Maria begins this children's book with a vision of Christmas Eve, at her grandmothers farm, recalling memories from a moment in time, on the meaning of Christmas. So, begins this touching story of the writer own childhood memories in her debut children's book. Christmas Night on the Farm is the brilliantly illustrated story of a girl's memories of her family's holiday season in the mid-1960s on a rural Arkansas farm. "I am excited to share my first book with students throughout Arkansas! The purpose of this book is to share a happy memory from a moment in time, the meaning of Christmas, and to encourage young readers and writers that there is a book in all of us.