Author:  Joan Lexau

Illustrator:  Don Bolognese

Publisher, Publication Date: 1969 Scholastic paperback TW 1543

Book Size:  6" x 8"

Pages:  47

Description:  Original title:  Jose's Christmas Secret.  Description from back cover:

"It is winter in New York City.  The wind is cold.  It blows through the cracked walls of the apartment where Jose and his mother and his little brother live.

'Mami must be cold with just a little cotton blanket,' Jose thinks.  'It is up to me to get her a warm one.  Christmas is coming in six more days.  God, please let me get Mami a blanket for Christmas.'"

Condition:  Corner and edge wear.  Bends on cover.  Some tan spots on cover, and child's name top of cover.  Child's name top of title page.  Scuff top corner of pages, and bend bottom of one page corner.  Bend bottom corner of back cover.