My children and their friends were roped in ... for language into readings across Canada of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". She began with one reading in 1990, but since then has helped ...

Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol to raise awareness of some of the ... The Ghost of Christmas Present also shows Scrooge two neglected children, hidden under his robes. They are called Ignorance ...

Early in 1843, Dickens had read a parliamentary report about children in the workforce ... Soon after this talk, he had the idea for A Christmas Carol, a book that showed the challenges faced ...