The Magical Christmas Horse

by Clark, Mary Higgins; Minor, Wendell

• ISBN13: 9781416994787
• ISBN10: 1416994785
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-25
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

Summary

Johnny#x19;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#x19; attic Johnny finds many treasures, but the wooden horse he remembered so well is missing. How can Johnny make his brother#x19;s Christmas wish come true? Beloved and internationally bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark#x19;s loving story together with Wendell Minor#x19;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.

Author Biography

The #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark wrote forty suspense novels, four collections of short stories, a his­torical novel, a memoir, and two children’s books. With bestselling author Alafair Burke she wrote the Under Suspicion series including The Cinderella Murder, All Dressed in White, The Sleeping Beauty Killer, Every Breath You Take, and You Don’t Own Me. With her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, she coauthored five more suspense novels. More than one hundred million copies of her books are in print in the United States alone. Her books are international bestsellers.

Wendell Minor has illustrated dozens of picture books, and his work has won countless awards and is in permanent collections of such institutions as the Museum of American Illustration and the Library of Congress. His cover illustrations have graced some of the most significant novels of our time by authors such as Toni Morrison, David McCullough, and James Michener. He lives in Washington, Connecticut. Visit him online at MinorArt.com.