If you are wondering whether A Christmas Carol is too scary for your child, please read my review over at my Examiner column.
Leticia Velasquez also has an excellent review at MercatorNet.
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Elizabeth Kathryn Gerold-Miller, a Catholic write-at-home mother of four from Long Island, shares poetry and prose about the family life and other topics of interest.
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1 comment:
That is an excellent review! I will be taking my three children to see it...ages 9, 5 & 4!
Thank you so much!
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