Angels and Other Strangers: Family Christmas Stories »

Katherine Paterson was born in China, where she spent part of her childhood. After her education in China and the American South, she spent four years in Japan, the setting for her first three novels. Ms. Paterson has received numerous awards for her writing, including National Book Awards for The Master Puppeteer and The Great Gilly Hopkins, as well as Newbery Medals for Jacob Have I Loved and Bridge to Terabithia. Ms. Paterson lives with her husband in Vermont. They have four grown children.

In unexpected and heartwarming ways, two–time Newbery Medalist Katherine Paterson has written a collection of nine inspirational short stories that illuminate the true meaning of the Christmas story. Hope and celebration are the common threads in this exploration of the mysterious workings of the human heart.

Featuring a new foreword by the author, this new hardcover edition is perfect for sharing with loved ones both near and far during the holiday season.

Ages: 8 – 13

Publishers Weekly

In a new introduction to her inspirational holiday stories, Angels and Other Strangers (first published in 1979), now reissued with an appropriately respectful yet inviting paper-over-board cover, Katherine Paterson explains that one of the nine stories included here, her first for children, she wrote at the suggestion of her pastor husband for their congregation in 1967. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.