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Christmas In The Big House: Christmas in the Quarters
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 128 Ratings and 35 Reviews

Book Description
Rich in historical detail and filled with luminous illustrations, this poignant book movingly describes the holiday celebrations of both slaves and slave owners on a pre-Civil War plantation.

The year is 1859, and it's Christmastime on a Virginia Plantation. The slaves are cleaning and setting up the Big House--where their masters live--for the festivities. The Big House is filled with war... More
Book Information
PublisherScholastic Paperbacks
BindingPaperback (6 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages80
ISBN-100590430289
ISBN-13978-0590430289
Publication Date10/01/2002
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About Fredrick McKissack (Author) : Fredrick McKissack is a published author and an editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of Fredrick McKissack include Counting in the Tundra (Counting in the Biomes), Messy Bessey (A... more
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About Pat McKissack (Author) : Pat McKissack is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Pat McKissack include Flossie and the Fox (Unabridged), Goin' Someplace Special, The Homerun King (Scraps of T... more
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About John Thompson (Illustrator) : John Thompson is a published author, illustrator, narrator, and a painter of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of John Thompson include John Thompson's Modern Cours... more
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