Every year, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books becomes livelier and brighter due to the growing number of attendees. From book lovers, casual readers, and literary collectors to authors and publishers, people gathered to celebrate literacy.
The largest book festival in the US opened its doors last April for a glamorous two-day weekend celebration with the bookworms. Held at the University of Southern California, many book enthusiasts, book lovers, and book collectors, as well as writers, established authors, and many more, attended the free event.
A lot of bookfair-goers went by the Citi of Books booth to check for their next read and potential favorite book. One of the books that were chosen is “How Santa Became a Toymaker: Christmas Lore Retold” by Bernice Kochan. It was displayed on April 20th and 21st at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California.
Bernice Kochan had a long career working as an artist in Cleveland and collaborated on many national commissions. After becoming a bit of a celebrity in 1969 with major awards, Kochan started her own studio and worked on a mix of jobs, some to pay the rent and some for non-profit organizations. In her spare time, she enjoys making papier-mâché piggy banks.
Kochan shares her artistic interests with two sisters and one brother, and her nieces and nephews are ready models for any project.
Many, many years ago, there was a little boy named Santa Claus who lived in the Great North Country with his mother, father, and homebound little sister. Santa wanted to do anything he could to make his sister smile. He would gather her colored stones and pick her flowers, but when Christmas came, their father had no money to buy real toys for the children. And that was when Santa had an idea.
A delight for children young and old, How Santa Became a Toymaker is a new look into the beginnings of the jolly man in the red coat, filled with valuable lessons of kindness, love, and generosity the whole family will enjoy.
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