Download or read book Joy to the World written by Saviour Pirotta and published by Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All over the world, there is a wealth of fascinating traditions and legends surrounding the Christmas story. Here are five festive folk tales, retold by Saviour Pirotta, originating from places as far-flung as Mexico and the Middle East, Northern Europe and North Africa. Sheila Moxley's vivid artwork adds to the seasonal spirit, making this a true celebration of Christmas, throughout the world.
Download or read book Children Around the World Celebrate Christmas written by Susan Titus Osborne and published by Bean Sprouts. This book was released on 1996-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the birth of Christ with children from around the world! Learn about the customs and festivals that honor Christ's birth in the lands where they live.
Download or read book Always Together at Christmas written by Sara Sargent and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help children discover the joy of Christmas 2020 with this timely picture book that affirms the special magic of the holidays even if we're physically separated from our loved ones! Christmas will always mean love. Even if love looks a little different this year. As families and communities come together--and stay apart--in creative ways this holiday season, bring comfort and joy to children with this story about a Christmas like no other. Always Together at Christmas highlights different family traditions and the ways they're changing in 2020: from Santa's elves practicing social distancing to opening presents via Zoom on Christmas morning. And it even includes ideas for new quarantine-appropriate Christmas traditions! The sweet and cozy illustrations add classic touches, making this book the perfect gift to share with family and friends from across the miles.
Download or read book Christmas Stories from Around the World written by J. Lawrence Driskill and published by Hope Publishing House. This book was released on 1997 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sprightly collection of stories describing how Christ's birth is celebrated in various cultures. This book "captures the simplicity and beauty of Jesus' birth through the eyes of people around the world". It is refreshing to read of the meaningful Christmas celebrations that take place in other cultural contexts.
Download or read book Christmas Fairy Tales written by Neil Philip and published by Viking Children's Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spelling in this anthology we have retained American spelling in American texts and British spelling in British texts.
Download or read book Merry Christmas Stories written by "Just Right" Authors and Artists and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the holiday classic "The Night Before Christmas" to lesser-known gems such as "The Christmas Tree that Went Walking" and "Why the Top Sings," this heartwarming illustrated compilation features 15 Yuletide stories.
Download or read book The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories written by Jessica Harrison and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all time This is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising Christmas stories from around the world, taking us from frozen Nordic woods to glittering Paris, a New York speakeasy to an English country house, bustling Lagos to midnight mass in Rio, and even outer space. Here are classic tales from writers including Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Dylan Thomas, Saki and Chekhov, as well as little-known treasures such as Italo Calvino's wry sideways look at Christmas consumerism, Wolfdietrich Schnurre's story of festive ingenuity in Berlin, Selma Lagerlof's enchanted forest in Sweden, and Irène Nemerovsky's dark family portrait. Featuring santas, ghosts, trolls, unexpected guests, curmudgeons and miracles, here is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short story writers of all time.
Download or read book Christmas Stories written by Diana Secker Tesdell and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection is a treasury of short fiction by great writers of the past two centuries. As a literary subject, Christmas has inspired everything from intimate domestic dramas to fanciful flights of the imagination, and the full range of its expression is represented in this anthology.
Download or read book Joy to the World written by Tomie dePaola and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timeless celebration of Christmas from the legendary Newbery and Caldecott Honor winner Tomie dePaola! This collection unifies three of the incomparable Tomie dePaola’s most beloved Christmas stories into one handsome volume. Vividly portrayed and expertly crafted, The Night of Las Posadas, The Story of the Three Wise Kings, and The Legend of the Poinsettia are sure enchant and mesmerize the whole family during the holiday season.
Download or read book 24 Christmas Stories for Little Ones written by Anne Gravier and published by Magnificat-Ignatius. This book was released on 2012-09-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story for every night of the season of Advent.
Download or read book Christmas Around the World written by Anna Claybourne and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas customs, festive food, present-giving, songs and traditional stories from around the world with easy-reading text for children who have just started reading alone. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. "Irresistible for children learning to read'" - Child Education Plus
Download or read book Christmas in France written by Jack Manning and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how people in France celebrate Christmas, identifying traditional symbols, decorations, presents, foods, and customs associated with the holiday.
Download or read book Magical Christmas Stories written by and published by Parragon. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated treasury brings together the magic of a traditional Christmas through both new and classic stories. With rhyming verses and vibrant pictures, this book contains five stories including the timeless A Christmas Carol. Make a new family read-along tradition with this enchanting treasury, perfect for children and parents to share together.
Download or read book Madeline s Christmas written by Ludwig Bemelmans and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-09-25 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines the smallest one was Madeline.” Nothing frightens Madeline—not tigers, not even mice. With its endearing, courageous heroine, cheerful humor, and wonderful, whimsical drawings of Paris, the Madeline stories are true classics that continue to charm readers even after 75 years! It's the night before Christmas and everyone is sick in bed. All except brave Madeline, who is up and about and feeling just fine. Taking care of eleven little girls and Miss Clavel is hard work, but when Madeline finds help from a magical merchant, the girls embark on a Christmas journey that will surely make them forget their sniffles and sneezes. Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) was the author of the beloved Madeline books, including Madeline, a Caldecott Honor Book, and Madeline's Rescue, winner of the Caldecott Medal.
Download or read book Christmas Tales the Night Before Christmas and 21 Other Illustrated Christmas Stories written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the season with a fully-illustrated collection of Christmas stories from around the world! Christmas is a time to gather loved ones and share stories with each other, so Fairytalez has gathered a collection of Christmas tales for you to enjoy. You'll find beloved classics like Clement C. Moore's The Night Before Christmas, plus The Fir Tree, The Little Match Girl and more. These stories of Christmas originate not only from the United States, but also England, Denmark, Germany, Canada, Russia, Bulgaria and more, offering a look at Christmas around the world. The book contains 22 stories by Hans Christen Andersen, Lucy Maude Montgomery, Eugene Field, Laura Lee Hope, E.T.A Hoffman and other great storytellers, and features more than 70 illustrations. Enjoy this specially-designed collection of Christmas stories!List of stories, including author/editor and origin:The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, United StatesChristmas Every Day by William Dean Howells, United StatesThe Fir Tree by Hans Christen Andersen, DenmarkThe Symbol and the Saint by Eugene Field, United StatesThe Elves and the Shoemaker by the Brothers Grimm, GermanyThe Night After Christmas by Unknown, United StatesThe Osbornes' Christmas by Lucy Maude Montgomery, CanadaThe Legend of the Christmas Tree by Lucy Wheelock, United StatesThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christen Andersen, DenmarkThe Nutcracker by E.T.A Hoffman, GermanyStory of a Nodding Donkey by Laura Lee Hope, United StatesOld Father Christmas by J.H. Ewing, EnglandBoreas Bluster's Christmas Present by Mrs. W.J. Hays, EnglandBabouscka by Adelaide Skeel, RussiaA Night with Santa Claus by Anna R. Annan, United StatesPiccola by Kate Douglas Wiggin & Nora A. Smith, United StatesFather Christmas at Home by Mrs. M.H. Spielmann, United KingdomThe Animals' Christmas Tree by John P. Peters, United StatesThe Christmas Princess by Mrs. Molesworth, United KingdomThe Little Girl and the Winter Whirlwinds by Unknown, BulgariaThe Cat on the Dovrefell by Asbjørnsen & Moe, NorwayThe Bad Little Goblin's New Year by Mary Stewart, United Kingdom
Download or read book The Lion Classic Christmas Stories written by Mary Joslin and published by Lion Children's. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully presented volume of classic Christmas stories from around the world is written for children aged 7+ to enjoy reading alone, or for reading aloud in a classroom setting or with family sitting round a log fire! A mixture of stories from the Christian heritage and more secular tales, these retellings all evoke the true spirit of Christmas around the world. Included are Nativity stories from the Gospels of Luke and Matthew, the stories of Baboushka and Papa Panov, Fir Tree and The Nutcracker. The whole collection sparkles with colourful and detailed artwork from Jane Ray. Praise for Jane Ray: "Rich in detail, Jane Ray's stunning illustrations capture the magic of our world" Julia Eccleshare about Stories for a Fragile Planet
Download or read book The Children s Book of Christmas Stories written by Asa Don Dickinson and published by Flying Chipmunk Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fine book from the turn of the 19th Century contains 35 wonderful and inspiring Christmas stories for children. These stories were already well-received before they were pulled together to make this book. Included are excerpts from "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens and the Christian Bible, stories from Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, from Ireland, Germany, the American West, and from the big cities in England and the United States. * * * * Written in easy-to-read 13-point type, and divided between stories for little kids, intermediate kids, and the older set, each of the stories has already won the approval of thousands of children, and each is packed with the true Christmas spirit: that small thoughtful actions can have big, and happy, consequences. Some stories will bring a tear to your eyes, other will make you laugh. All are enjoyable. This book will become a cherished addition to your library for years to come. * * * * The stories in this book are: Christmas at Fezziwig's Warehouse (Charles Dickens), The Fir-Tree (Hans Christian Andersen), The Christmas Masquerade (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman), The Shepherds and the Angels (Adapted from the Bible), The Telltale Tile (Olive Thorne Miller), Little Girl's Christmas (Winnifred E. Lincoln), A Christmas Matin e (M. A. L. Lane), Toinette and the Elves (Susan Coolidge), The Voyage of the Wee Red Cap (Ruth Sawyer Durand), A Story of the Christ-Child (a German Legend for Christmas Eve told by Elizabeth Harrison), Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman), Why the Chimes Rang (Raymond McAlden), The Birds' Christmas (founded on fact-F. E. Mann), The Little Sister's Vacation (Winifred M. Kirkland), Little Wolff's Wooden Shoes (Fran ois Copp e, adapted and translated Alma J. Foster), Christmas in the Alley (Olive Thorne Miller), A Christmas Star (Katherine Pyle), The Queerest Christmas (Grace Margaret Gallaher), Old Father Christmas (J. H. Ewing), The Golden Cobwebs (Sara Cone Bryant), How Christmas Came to the Santa Maria Flats (Elia W. Peattie), The Legend of Babouscka (From the Russian Folk Tale), Christmas in the Barn (F. Arnstein), The Philanthropist's Christmas (James Weber Linn), The First Christmas-Tree (Lucy Wheelock), The First New England Christmas (G. L. Stone and M. G. Fickett), The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner (Charles Dickens), Christmas in Seventeen Seventy-Six (Anne Hollingsworth Wharton), Christmas Under the Snow (Olive Thorne Miller), Mr. Bluff's Experience of Holidays, (Oliver Bell Bunce), Master Sandy's Snapdragon (Elbridge S. Brooks), A Christmas Fairy), John Strange Winter), The Greatest of These (Joseph Mills Hanson), Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe (Elizabeth Harrison), and Christmas on Big Rattle (Theodore Goodridge Roberts). * * * * In making this volume, we discovered that the Gutenberg eBook versions are missing a story - "The Golden Cobwebs" - instead having a short excerpt from "A Christmas Carol" that is duplicated by the longer excerpt "The Cratchit's Christmas Dinner" later in this book. This edition restores the missing story. This volume contains the full text of the original book published in 1913. * * * * Check our other Children's, Juvenile, and Adult books at www.FlyingChipmunkPublishing.com, or Like us on Facebook for our latest releases.
