{"product_id":"the-woodcutters-christmas-a-classic-holiday-fable-hardcover","title":"The Woodcutter's Christmas: A Classic Holiday Fable - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrad Kessler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDonaann McAdams\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnwrap the deluxe, expanded, and republished edition of one of the most heartwarming Christmas stories of our time. Each year a New York family looks forward to the day in early December when the Woodcutter arrives with his Christmas trees on the sidewalk below their apartment...until he doesn't show up..and the touching backstory behind this holiday fable.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing elegant black-and-white photographs by an award-winning photographer, \u003ci\u003eThe Woodcutter's Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a reflective journey, blending the serene beauty of Vermont winters with the bustling streets of Manhattan. Seen through the eyes of a man who nurtures Christmas trees, this story explores the contrast between nature's slow, steady rhythms and the fleeting, disposable culture of modern society. When the Woodcutter sees the trees he lovingly raised discarded on city curbs after the holiday season, his perspective shifts. After a chance meeting in Manhattan with a kindred spirit, the lessons, spirit, and meaning of Christmas is beautifully reinforced in Kessler's lovely text.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrad Kessler is a critically acclaimed novelist whose work has been translated into several\u003cbr\u003e languages. He won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in Fiction for his novel \u003ci\u003eBirds in Fall\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), A\u003cbr\u003e Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as a Whiting Writer's\u003cbr\u003e Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He is an educator and farmer and author of the literary non-fiction \u003ci\u003eGoat Song: A Seasonal Life, \u003cbr\u003e A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese\u003c\/i\u003e. His other books include: \u003ci\u003e North, a\u003cbr\u003e novel\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) a finalist for 2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction and the 2022 Vermont\u003cbr\u003e Book Award; Lick Creek (2001), a novel, and \u003ci\u003eThe Woodcutter's Christmas \u003c\/i\u003e(2001). He is the\u003cbr\u003e editor and co-creator of \u003ci\u003eDeep North: Stories of Somali Resettlement in Vermont\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). His\u003cbr\u003e work has appeared in many publications including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon\u003cbr\u003e Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and Lit Hub. He's received a National Endowment for the Arts\u003cbr\u003e Fellowship and the Lange-Taylor Prize from Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe teaches creative writing at the MFA program at Antioch University, Los Angeles, and has\u003cbr\u003e lectured at, among other places, Northwestern University, Smith College, the New School\u003cbr\u003e University, and the Kenyan Writer's Workshop. He is a graduate of the Harvard Program in\u003cbr\u003e Refugee Trauma and runs a small goat dairy in Southwestern Vermont alongside the\u003cbr\u003e photographer and activist, Dona Ann McAdams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDona Ann McAdams studied photography at the San Francisco Art Institute and has an M.F.A. in\u003cbr\u003e Visual Arts from Rutgers University and a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from Empire State\u003cbr\u003e College. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e McAdams has exhibited at many places, nationally and internationally, including the Museum\u003cbr\u003e of Modern Art, NYC; The Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC; The International Center for\u003cbr\u003e Photography; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Library for Performing Arts\u003cbr\u003e at Lincoln Center, Robert Miller Gallery and La Primavera Fotographica, in Barcelona, Spain, \u003cbr\u003e Her photos are in the collections of, among other places, the Museum of Modern Art; The\u003cbr\u003e Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Print Club, and the Pompidou Center. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Box: A Photographic Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e (Saint Lucy Books 2024), a book of\u003cbr\u003e performance photography, Caught in the Act (Aperture 1996) and \u003ci\u003eThe Woodcutter's Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (Council Oak Book, Fall 2001). Her work has appeared in numerous publications including The\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, T\u003ci\u003ehe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe London Times, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStern\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoubletake\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAperture\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer awards and honors include the Meredith S. Moody Residency at Yaddo (2019), a Vermont\u003cbr\u003e Arts Council Grant (2019), a 2018 Movement Research Honoree, an \"Angel Honor\" from the\u003cbr\u003e Eric Carle Museum (2018); grants from the The Charles Lawrence Keith and Clara Miller\u003cbr\u003e Foundation (2011, 2010), a Dorothea Dix Award from the city of Glens Falls, NY (2006), a\u003cbr\u003e MacDowell Residency (1999), the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation (1997, 2000, 2004), an Obie\u003cbr\u003e Award (1997), the Dorothea Lange\/Paul Taylor Prize from the Center for Documentary Studies\u003cbr\u003e at Duke University (1996), and a Bessie Award (1993). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Since 1983, she has been committed to bringing cameras and photography into marginalized\u003cbr\u003e and under-served communities. She has built community darkrooms and taught photography in\u003cbr\u003e places as diverse as New York City homeless shelters, Appalachian farming communities, \u003cbr\u003e thoroughbred race tracks, and day programs for people living with severe mental illness.\u003cbr\u003e In 2009 she worked closely with Maurice Sendak in establishing the Sendak Fellowship, an\u003cbr\u003e award-winning residency fellowship for people who tell stories with illustration, which she ran\u003cbr\u003e as the director until 2017. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She has taught and lectured at, among other places, Rutgers University, New York University, \u003cbr\u003e The American Center in Barcelona, Spain, and Hostos Community College in the South Bronx, \u003cbr\u003e New York City.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.22 x 8.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966626693421,"sku":"9798992468700","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/dPfHXPSP639798992468700.webp?v=1775534950","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-woodcutters-christmas-a-classic-holiday-fable-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}