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In this retelling of the old French legend, a juggler offers to the Christ Child the only Christmas gift he has. “The full-color pictures with subtle tonal modulations are an integral part of the design of the lumious pages full of movement and vitality. The Italianate aspects of the setting... read more

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A once-famous Italian juggler, now old and a beggar, gives one final performance before a statue of Our Lady and the Holy Child.

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He would juggle lemons and oranges, apples and eggplants, and even zucchini.

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  1. Tomie dePaola (Author)

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Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Publication Date: 1978
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Page Count: 48

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