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Annie Fellows Johnston

Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman

Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Jan. 26, 2017)

The famed Christmas tale by Annie Fellows Johnston, one of the most popular writer for children of the 20th century and probably the most widely read since Louisa Alcott.

The Christmas spirit is on every page of this delicious little book - the story of two little children and their first real Christmas. An ideal gift for any child of any age! A story that parents, cousins, uncles, and aunts will heartily enjoy reading aloud to a breathless audience.

"It is a book that breathes of love and the happiness of giving, of good cheer spread into homes of poverty and wealth, of a Christmas that lasts all the year. In short, it is just the book to be numbered among the gifts of the children of the season." -The Christian Advocate

"There is a kindly motive to the story....A gentle tale." -Pasadena Library and Civic Magazine

"A most beautiful picture is here presented on how opportunity can be made for good deeds, in the most unheard of places, if the love of Christ abideth in us and we keep our eyes on the Sky Road (conscience) which passes through the air where the stars are, the 'forget-me-nots of the angels.' This story tells of a lovely girl traveling in a Pullman car, in which are two little children on their way to where their father has been working to support them. Their mother is dead, but their father has just married again and is going to meet them at a certain station to take them to their new mother and their new home....The book is rich in helpful suggestions to all children, whether they have their own or stepmothers, and is particularly alluring in Christmas suggestions." -Christian Nation

"Annie Fellows Johnston has not written any children's books since the fascinating Little Colonel's 'conclusion' made all the children in the country mourn. But her new story, 'Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman' is one of the best she has ever done. Two cunning little tots who rebel at the idea of a stepmother seize the opportunity to indulge their love for traveling by running off on a Pullman coach. It is their very first experience in a diner or a berth, and they have a heavenly time; but the climax of excitement comes with the advent of a red-coated, holly-trimmed girl who corrects their opinions of stepmothers and - well, never mind, but it is something too good to be true. Delightfully written, this will make an ideal Christmas gift." -The Bookman

"Will'm and Libby, two motherless little ones, are delighted when they first hear of Santa Claus, and send him a letter asking for a ring for Libby and ride on a Pullman for Will'm. Just before Christmas they hear that their father has married again and they are to leave their grandmother and go home. Dreading a stepmother, they start off, and on the Pullman meet a delightful girl who tells them of a different kind of stepmother and fills their stockings with gifts. In the morning they discover that their Miss Santa Claus is the much dreaded stepmother." -Publishers Weekly

ISBN
1542766982 / 9781542766982
Pages
94
Weight
6.9 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.2 in.

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