Petunia's Christmas / by Roger Duvoisin
Petunia the goose tries to save a handsome gander from becoming Christmas dinner at Windy Farm. While taking a walk in the snow, the pet goose Petunia meets Charles, a most charming and handsome gander. Handsome, yes-and hefty, because poor Charles is being fattened for Christmas dinner by the farme...
| Main Author: | Duvoisin, Roger, 1900-1980. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Knopf : Distributed by Random House,
2004.
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| Summary: |
Petunia the goose tries to save a handsome gander from becoming Christmas dinner at Windy Farm. While taking a walk in the snow, the pet goose Petunia meets Charles, a most charming and handsome gander. Handsome, yes-and hefty, because poor Charles is being fattened for Christmas dinner by the farmer next door. Will the gander of Petunia's dreams be served up roasted, with applesauce on the side? Petunia's determination to save Charles, even if it means posing as Santa Claus, results in "one of the simplest, funniest, and most original of Christmas stories," wrote the Chicago Tribune when this book was originally published in 1952. A yuletide classic by a Caldecott Medal winner, Petunia's Christmas is still making children laugh as it shows the true spirit of Christmas. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 v. (unpaged.) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0394808681 (trade pbk.) 0394908686 (lib. bdg.) |
| Author Notes: |
He created more than 40 books and illustrated more than 140 children's books. He created several animal characters including Petunia the foolish goose, Veronica the hippo, Crocus the crocodile, Jasmine the cow, Donkey-Donkey and Hector-Penguin. He also illustrated the Happy Lion series written by his wife. He received several awards for his works including the Caldecott Award for White Snow Bright Snow written by Alvin Tresselt in 1948 and the Caldecott Honor Award for Hide and Seek Fog also written by Tresselt in 1966. He also received the Society of Illustrators Award, the Rutgers Award, the Silver Medallion of the University of Southern Mississippi and the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota. He died on June 30, 1980. (Bowker Author Biography) |