The Christmas Witch
Subtitle: an Italian legend
By: retold by Joanne Oppenheim ; illustrated by Annie Mitra.
Contributors: Mitra, Annie, ill.
Series: Bank Street ready-to-read
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Befana (Legendary character) -- Juvenile literature.; Befana (Legendary character); Folklore -- Italy.; Christmas -- Folklore.
Description: Retells the traditional Italian tale of the poor peasant woman who, long ago, set out to find the Christ Child and wanders to this day, carrying a sack of gifts to give to good children at Christmas.
Notes: "A Byron Preiss book."
"A Bantam little rooster book."