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Star Mother's Youngest Child

Star Mother's Youngest Child( )
Author: Moeri, Louise
Illustrator: Hyman, Trina Schart
ISBN:978-0-618-61509-4
Publication Date:Oct 1980
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
Imprint:Sandpiper
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $8.95
Book Description:

Once upon a Christmas, there was an old woman who lived in a hut at the edge of the forest, with only her old dog, Uproar, to keep her company. The old woman had only one wish: to celebrate a real Christmas, with a tree and presents and candles and food. Just once. High up in the heavens, Star Mother’s youngest child makes a wish, too. "Mother!” he wails, "just once I want to celebrate Christmas like they do down there!” So Star Mother sends him to...
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Book Details
Pages:48
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Holidays & Celebrations / Christmas & Advent
Juvenile Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.335 x 15.24 x 1.27 cm
Book Weight:0.052 Kilograms
Author Biography
Moeri, Louise (Author)
Trina Schart Hyman was born on April 8, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She studied at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art, the Boston Museum School of Art, and Konstfackskolan, the Swedish State Art School.

While living in Sweden, she got her first illustration job with Brown and Little. Her first work, Toffe and the Little Car, was published in 1961. During her lifetime, she illustrate over 150 children's books. She received numerous awards including a Horn Award for King Stork in 1973, the Caldecott Medal for Margaret Hodges's St. George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend Adapted from Edmund Spenser's 'Faerie Queen', and Caldecott honors three times for Little Red Riding Hood, A Child's Calendar, and Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins.

She also wrote and illustrated her own books including How Six Found Christmas, A Little Alphabet, Little Red Riding Hood, and Self-Portrait: Trina Schart Hyman. She joined the staff of Cricket magazine for children as an artist and illustrator in 1972 and became its art director before leaving in 1979. She died from complications of breast cancer on November 19, 2004 at the age of 65.

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