A season of gifts /

A season of gifts / Richard Peck ; [art by Brandon Dorman].

Overview: One of children's literature's most memorable characters returns in this Christmastime companion to the Newbery Medal-winning A Year Down Yonder and Newbery Honor-winning A Long Way from Chicago. The eccentric, larger-than-life Grandma Dowdel is back in this heart-warming tale. S...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peck, Richard, 1934-2018.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Series:Grandma Dowdel ; 3.
Subjects:
Neighbors > Juvenile fiction.
Moving, Household > Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen fifties > Juvenile fiction.
Older women > Juvenile fiction.
Children of clergy > Juvenile fiction.
Neighbors > Fiction.
Moving, Household > Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Illinois > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Illinois > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Table of Contents:
  • Last House In Town:
  • Locked and loaded
  • Revival dust
  • Boy next door
  • Figure at the window
  • Afternoon of the turtle
  • Fall Of The Year:
  • Haunted melon patch
  • Fuss and feathers
  • Indian summer
  • Homecoming day, and night
  • One too many
  • Blazing pumpkin
  • E'er The Winter Storms Begin:
  • Come, ye thankful people, come
  • Selective service
  • Season of secrets and surprises
  • Gift
  • Christmas wedding
  • Visit from Saint Nick
  • Epilogue.

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