{"product_id":"the-christmas-boot","title":"The Christmas Boot","description":"\u003cp\u003eHannah Greyweather is poor and alone, gathering kindling in a cold forest, and she finds a single black boot. It fits. Warm for the first time in a long while, she says out loud that she only wishes she had its mate, and in the morning there are two boots sitting by her bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wishes keep coming true, each one a little larger, and the story earns every step of it before the visitor arrives at her door: a man with a white beard, a red suit, and only one boot. What Santa leaves behind on the last page is the thing Hannah actually needed, and it is not a boot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJerry Pinkney, a five time Caldecott Honor recipient and Caldecott medalist, painted this in watercolor at full bleed across a very large trim. The snow has weight. Hannah's face carries the whole plot without the text having to explain it. It is the kind of illustration that makes an adult slow down mid read aloud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShelved next to The Polar Express and The Night Before Christmas, and it holds its own there. A hardcover to buy once and bring out every December.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJan Brett's other Christmas title on this shelf is \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-night-before-christmas-board-book-jan-brett\" class=\"font-medium text-foreground underline underline-offset-4\"\u003eThe Night Before Christmas\u003c\/a\u003e, the complete Clement Moore poem in a board edition small enough for a toddler to carry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48186740637926,"sku":"1654309","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0808\/3862\/3462\/files\/r15-hero-4x5_4d3fb802-2b72-48cf-85c0-2c3936e07fc0.jpg?v=1786588579","url":"https:\/\/shop.stellarluxe.com\/products\/the-christmas-boot","provider":"Stellar Luxe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}