A Child's Christmas in New England

 This is a memoir about a time when, and place where, (in the New England of the ‘50s and ’60s), the snow was always deep and a light was always on in the window.  At his daughter’s urging Sullivan provides a Yuletide feast for the reader, full of his memories of childhood Christmases and recollections of his parents and grandparents and of relatives and siblings and of all the goings on that make Christmas what it is, now and then. There are adventures too and hazardous excursions for which Glenn Wolff’s illustrations that accompany the whole story glow like Christmas presents by the fire, like ornaments on the Christmas tree, his memories like the author’s, rich with the texture of their youth.

Glenn Wolff of Westchester County, NY Glenn Wolff is a master of the natural and unnatural, having rendered animals both real and mythical in books by Robert Sullivan, Jerry Dennis and many others. A formidable talent, he also plays stand-up bass in a terrific jazz combo, the Neptune Quartet. He lives and works in Traverse City, Michigan, and his art is familiar to readers of The New York Times, to which he has contributed for more than 30 years.

Robert Sullivan Robert Sullivan is the Managing Editor of LIFE Books. He was raised in Massachusetts and continued his education in New Hampshire; he lives today with his family in Westchester County, New York. He has written for scores of magazines and has authored several books. A Child's Christmas in New England is his third collaboration with Glenn Wolff