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By: Molly Beth Griffin / Illustrated by: Anait Semirdzhyan

How can it be the holidays if everyone isn’t together?

One year, a storm prevents all the relatives from coming to visit for the holidays. No Grandma, no aunts, no uncles, no cousins. No fun! This family will have to adapt their traditions to versions that can be done on a smaller scale—a simpler stew dinner, a hike in the snow, and a game of cards instead of rowdy charades. Navigating disappointment with mindfulness and gratitude, the family pieces together a holiday full of new traditions, while still acknowledging that it’s okay to miss the old ones.

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Author & Illustrator

Molly Beth Griffin, author

Molly Beth Griffin is a graduate of Hamline University’s MFA program in writing for children and young adults and a writing teacher at the Loft Literary Center in the Twin Cities. She is the author of Ten Beautiful Things, Loon Baby, and Silhouette of a Sparrow.

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Anait Semirdzhyan, illustrator

Anait Semirdzhyan has a passion for illustrating children’s books. She is the illustrator of several picture books such as Bábo: A Tale of Armenian Rug-Washing Day, The Great Banned-Books Bake Sale, and The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story. She lives in Seattle with her husband and twin daughters.

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Awards & Honors

• A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection

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Details

Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-62354-443-0

Ages: 3–7
Page count: 32
11 x 8¹/₂

Publication date: August 27, 2024

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