesty and the importance of the holiday Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story by Angela Shelf Medearis illustrated by Daniel Minter Albert Whitman & Company September 2000, $15.95 ISBN 0-8075-7315-9, Ages 9-12 When they are given the seemingly impossible task of turning thread into gold, the seven Ashanti brothers put aside their differences, learn to get along and embody the principles of Kwanzaa. |
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