The Angel Doll
A Christmas Story

Jerry Bledsoe allows us to journey with him back into his childhood, to meet and enjoy those places, events and people that fill his memories. The story is not about Christmas but about the way in which the short encounters we have with others can last us a lifetime. How lives can change in an insta......more

I received this book from my Grandma, Christmas 1996 and have read it every single Christmas Eve since. I cry every time still. One of my favorite Christmas books, to remind you what Christmas really is about.......more

It was a book that I bought at a yard sale and the author had actually signed. It's a good short read and it brought me to tears.......more

The Angel Doll, short story / novella length and set primarily in the 1950s, is the story of Jimmy "Whitey" Black, a ten year old boy whose four year old sister Sandy is battling polio. Every day, Sandy's favorite part of the day, Jimmy sits down to read the book The Littlest Angel to his sister. Kn......more

Not my typical read, but it's quick and it's Christmas and that's what I have time for. The book was written by a man who wrote for one of our local papers where I grew up. It's a story of a brothers love for his sister and a special friendship between that boy and the author. Not many boys their ag......more