The miracle of the first Poinsettia : a Mexican Christmas story /

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by Oppenheim, Joanne.
[ 03. English Easy Reading ] Authors: Negrin, Fabian. Published by : Barefoot, (Cambridge, MA :) Physical details: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm. Subject(s): Christmas stories. | Poinsettias --Fiction. | Christmas --Mexico --Fiction. Year : 2003 03. English Easy Reading Item type : 03. English Easy Reading
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Eliot River Elementary School Christmas E OPP Available

A retelling of a Mexican legend that describes the origin of the Poinsettia plant. In this version, a young girl has nothing to give the Christ child, but when the weeds she carries in her hands miraculously transform into red flowers, she now has the perfect gift.