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Book SynopsisA REFRESHINGLY ORIGINAL YULETIDE TALE. KIRKUS REVIEWSThis fantastical Christmas book introduces children to Befana, the iconic witch from Italian folklore, who steals into children's homes on Epiphany Eve to fill their stockings with treats and signal the coming of spring. I come from Forever and Beyond, flying on a witch's broom. I come to fill your stockings. Make sure they don't have holes or are mismatched or, worse, dirty. By the way, I have nothing to do with that clumsy oaf dressed in red with his herd of reindeer In this magical picture book, the all-powerful and unstoppable Christmas witch, Befana, shares a letter to children about what happens on Epiphany Eve, or the fifth of January, when she takes to the sky to deliver gifts to all children everywhere. Befana is as fast as the wind on her broom, dressed in her warmest cloak. Jetting through the winter night, she cannot be seen, but all children know when she's been there from her gifts of sweets, nuts, and dried fruit,
