{"id":1345,"date":"2017-08-23T02:09:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T02:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifafa.us\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2017-08-23T02:09:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T02:09:13","slug":"book-a-christmas-adventure-in-little-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/?p=1345","title":{"rendered":"Book:  A Christmas Adventure in Little Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>A Christmas Adventure in Little Italy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1346 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ifafa.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/christmasinlittleitaly.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"133\" \/>It\u2019s the day before Christmas, and Jimmy and his best friend\u2014his dog, Blackie\u2014are visiting <em>Nonna<\/em>, Jimmy\u2019s grandma, in her neighborhood called Little Italy. Jimmy loves to visit with <em>Nonna<\/em>, especially when he can help her make <em>biscotti<\/em>. After they finish their baking, Jimmy, <em>Nonna<\/em>, and Blackie set out together on the wintry day to take packages of the freshly baked <em>biscotti<\/em> to St. Michael the Archangel Church, where the cookies will be given to poor families on Christmas Eve. But as they leave the church, a bus making a sudden stop startles Blackie, and the little dog runs off through the neighborhood. All too soon, Jimmy realizes that Blackie is lost. Even though Jimmy and <em>Nonna<\/em> search everywhere, the quickly falling snow covers up Blackie\u2019s paw prints, making it impossible to follow him. Will Jimmy\u2019s Christmas be a sad one without his best friend?<\/p>\n<p>A <u>Christmas Adventure in Little Italy<\/u> is a heartwarming tale of a boy and his dog, set against the backdrop of a 1950s-era Italian neighborhood. The endearing and evocative images and child-friendly narrator\u2019s voice will enchant young readers (and listeners), transporting them to a time gone by\u2014a time of simple pleasures and special relationships. The inclusion of <em>Nonna\u2019s<\/em> <em>biscotti<\/em> recipe at the end of the book\u2014a real taste of Little Italy\u2014is an added treat that children and adults alike will love. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Kathleen Muth Reading Center at Chapman University. For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/\">www.chapman.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To buy the book from the author, go to &lt;http:\/\/www.achristmasadventure.com\/&gt;. The book is also available through amazon.com or Barnes &amp; Noble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Christmas Adventure in Little Italy It\u2019s the day before Christmas, and Jimmy and his best friend\u2014his dog, Blackie\u2014are visiting Nonna, Jimmy\u2019s grandma, in her neighborhood called Little Italy. Jimmy loves to visit with Nonna, especially when he can help her make biscotti. After they finish their baking, Jimmy, Nonna, and Blackie set out together &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/?p=1345\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Book:  A Christmas Adventure in Little Italy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1347,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions\/1347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}