In this charming barnyard tale, Ernest, a tiny, loveable donkey, and his farmyard friends demonstrate the power of love and selflessness--the true gifts of the holiday season. As Ernest and his barnyard friends prepare to celebrate Christmas, they realize that one of them is missing. What starts as a beautiful, snowy Christmas Eve turns into a struggle to save a friend and the discovery that being together with loved ones is the most special Christmas gift of all.

"The snow kept falling. Ernest couldn't see much. Most importantly, he couldn't see Chester.''

This book is part of the award-winning Ernest series, which includes Ernest and the Big Itch, Teeny Tiny Ernest and Twist and Ernest. The author, Laura T. Barnes was inspired by the adopted animals she owns at Barnesyard Farm in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The illustrator, Carol A. Camburn, has done the Ernest series along with other children's books and lives with her horse and cats in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Hardcover, 36 pages, 8 1/2'' x 10 3/4''
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