The Angel Doll: A Christmas Story

A touching christmas story, about the devotion of a little boy who tries to give his four year old polio cripple sister an angel doll as a christmas gift. The story is narrated by his best friend and paper-route partner. This is a simple story about devotion and love... Good read.

One of my favorite stories. Former newspaper columnist and author Jerry Bledsoe writes of a true tale from his childhood and adulthood. Its a loving, bittersweet portrayal of a time now long gone, with ramifications that extend much further than expected. I often give it and its sequel as gifts. There is also a movie on dvd that is of good quality.

The Angel Doll is a quick read and one to surely bring tears toyour eyes. It is a beautiful story, (definitely one for the holidayseason), set in the South in the 50s. This is the kind of story thatone would want to read to their children each and every Christmas.With the me generation is full force, this tale will bringhome, in full force, the power of love and caring and friendship.This tale will leave its full impression on your heart and leave youwondering about the mystery of the dolls. I just discovered on ...,that there is a sequel to this lovely tale and can hardly wait to readit! Uplifting tale for the entire family and I strongly encourageparents to have their children read it!

Great book

Like many Christmas novellas, this is one you can read in under an hour. You end up with a well-spent hour. The heart of the story is about two boys growing up in a moderately poor 1950s North Carolina town. The narrator and Whitey Black meet at a part-time job and end up fast friends. Whiteys sister, who is afflicted with polio, is fascinated with angels, so Whitey looks all over to find an angel doll. I wont give away much more of the plot since to do so is to encroach on the ending. The Angel Doll has quite a bit going for it. The writing rings true, capturing the mood of the narrator, both as a boy and as an adult, and the time. There is no artifice here; the writing is to the point, and the story stays focused without meandering unnecessarily. Nor does Mr. Bledsoe allow the writing to interfere with the story. In short, this is what the late

Read it to my grandchildren over Christmas. They loved it.

The Angel Doll is a nice story of 2 little boys who deliver newspapers. One of the boys (Whitey) is saving money to buy an angel doll for his sick sister. My favorite aspect of the book is the theme of love shown by the characters like Whitey, Mrs.Barnes, and others. It is a nice little story that can be read year round with a heartwarming end involving angel dolls.

I have read Mr. Bledsoe’s true crime books & enjoyed them very much. It is a genre that intrigues me & the crime in Blood Games occurred only about 20 miles from where I lived for over 50 years. I was quite surprised to learn that he had written a Christmas story also. One of the special things I do each year is collect Christmas books & stories to read the month of December. So, I purchased The Angel Doll & also the sequel, A Gift of Angels. These are very short books. You can read one in an afternoon or evening. After I finished the first one, I realized that the books are about real events in Mr. Bledsoe’s life. The setting is the time period when I grew up in the early 50’s, so it brings back fond memories of growing up in a simpler time & place. This will be a book I may share with close friends but one I will keep to reread in later years. The day I started reading this book, I got a call that my five year old grandson had thrown up at school & would miss a special Christmas event the family had planned at a children’s museum with elves. Mom & Dad still wanted to take Little Brother so SOS went out to Nana. I went over & did my best to comfort the kindergartener. We watched a movie, he slept some, I read some children’s Christmas stories to him. He asked about the book I was reading that lay on the bed. I told him the story in oral storytelling fashion & he was also very interested in the story. He asked about polio & I explained we are so lucky now that someone invented medicine so children don’t get polio anymore. So, this story is appealing to people from 5 years old to 70 & older. And I now live not far from where Mr. Bledsoe lives in NC. I would love to meet him & tell him how much I have enjoyed his books.

I live this story and hope my students do also!

It was exactly as discribed and I was glad to get it cheap and I couldnt wait to read it.