A doll for Navidades

By Esmeralda Santiago

Subjects: Christmas, fiction, Dolls, fiction, Family life, fiction, Christmas, Families, Family, Christmas stories, Fiction, Children's fiction, Gifts, Juvenile fiction, Family life, Dolls, Gifts, fiction

Description: While preparing for Christmas in Puerto Rico, seven-year-old Esmeralda asks the Three Magi for a baby doll like her cousin's, but when they bring something else instead she gains a deeper understanding of the meaning of the holiday.