The Reindeer Keeper

Abbey senses something special about the little man tending to the reindeer who, along with acentury-old farmhouse, a barn full of animals, and fields abounding in woods and pasture, was a gift toAbbey from a stranger. Abbey and her husband, Steve, move in just before the holidays. They have beentogether since the '60s, eloping when Steve returned from Vietnam. Now with Abbeys cancer inremission, theyre looking forward to their boys coming home for Christmas. Turns out this Christmas proves to be more magical than anticipated as Abbey realizes anunderstanding never thought possible through the rekindling of a belief rooted in childhood. Of courseit's who delivers this gift on Christmas Eve that gives Abbey and Steve the strength to face their greatestchallenge. About the Author Barbara Briggs Ward is the author/illustrator of The Really,Really Hairy Flight of Snarly Sally and Snarly Sally's Garden of ABCs. Her projects includeillustrating And Then There Was Hope and The Brain Reigns for the New York State Office ofMental Health. She has been a featured author/illustrator on Mountain Lake PBS in Plattsburgh, NewYork, and Target's Book Festival in Boston and New York City. She has been published in Highlightsfor Children, McCalls, and the Crafts Report. An essay led to a feature inLadies' Home Journal. Her story, "In Anticipation of Doll Beds," was accepted into the ChickenSoup of the Soul book, Christmas Magic, released October, 2010. Barbara invites you to visitwww.snarlysally.com and . Suzanne Langelier-Lebeda is an award-winning graphic designer/illustrator. She earned nationalawards for art and publication design as a coordinator of publications at the State University of Potsdam.Her projects have included illustrations for the National Park Service Cumberland Island…