cover image A CHRISTMAS SAMPLER

A CHRISTMAS SAMPLER

Joan Walsh Anglund, . . Harcourt, $9.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-15-202113-9

Anglund's (Christmas Is Love) trademark chubby-cheeked children dot the pages of this small-format holiday anthology. Gathering traditional carols and customs from around the world, along with original poems (plus a recipe for gingerbread cookies), she creates idealized scenes of innocent, old-fashioned festivity, brightly bordered in red and green. Anglund's many fans will be pleased. All ages. (Sept.)