A Christmas Carol

"A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, is a classic. But have you tried to read it to a child? I did --- and my eight-year-old daughter begged me to stop after 5 minutes. Why? Because Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" in 1843, when language and pacing were much different. I found the obvious solution: I cut the 28,000-word original in half. I didn't butcher Dickens, I didn't rewrite him. I just edited the story so what the reader gets is ...the story. A gifted artist, Paige Peterson, contributed illustrations that give you the feel of that chill of that London winter. And now, I think, it's a pleasure --- and a thrill ---for children and adults to read.