This timely tale of love and generosity between people of different religious faiths is a wonderful showcase for Polacco's art that features snowy holiday scenes and a colorful tapestry that is almost a character in itself. Full color.

The literary best friends are back for a winter and Christmas tale that shows how giving is an act of thinking about others. Both young readers and their adult companions will smile at the conclusion!

Annie's dog is unhappy. When Fang is unhappy, everyone is unhappy. Especially Nate the Great. So Nate agrees to sniff out Fang's mysteriously missing Christmas mail. It's cold and snowy. But Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, will try to solve this holiday case in time for Fang to have a crunchy, munchy Christmas.

Generosity of spirit colors conquers all else in dire times. Moral beauty abounds in Mama's thinking as she selflessly transforms a gift for those less fortunate that costs far more than money. Her son, feeling a similar generosity but limited by understanding, blossoms by following in his mother's footsteps. Heartwarming, soul-searching, restoring.