Miracle on 133rd Street

(Hardback)

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An urban familys dilemma becomes a community celebration in this delectable holiday treat from Sonia Manzano, also known as Maria on Sesame Street.

Its Christmas Eve and Mami has bought a delicious roast for a Christmas feast. But, oh no! Its too big to fit in the oven. Jose and Papa need to find an oven big enough to cook Mamis roast. As they walk from door to door through their apartment building, no one seems to be in the Christmas spirit. So they head down the street to find someone willing to help, and only when they do, lo and behold, the scentthe itself magical smellof dinner begins to spread, and holiday cheer manifests in ways most unexpected.

Sonia Manzano from Sesame Street and two-time Caldecott Honor-recipient Marjorie Priceman have cooked up a Christmas tale about how the simplest thingslike the tantalizing smell of Christmas dinner and the sharing of itcan become a holiday miracle.

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Sonia Manzano is best known as Maria, one of the first Hispanic characters on Sesame Street, a role she has delighted in for more than twenty years. She has earned fifteen Emmy Awards as a member of the Sesame Street writing staff, and is the author of the picture books No Dogs Allowed!, A Box Full of Kittens, and the Pura Belpr Award honored The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano. Sonia Manzano lives in New York City with her husband.

Marjorie Priceman, illustrator of many acclaimed picture books, has won Caldecott Honors for her illustrations in Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin! by Lloyd Moss and Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the Frist Hot-Air Balloon Ride, which she also wrote. She lives in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.