The Magical Christmas Horse
With Audio Recording
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3.5 • 19 Ratings
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
New York Times bestselling collaborators Mary Higgins Clark and Wendell Minor tell a touching Christmas story of a heartwarming family celebration and the meaning of Christmas.
Johnny’s wish had come true. His family would be visiting his grandparents for Christmas. His grandparents lived in an old house in New England where his father had been born. The family together, the smells of the cookies baking, the snowy Christmas tree farm with trees of so many shapes and sizes, and most of all the wooden horse he had told his brother Liam about would make this the best Christmas ever. In his grandparents’ attic Johnny finds many treasures, but the wooden horse he remembered so well is missing. How can Johnny make his brother’s Christmas wish come true?
Beloved and internationally bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark’s loving story together with Wendell Minor’s captivating paintings make The Magical Christmas Horse a book that captures the true heart of Christmas and one that families will make part of their Christmas tradition year after year.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Nostalgic paintings and narrative, along with these collaborators' (Ghost Ship) hefty fan bases, are likely to make this a solid holiday seller. The title is a tad misleading: there isn't magic attached to the antique wooden horse that Johnny remembers playing with at his grandparents' Connecticut farmhouse. Having promised his younger brother that the horse will be his Christmas gift this year, Johnny is crushed to find that the horse is missing. Johnny's a little too good to be true, and the conclusion is syrupy, but Minor's gouache and watercolor art, featuring his characteristic exquisite detail, gives the book its magic. Ages 4 8.
