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Elenore's first Christmas on the prairie is very different from Christmas back in Maine. There are no relatives to help celebrate. The ornaments are still in Maine, and there's no cranberries to string for the tree. Still Mama has some good ideas--and Elenore experiences a prairie Christmas that she'll never forget.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Once again, and with great success, Harvey mines the grandmother lode as she did in My Prairie Year (Holiday , 1986). Two days before Christmas, Elenore Plaisted's father goes out to find a tree and does not return. On Christmas morning, Mother leads the children out into the deep snow to chop down a cottonwood. Just as they finish decorating it, Papa bursts in, explaining that he had been trapped in town by a blizzard. The joyous celebration is followed by a snow walk under the star-filled prairie sky. The story moves readers through an emotional spectrum from contentment, to the dread in waiting, to the relief and rejoicing. Ray's full-color watercolors with colored-pencil illustrations are warm and simple, perfectly suiting the Plaisteds' family life. Children who have read the Christmas barrel chapters from Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Long Winter (1953) or Patricia MacLachlan's Sarah, Plain and Tall (1985, both Harper) will nod in recognition at this bit of American history. A beautiful addition to holiday shelves that will serve all year long in American history sections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
Although Elenore, the young heroine of 'My Prairie Year' (Holiday), fears that Christmas won't be the same in their new home on the open, treeless prairie, Mama and the children make ornaments and presents. A sudden blizzard brings fears for Papa's safety, but Christmas Day ends happily after all. A tribute to the legendary fortitude of the settlers on the American prairie with quiet, gentle illustrations. From HORN BOOK 1990, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 1-3. "Along about November, I started to worry about Christmas," says Elenore, who, as readers may remember from My Prairie Year [BKL N 1 86], has moved with her family from Maine to the Dakota prairie. Christmas in the new setting promises to be far different from those she remembers: What can they use for a tree? How will they decorate it? Papa assures Elenore that a tree can be had, Mama gets the kids started making ornaments out of dyed corn husks, and everyone strings yards and yards of popcorn into garlands. But just as Papa sets out to get a tree, a blizzard strikes, and when it's over, he's missing. Mama carries on valiantly, going out with the children to chop a cottonwood sapling and bring it home. But Christmas seems unalterably black until Papa turns up, tired and disheveled, with a story about how he survived. Ray's soft-edged illustrations capture the prairie vistas and the warm family interactions well. The narrative is flowing and comfortable. Like My Prairie Year, this is history from a human point of view, and today's children shouldn't find it at all hard to listen. ~--Denise Wilms