A Houseful of Christmas

by Joosse, Barbara; Lewin, Betsy

• ISBN13: 9780805063912
• ISBN10: 0805063919
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Summary

A traditional, heart-warming family Christmas celebration in the tradition of Cynthia Rylant's The Relatives Came. Every Christmas, Granny's house is brim full of family and festive cheer--carols and presents and plenty of food, bows and gift wrap for Fat Cat to play with, and lots of company for Granny and her dog, Edgar. This Christmas, snow starts to fall and it doesn't stop. Instead of going home, the whole family hunkers down for a cozy night in Granny's warm house. Whhhhh went the wind, but everyone was snug. Shhhhhh went the snow, but everyone was together. Even during a blizzard, there's no place better than Granny's house for Christmas.

Author Biography

Barbara Joosse has written more than twenty books for children, incluing the ever popular Mama, Do You Love Me?, illustrated by Barbara Lavallee. Ms. Joosse lives in Cedarburg, Wisconsin with her family.

Betsy Lewin is the illustrator of the recent Caldecott Honor Book, Click, Clack, Moo, by Doreen Cronin, and Dumpy La Rue, by Elizabeth Winthrop. She has illustrated of over fifty books for children, many of which she also wrote. Ms. Lewin and her husband, artist Ted Lewin, live in Brooklyn, New York.