The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey facts for kids

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey is a British film from 2007. Bill Clark wrote and directed the movie. It is based on a book with the same name. Susan Wojciechowski wrote the book in 1995. P. J. Lynch created the pictures for it.

About the Film

This movie is 91 minutes long. Bill Clark was the director. The main actors were Tom Berenger, Joely Richardson, and Saoirse Ronan. Luke Ward-Wilkinson also starred in the film. Other actors included Benjamin Eli and Jack Montgomery. Jenny O'Hara was also part of the cast.

The film was shown at eight different film festivals. One of these was the Gloria Film Festival in Salt Lake City. There, it was named "Best Film – 2007". The movie came out on DVD in the United States in 2007. It was released in the UK and the Netherlands in 2008. Germany got the DVD in 2011. In December 2015, it was shown on national TV in the UK for the first time. This happened on Channel 5.

The Original Book

The book, also called The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, is a children's picture book. It has 32 pages. Susan Wojciechowski wrote the story. P. J. Lynch drew the illustrations. Walker Books published it in 1995 (ISBN: 978-0-7445-4007-9).

One newspaper described the story. It is about a sad woodcutter. He slowly learns to find happiness again. More than a million copies of the book were sold in the United States. P. J. Lynch won an award for his artwork in the book. He received the annual Kate Greenaway Medal. This award is given by the Library Association. It honors the best children's book illustration by a British artist each year.

The story tells of a woodcarver named Toomey. He agrees to carve nativity figurines for a widow and her son. By doing this, he starts to heal from the sadness of losing his own wife and child.

Walker's American company, Candlewick Press, published a U.S. version. This happened in the same year (Template:Library of Congress Classification; ISBN: 978-1-56402-320-9).