A Child's Christmas in Wales - Tapa blanda

"This beautifully illustrated A Child's Christmas in Wales should bring Dylan Thomas's work to a new generation of children." If you'd rather not gather your holiday eve around the TV, then build a fire and try a new tradition fixed back in Wales.... How he laced so many lines with perfect imagery is beyond me...this book is a holiday pearl. Modestly priced, this little book is destined to appear in many mailboxes in place of the usual Christmas card. In a voice more alluring than Circe's, Thomas recalls 'All the Christmases that roll down toward the two-tongued sea.' After reading Thomas's stories, readers may be reminiscing over their memories of Christmases long gone, but still remembered. This is a story to stir one's own emotions, with recollections perhaps untapped since childhood. Should become as much a tradition of Christmas as the wreath on the door and the tree in the window. Try it for a break from violent robots. The piece continues to work beautifully, blending the mock heroics of childhood with enduring images of the annual rituals of the season.... The language is enchanting and the poetry shines with an unearthly radiance. This beautifully illustrated A Child's Christmas in Wales should bring Dylan Thomas's work to a new generation of children.--President Jimmy Carter The perfect way to revisit the youthful excitement of Christmas, but with an appreciation that comes only with maturity. "This beautifully illustrated A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES should bring Dylan Thomas's work to a new generation of children." --- President Jimmy Carter -- A New York Times Bestseller "This beautifully illustrated A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES should bring Dylan Thomas's work to a new generation of children." -- President Jimmy Carter -- President Jimmy Carter

Dylan Thomas, one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, captures a child's eye view of a magical Christmas Day in a small Welsh town, with uncles and aunties, singsongs, presents (some useful, some not) and lots of snow. The beautiful, lyrical prose is vividly brought to life by Edward Ardizzone's wonderful line illustrations. This modern classic which celebrates 50 years since first publication, will delight everyone with its marvellous tales of the fun and excitement of what it is like to be a child at Christmas.