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Photo Credits

Many thanks to Flickr and the fine photographers who took and shared the pictures you see in these books. We only use pictures that have been shared with the Creative Commons license and those with no known copyright. You may click on photo credits link in any book to link to the pages on Flickr for the photos. Of course, the pictures remain the property of photographers who took them and all the restrictions they placed on their use still apply.

If you object to the use of your pictures in these books for kids with disabilities, just let me know and I’ll take the book down.

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The Gift of the Magi

Click on the links below to go to the Flickr page for each photograph.

 Uploaded The Gift of the Magi By: O'Henry
 Uploaded Jim and Della were a happy married couple.
 Uploaded Della loved her hair more than anything.
 Uploaded Jim's favorite thing was his watch.
 Uploaded Christmas was coming up, but Della was not ready.
 Uploaded Della only had $1.87 to spend on a gift for Jim.
 Uploaded To earn more money, Della cuts her hair on Christmas Eve and gets $20.
 Uploaded Della buys Jim a chain for his watch and is very happy.
 Uploaded Jim came home and was surprised to see Della had cut her hair.
 Uploaded Jim sold his watch to buy Della combs, but she couldn't use them because she no longer had hair.
 Uploaded Della gave Jim his chain for his watch, but Jim sold his watch to buy Della's gift.
 Uploaded Now Jim and Della both had gifts they couldn't use.
 Uploaded The couple was happy without the gifts because they had each other.
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