The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll

IT'S CHRISTMAS, AND NELLA is beside herself with excitement! She and her sisters have been given arealgift - a beautiful Baby Betty doll. But it's hard to share something you've waited your whole seven-year-old life for, and Nella grabs the doll for herself. It isn't long before she discovers that a doll can't do the fun things she and her sisters do together. So, as Christmas day fades, Nella shares it with her sisters. Set in the Depression era South, here's a heartwarming story that captures the essence of the holiday.

Patricia C. McKissack is the Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of The Dark-Thirty and Porch Lies an ALA Notable Book. She has collaborated with Jerry Pinkney on Goin' Someplace Special (Coretta Scott King Award winner) and Mirandy and Brother Wind (Coretta Scott King Award winner and Caldecott Honor Book).

Jerry Pinkney is the illustrator of five Caldecott Honor Books, including our own Mirandy and Brother Wind. He has won the Coretta Scott King Award five times. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.