The Story of Holly and Ivy is a 1958 children's book written by Rumer Godden. On first publication it was illustrated by Adrienne Adams but later editions were illustrated by Barbara Cooney, the British Puffin edition is illustrated by Sheila Bewley. The story treats the simultaneous events of wishing for love, in Ivy, a young orphaned girl, and Holly, a Christmas doll.
The story was adapted as a 30-minute animated Christmas television program in 1991, titled The Wish That Changed Christmas.
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