CHRISTMAS BUS, THE

THE CHRISTMAS BUS BY ROBERT INMAN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY LYLE BASKIN (NOVELLO FESTIVAL PRESS, $19.95)

In this new holiday story, the North Carolina author presents Mrs. Frump and the children of the Peaceful Valley Orphanage. Some townspeople carp about Frump's lack of control over the mischievous orphans. But she rightly figures they need unconditional love, not harsh discipline.

When Frump concocts a plan to have each child celebrate Christmas with a real family, she borrows a rickety old bus to transport them. But she fails to get permission, and Sheriff Snodgrass gives chase.

Will the fleeing orphans be caught? Will Frump be fired? It all ends happily ever after, as every Christmas story should.

-NANCY DORMAN-HICKSON

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