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Christopher

Tomie dePaola

199426 pagesabout 25–35 minutes
1994
first published
  • 1994Holiday House · ENGISBN 9780823408627
  • 1995Rebound by Sagebrush · ENGISBN 9780613872225
  • 1996Lutterworth Press · 32 pagesISBN 9780718829520
  • 1995Holiday House · 26 pages · ENGISBN 9780823411696

As Reprobus carries a child across a river one stormy night, the boy gets heavier and heavier until Reprobus feels he is carrying the world on his shoulders--thus goes the legend of the name Christ-bearer, or Christopher.

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