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A Christmas carol

A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McKeown, Adam (Adam N.) (Author)
Other Authors:	Kelley, Gerald (Illustrator), Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Doubleday Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House, [2015]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Great Britain > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction. Christmas fiction > Juvenile. Ghost stories > Juvenile.
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Summary:	A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.
Item Description:	This book is based on "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, first published in1843.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN:	9780553511994 0553511998 9780375974632 0375974636 dq (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes:	ADAM McKEOWN has taught literature and writing at Tulane, Princeton, Adelphi, and New York University. He is the author of several adaptations of classics for young readers, including a picture book retelling of A Christmas Carol , and has taught Shakespeare in both Africa and the Middle East. He is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, and he was deployed twice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. GERALD KELLEY received his BFA from Texas Tech University and is the illustrator of My Name Is Bob by James Bowen and Garry Jenkins (the picture-book version of the New York Times bestseller A Street Cat Named Bob ). Charles Dickens is one of his favorite writers, but Gerald doesn't much care for gruel. He lives in Colorado.