The Family Under the Bridge

The Family Under the Bridge is a seasonal children's novel by Natalie Savage Carlson published in 1958. It received a Newbery Honor Award.
Plot.
In the early 1900s a Parisian hobo named Armand dislikes children; but after meeting three children, Suzy, Evelyn, and Paul and their mother – he reluctantly allows them to share his space under a bridge in Paris during the Christmas season. Their ingenuity and talent helps them feed themselves, and he soon becomes attached to the children and determines to provide a home for them. Eventually, he becomes a hardworking man. 