Laura wishes for a Baby Betty Doll more than anything, and miraculously receives on one Christmas morning. She refuses to share the doll with her sisters, but finally realizes that she'll have more fun if they all play with the doll together - eventually throwing a tea party and proclaiming it the best Christmas ever. My son found this story a bit of a downer for Christmas -- it's so hard to find books featuring black kids that it stands out when they are the ones that feature a family in hard times. Though this if a function of the scarcity of books featuring black families rather than a criticism of the story itself. In addition, a very minor point, but Santa is referred to as "Santy Claus" throughout which I find incredibly grating, though perhaps appropriate for the period of time the book is set in?
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