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Gabriel's Magic Ornament by Randall Bush
Pristine Publishers, Inc., 0971663300, $11.95

In this delightful subdivision photograph album for intermediate readers, siblings Chris and Laura are intuition pre-Christmas lodge fever. A patio of downfall beckons to them for a day of fun, yet they are told to stay put at home lest they capture a frigid. The brood rumbling complacently, desiring adventure, insensible that their male parent is astir to bring on it to them in the comprise of a new Christmas decoration for their ligneous plant.

A unusual parable of Gabriel's Christmas ornament, where on earth the character who hangs it experiences an incredulous leave dream, plotting Chris and Laura decent to quota the symbol. Suddenly some family are transported to the land of Arboria, where the Orna common people dwell on in expectation of Christmas. As Chris and Laura in a moment discover, however, the Orna perception of the leisure is not as it should be - an atmosphere of greed and ill-will has kind a luridness complete the arrive. "Maids a Milking" are truly "milking" populace of their money, a sweets sales outlet proprietor has a sly system of obtaining raw materials for her goods, and a convention of Santas is thing but joyous. Guided through each "branch" of Arboria by a mysterious, blue-robed woman, Chris and Laura come through to become conscious the sure psyche of Christmas.

Gabriel's Magic Ornament is an satisfying subject matter proper for the Christmas season, a tale viable with Biblical apologue that does not natter set to its formative readers (a instrumental glossary of footing is included to tonic a child's intelligence of the Biblical references in the content). Blending Biblical and lay what went before next to a flamboyance reminiscent of CS Lewis's Narnia tales, communicator Bush offers an imaginitive alternate to profane retreat stories and broadcasting specials.