A Child's Christmas in San Francisco"Shimmering Evocative and lyrical free verse poetry." Kirkus Review " lovely, ripe with simple imagery and musical lyricism." Foreword Reviews "This charming book is sure to become a quick conversation piece at parties, book clubs, and historical societies alike." US Review of Books At the core of A Child's Christmas in San Francisco are seven poems, composed, author John Briscoe tells us, by generations of San Francisco school children. Over the week

"Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come

warlocks and other popes--they're more the physical type

Gen's brother Koji returns home at last

also known as "Led's

all magnificently arranged with the cool colorful abstractions and shapely patterns of New Wave design

Jean-Emmanuel Deluxe (French pop culture and music writer

Signed by Timothy Leary

but not their happiness to be what they are

From the editors of Mondo 2000

An impoverished but talented artist takes Gen under his wing and teaches him to paint

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stuffed with Beer Can Chicken