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Grace at Christmas

When her grandmother takes in a stranded family at Christmas, Grace is reluctant to share her favorite holiday with strangers, even though the visiting family includes a "real live ballerina."

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hoffman, Mary, 1945-
Other Authors:	Van Wright, Cornelius (Illustrator), Hu, Ying-Hwa (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2011.
Subjects:	Christmas fiction > Juvenile. Families > Juvenile fiction. African Americans > Juvenile fiction. Christmas > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	When her grandmother takes in a stranded family at Christmas, Grace is reluctant to share her favorite holiday with strangers, even though the visiting family includes a "real live ballerina."
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN:	9780803735774 (hbk.) 0803735774 (hbk.)
Author Notes:	Children's author and reviewer Mary Hoffman was born in 1945. She attended Newnham College to study English literature and University College London to study linguistics. She started writing in 1970 and has written about eighty children's books including the picture book Amazing Grace, the Stravaganza series, and the anti-war anthology Lines in the Sand. She is also the editor of the children's book review magazine Armadillo, which comes out four times a year. (Bowker Author Biography)