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Bigger than a standard board book, it is attractively priced to be affordable for all budgets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy Kim Fernandes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-details__metafield js-pdp-dimensions-value\"\u003e7.0\" W x 1.0\" L x 8.5\" H\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e28 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Firefly Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49177967362295,"sku":"","price":12.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0645\/9641\/files\/900659B0-6C78-4033-A6CF-9B2922D1B766.jpg?v=1786394004"},{"product_id":"christmas-with-the-rural-mail","title":"Christmas with the Rural Mail","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gentle poem describing the journey of a mailsleigh through rural Nova Scotia at Christmas time, delivering packages and parcels to children,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristmas with the Rural Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a holiday classic. The poem is carefully crafted to fit Maud Lewis’s colourful paintings, and the mailsleigh passes children skiing and tobogganing, oxen and Clydesdale horses pulling heavy loads, and the train station, among other classic rural winter scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLewis’s artwork is ideal for babies and toddlers, with its bright colours and simple forms, and the paintings and poem together perfectly evoke Christmases gone by. 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Delight in illustrator Don Daily's enchanting and playful interpretations of ladies dancing, pipers piping, lords a-leaping, drummers drumming, five gold rings, and, of course, the partridge in the pear tree. 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