Project Gutenberg 2007-06-14 Public domain in the USA. 68 Shearon, Lillian Nicholson 22024454 The Little Mixer Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) "The Little Mixer" by Lillian Nicholson Shearon is a children's story set in the early 20th century. This fictional tale follows the life of a young Jewish girl named Hannah, who grapples with her cultural identity during the Christmas season. The book explores the complexities of childhood perceptions of religion and the yearning for acceptance amidst differing traditions. The narrative revolves around Hannah's challenges as she interacts with her Christian friends, Virginia and Nellie, who each celebrate Christmas. Feeling left out because of her Jewish heritage, Hannah desires the same holiday magic and presents that her friends receive from Santa Claus. In a whimsical twist, her friends attempt to baptize her as a means to invite Santa into her life, showcasing the innocence and misunderstandings that can arise in a diverse cultural context. Ultimately, Hannah’s father learns of her wishes and ensures she experiences the joy of Christmas, reflecting the themes of acceptance, love, and the blending of different cultural identities, seen through the innocent and sincere lens of childhood. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christmas -- Juvenile fiction Religion -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Browsing: Fiction 58521 58377 2024-10-09T12:17:37.467951 2023-09-10T04:21:32.410743 text/html text/html 55562 2021-01-02T17:49:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 154467 2021-01-02T17:49:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 196720 2024-10-09T12:17:39.452941 application/epub+zip 195347 2024-10-09T12:17:37.898960 application/epub+zip 86682 2024-10-09T12:17:37.669943 application/epub+zip 234902 2024-10-09T12:17:40.859944 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227081 2024-10-09T12:17:39.231940 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123064 2022-08-10T07:56:42.601200 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50062 49840 2024-10-09T12:17:37.266932 2023-09-10T04:21:32.239776 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 49855 2021-01-02T17:49:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19727 2021-01-02T17:49:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19417 2024-10-09T12:17:40.989930 application/rdf+xml 29395 2024-10-09T12:17:37.738959 image/jpeg 4264 2024-10-09T12:17:37.704954 image/jpeg 155207 2024-10-09T12:17:37.493980 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog