cover image Christmas Bird

Christmas Bird

Bernadette Watts. NorthSouth, $15.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-55858-603-1

Katya selflessly offers her prized possession--a humble wooden bird whistle--to the newborn King and sees her gift transformed into a living, singing creature. Fashioned from familiar elements, this modest tale glistens beneath the snowy blanket that covers Watts's alpine village wonderland. Her candle-lit cottage interiors are cozy as a country quilt. Ages 5-8. (Sept.)