The Christmas Donkey
By: illustrated by W. T. Mars.
Edition: Follett Library Binding
Publisher: Wilcox and Follett Co.
Published: 1953
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Format: HC
Number of pages: 127
First sentence: It's all very well for you to talk, Julie Duchard! Your papa has a donkey and two goats, a dozen hens and a cockerel and rabbits, and two good pieces of land and everything--and four children besides.
Description: A Christmas story placed in Southern France. A poor French boy wants to buy a donkey for his grandmother, whom he lives with. It is to be a Christmas present. An American couple living in France befriend the boy and help him raise money to buy the donkey. This is a story about community, poverty, and the wealth found through caring and giving.
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