Miracle on 133rd Street

The day before Christmas, everyone in Jose's neighborhood seems grumpy, including his mother who is homesick for Puerto Rico, but when he and his parents return from the pizzeria where they borrowed an oven to cook their roast, the heavenly aroma reminds those they pass of all they have to celebrate...

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Main Author: Manzano, Sonia (Author)
Other Authors: Priceman, Marjorie (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:The day before Christmas, everyone in Jose's neighborhood seems grumpy, including his mother who is homesick for Puerto Rico, but when he and his parents return from the pizzeria where they borrowed an oven to cook their roast, the heavenly aroma reminds those they pass of all they have to celebrate.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN:9780689878879 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
0689878877 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
Author Notes:Sonia Manzano is best known as "Maria," one of the first Hispanic characters on Sesame Street , a role she has delighted in for more than twenty years. She has earned fifteen Emmy Awards as a member of the Sesame Street writing staff, and is the author of the picture books No Dogs Allowed! , A Box Full of Kittens , and the Pura Belpré Award honored The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano . Sonia Manzano lives in New York City with her husband.

Marjorie Priceman, illustrator of many acclaimed picture books, has won Caldecott Honors for her illustrations in Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin! by Lloyd Moss and Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the Frist Hot-Air Balloon Ride , which she also wrote. She lives in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.