The Christmas Gift: El regalo de Navidad

With honesty and rare grace, award-winning author Francisco Jiménez shares his most poignant Christmas memory in this remarkable book. Illustrated with paintings full of strength and warmth, written in spare bilingual text, this simple story celebrates the true spirit of Christmas, and illuminates how children do indeed draw strength from the bonds of their families.

When his family has to move again a few days before Christmas in order to find work, Panchito worries that he will not get the ball he has been wanting.