Name: Christmas With the Rural Mail
SKU: 8768

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Christmas With the Rural Mail - a poem by Lance Woolaver with paintings by Maud Lewis

A gentle poem describing the journey of a mailsleigh through rural Nova Scotia at Christmas time, delivering packages and parcels to children, Christmas with the Rural Mail is a holiday classic. The poem is carefully crafted to fit Maud Lewis’s colourful paintings, and the mailsleigh passes children skiing and tobogganing, oxen and Clydesdale horses pulling heavy loads, and the train station, among other classic rural winter scenes.

Lewis’s artwork is ideal for children, with its bright colours and simple forms, and the paintings and poem together perfectly evoke Christmases gone by. This is a paperback book edition great for young readers.

The art of Maud Lewis is among Canada’s greatest treasures. This book tells a story of how Nova Scotia once was illustrated with Lewis’ unique artwork.

About Maud Lewis

Maud Lewis (1903-1970) is one of Canada's most celebrated folk artists. Though she lived in conditions of abject poverty and was crippled by severe arthritis, her creative imagination soared above these difficult circumstances. Sitting by the window of her tiny house near Digby, Nova Scotia, Lewis painted sunny scenes of idyllic rural life, filled with brilliant colours, gentle animals, and cheerful domesticity.