Most of us have a favorite Christmas story to tell. The Christmas Gift is a true story, based on an experience I had as a child many years ago. It took place in a farm labor tent camp...

With honesty and rare grace, award-winning author Francisco Jimenez shares his most poignant Christmas memory in this unusual gift book. Illustrated with paintings both powerful and tender, his spare bilingual telling celebrates the true spirit of Christmas—and illuminates how children do indeed draw strength from the bonds of their families.

From the dust jacket