Carol Bird is born on Christmas morning and named for the day. Delicate from the start, she spends her childhood in bed, but she fills it with kindness, and her great project is a Christmas dinner for the nine noisy Ruggles children who live in the little house behind her own, whose preparations and table manners are the comic heart of the story.
A short Christmas classic that mixes laughter and tears, for family reading in December. Download the free EPUB.