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Jingle Bells
How the Holiday Classic Came to Be
By Harris, John
- ISBN
- 978-1-56145-590-4
- Publisher
- Peachtree
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2011
Gr 1–3—Harris takes the popular claim of when and where "Jingle Bells" was written and adds imagined events. The fact that composer James Lord Pierpont was the music director of a Unitarian church in pre-Civil War Savannah becomes the inspiration for beginning the story—a brick thrown through a window because of t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2011
Based on a true story, Harris's brisk text uses a liberal amount of invented conversation to embellish the tale of a northern-born songsmith living in 1850s Savannah, Georgia, and longing for a snowy winter. It's a hot Nove...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Based on a true story, Harris's brisk text uses invented conversation to embellish the tale of songsmith John Lorn Pierpont...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
