Katy’s Christmas Gift - Bernadette Watts Gift Card a child observes their world

a child observes their world from spring to summer

By setting them on a station table in that cosy corner of our home where we can observe the changing seasons

the girl—now all grown up—spots the dress in a thrift store window

At bedtime

Detailed images drawn to scale

Katy’s Christmas Gift - Bernadette Watts Gift Card a child observes their worldKaty sets out in the snow to visit the new baby born in the innkeeper's stable. She is bringing gifts: a loaf of bread, her cat Sasha and, mostimportantly, her favourite toy a wooden bird whistle. But Sasha doesn't want to play in the cold snow, and the animals of the forest eat the bread. Soon Katy's carefully chosen gifts are gone except the most special one of all. As the snow gets deeper and she gets colder, Katy wonders whether she'll ever have