Wes Magee combines his artistry of poetry with today's real world problems to help children realize that there is more to Christmas than just Santa and receiving material gifts. Most of the children who will hear this book have never experienced homelessness and the kind of rejection that the ragged little boy experiences.

This story held fourteen 3 and 4 year olds spellbound and silent to the end. Additionally it touched the hearts of the entire teaching staff and reminded us that our problems were trivial in comparison. Definitely a holiday "must read" from now on!

Poems don't have to be square or rectangular, according to the conventions of word processing. They can assume any visage at the whim of the poet.

This playful little book is a compilation of some very ingenious shape poems. Putting pictures into poems and poems into pictures is the goal, and the result in this volume is an energetic and inventive collection.

It is bound to astound young and veteran readers who will want to try the medium out for themselves, and make their words rain, snow, or explode into a firework display across their page.