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A Christmas Story
By James D. Kester (illustrator) and Jay Frankston
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Whole Loaf Pubns
Publication date September 1, 1994
Binding Hardcover
Edition 3
Book category Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780962975417
ISBN-10 0962975419
Dimensions 0.75 by 6.25 by 9 in.
Weight 0.40 lbs.
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Original list price $9.95
Other format details juvenile
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Summary
The author describes how and why he became Santa Claus each year to a number of needy children whose letters to Santa he found in the postal service's dead letter office.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: For 12 years the author played Santa Claus anonymously in New York City in response to letters from needy children addressed simply to Santa Claus, North Pole. This is the story of these children and the anonymous man in the red suit. It will make you laugh. It will make you cry. It will make you feel good. The book was condensed in Readers Digest.

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3 edition from Whole Loaf Pubns (September 1, 1994)
9780962975417 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.40 lbs | List price $9.95
About: Raised as a Jew, Frankston never observed Christmas until he became a father and decided to celebrate this holiday in a unique way--by reading and answering some especially touching letters to Santa
3 edition from Cypress House (August 1, 1994)
9781879384040 | details & prices | 44 pages | List price $11.95
About: When Jay Frankston was a child, Christmas felt like a big party he wasn’t invited to.

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