Eight-year-old Johnny is overjoyed because his family is going to spend Christmas at his grandfather's Connecticut farm. When the family arrives, Johnny discovers the wooden horse he intended on giving his younger brother is broken. How can Johnny make this the Christmas he hoped for? Full color.

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Eight-year-old Johnny is eager to visit his grandparents in their big stone house in Connecticut. He vividly remembers his last trip there when he was three, and his strongest memory is of a beautiful, hand-carved wooden horse. Johnny tells his little brother, Liam, that this year, it will be his turn to enjoy it-but the horse has vanished. Will wishing be enough to bring it back on Christmas Day? This story of a caring family, skillfully illustrated in gouache and watercolor, warmly and effectively conveys the selfless ideal of the season.

School Library Journal, October 2011