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Lädt ... Mim's Christmas Jamvon Andrea Davis Pinkney
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This was sort of an odd Christmas tale - just because so much of the focus was on the father working on the subway in New York. The drawings of him and his friends toiling underground while their mean and evil oversears look on give a sort of hellish depiction of his experience - probably true to life, but not very invoking of the Christmas spirit! That said, I enjoyed the story about how Mim's belly-hum jam can make even the meanest person have a nice, generous moment; there's a recipe inluded for the jam, but I'm too lazy to make it. Sounds good though! The illustrations are stylistically interesting - done on a black background, it looks like, with lots of big swirling lines creating folds in clothes and texture in the subway scenes. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
When Pap goes away to build the New York City subway in 1915, his family sends him Mother's special jam which works magic in returning him home to celebrate Christmas. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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An engaging Christmas story, one which emphasizes the importance of family togetherness at the holidays, Mim's Christmas Jam also offers an interesting depiction of the construction workers who labored beneath New York City in order to build its extensive subway system. The resolution of the tension between worker and supervisor here (as well as