wood-carvers

"A [fictionalized] picture book biography about the barber shop of woodcarver Elijah Pierce, recipient of the highest folk art honor in the United States. A young boy walks in for an ordinary haircut and walks out having discovered a lifetime of art"--Provided by publisher.

A grumpy, reclusive woodcarver's life is transformed when a widowed mother and her seven-year-old son ask him to create a Christmas creche to replace the lost one given to the boy by his late father.