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    The Winter Elf
    The Winter Elf
    The Winter Elf
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    The Winter Elf

    By Grace Anne

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    The Winter Elf speaks to familiar feelings from childhood, especially those of fear and grief, but also of love and security.

    It’s Christmas time, and Clara Rose is grieving the absence of her mother who is hospitalized. The resulting family stress leaves the child feeling lost and alone. In response, she keeps her worries and tears silent, trying hard to be a 'good little girl' and not call attention to herself.

    When an odd but proper English elf shows up in her yard one snowy night, the little girl sees her sacrifice of self in a new light as she learns the importance of embracing her pain and opening up with those who love her. Clara discovers that it is only through sharing her hurts and hopes that her heart can find healing.

    The Winter Elf revisits the nostalgic enchantment of wintertime and fairytales. Reading the tale aloud, families connect and bond in the cozy evening hours before bed and learn with Clara Rose the importance of sharing one’s heart, hurt, and hope.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMount Tabor Media
    Release dateJul 7, 2020
    ISBN9781642795363
    The Winter Elf
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    Grace Anne

    Grace Anne is an author, painter, and musician who delights in exploring a wide range of emotional, relational, and spiritual experiences through the arts. Inspired especially by the fiction of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, she seeks to express “the good, the true and the beautiful.” She lives on her family estate in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Edgar Springs, Missouri.

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      "I have now read this book several times and have marveled at its unusual power. The Winter Elf can only be described as a masterpiece of children’s literature. Grace Anne has created a one-of-a-kind tool for anyone who loves a child. And before the story even begins, the author’s Letter to Grownups—a quick message to the book’s likely narrators—has value well beyond the price of the book. Seriously."

      —ANDY ANDREWS, New York Times bestselling author of The Traveler’s Gift, The Noticer, and creator of WisdomHarbour.com

      "All good fairy stories show us who we are and help us to understand the world in which we live. As Tolkien says, they hold up a mirror, showing us ourselves. The Winter Elf is a very good fairy story. Charming and disarming, it takes us into an enchanted world so that we can see the pain and suffering of this world more clearly. It is a gift for suffering souls of all ages which edifies the troubled soul even as it heals the broken heart."

      —JOSEPH PEARCE, author of Further Up and Further In: Understanding Narnia and Frodo’s Journey: Discover the Hidden Meaning of The Lord of the Rings

      "As a child psychologist, this is now on my most recommended book list for parents to read to their children. The

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