Download or read book The Christmas Gift written by R. William Bennett and published by Burgess Adams. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christmas book illustrates the power of apology, forgiveness and understanding, and the lasting impact we can have when we reach through the mists of hurt and mistrust to offer a hand of kindness to another.
Download or read book The Christmas Gift written by Jeanne Savery and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a warm-hearted widow challenges an injured war veteran to reclaim his life, circumstances lead both to the kissing bough...and a true Christmas miracle.
Download or read book The Third Gift written by Linda Sue Park and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From two extraordinary talents, a beautifully crafted picture book for the Christmas season. The three wise men, or the three kings, are familiar figures in the Christmas tradition. Newbery medalist Linda Sue Park has taken the brief biblical references to the three as the starting point for a new story. In it we meet a boy who is learning his father’s trade; a man who gathers resin from certain trees; a merchant in the marketplace; and three strangers in brightly colored robes who are shopping for a gift for a baby. Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline with exquisite paintings, this simple, moving tale of ordinary people involved in an extraordinary event brings new resonance to the well-known gift list of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Download or read book Franklin s Christmas Gift written by Paulette Bourgeois and published by Kids Can Press. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Franklin Classic Storybook, Franklin can't decide what to donate to his school's Christmas toy drive. At first, all of his toys seem too special to give away, then nothing seems special enough. With some inspiration from his Great Aunt Harriet, Franklin finally comes up with the perfect gift.
Download or read book Christmas Gift written by Ferrol Sams and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas Gift!, a master story-teller's moving personal reminiscence, discovers the very essence of the holiday season. The wonder and excitement of childhood combine with the wisdom and reverence of maturity to produce tale rich in tradition and continuity. Interweaving his memories of boy-hood Christmases in the dark days of the Depression and the details of present-day holidays with his grand-children, Ferrol Sams demonstrates the deep, inescapable role of rituals in our lives and the importance of passing them on to each succeeding generation. Rich with details as true today as they were more than a half-century ago when Sams was growing up, Christmas Gift! is a grandfather's loving preserva- tion of an important ritual of his childhood. Strapped for material resources adequate to their generous spirits, members of the Sams household would greet each other with the joyous cry of "Christmas gift!" in order to share the tidings of the season and celebrate their connection. Fifty years later, in a moving and powerful rite of passage, Sams initiates his grandchildren in the ways of family and tradition by sharing his story and by taking them to their great-grandfather's grave early on a clear Christmas morning to shout forth the ancient cry: "Christmas gift! Christmas gift!" Sams is in rare form in this tale that will warm hearts, create laughter and tears, and earn a place in the center of Christmas celebrations for years to come.
Download or read book A Christmas Gift for Santa written by John T. Elkins and published by Zonderkidz. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christmas story you haven’t read: What happens after Santa Claus delivers all the Christmas presents to boys and girls around the world? Is there a gift waiting for Santa at the North Pole? Has Mrs. Claus forgotten Santa on Christmas Eve? Cuddle up with your little ones and follow the journey through Santa’s Workshop in search of Santa’s Christmas present. With bright and whimsical illustrations, this take on the Christmas story is sure to become a holiday reading tradition—especially at bedtime! Written by John T. Elkins and illustrated by Ag Jatkowska, A Christmas Gift for Santa is: A great holiday season read for ages 4 to 8 A wonderful story filled with love and gratitude Filled with delightful rhyming text that the little ones in your life will want to read again and again Follow Santa as he searches his cozy North Pole home until he finds homemade gifts waiting for him next to a beautiful handwritten note. A Christmas Gift for Santa is great choice for any family to read together during the holiday season.
Download or read book The Lost Gift written by Kallie George and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Christmas-themed picture book about four animals delivering a lost package for Santa already feels like a classic, and makes the perfect gift this holiday season! It’s Christmas Eve, and Bird, Rabbit, Deer, and Squirrel are eagerly waiting for Santa to fly overhead. When he does, a gift tumbles out of his sleigh, landing in the woods. The friends find the gift and read the tag: “For the new baby at the farm. Love, Santa.” And so, in spite of Squirrel’s grumbling—“It’s not our baby”—they set off on a long journey to deliver it. Sweet, poignant, and starring a cast of truly adorable characters, this is a story sure to be shared year after year at Christmastime.
Download or read book The Smallest Gift of Christmas written by Peter H. Reynolds and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When young Roland is disappointed by seeing a tiny gift on Christmas morning, he learns that some gifts can't and shouldn't be defined by their physical size.
Download or read book Emily s Christmas Gifts written by Cindy Post Senning and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the sometimes hectic days before Christmas, Emily's family appreciates her gifts of caring, sharing, helping, smiling, and loving. Includes a note for parents on how to encourage good manners during the holiday season.
Download or read book The Christmas Gift written by Francisco Jiménez and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008-09-22 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With honesty and grace, award-winning author Francisco Jiménez shares his most poignant Christmas memory in this beautifully illustrated picture book. As Christmas approaches, Panchito can’t wait to see what present he gets. But on Christmas Day, he is disappointed when all he gets is a bag of candy, until he sees the gift his father gives his mother. Panchito then realizes that gifts of the heart are the most precious of all.
Download or read book The First Gift of Christmas written by Richard Paul Evans and published by Gibbs Smith Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains four poems that search for the true meaning of Christmas in the advent, eve, morning, and night of the holiday.
Download or read book Unwrapping the Greatest Gift written by Ann Voskamp and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2014 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers guidance for taking part in the Advent tradition of the Jesse Tree, with scriptural passages, devotions, and activities intended to apply their themes.
Download or read book A Christmas Gift for Rose written by Tricia Goyer and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rose turned her back on the man she loves after he assisted the Englisch during World War II—only to discover she’s an Englischer herself. Born in the midst of the hardships of The Great Depression, Rose grew up in Berlin, Ohio, in the arms of a loving Amish family. But she is overwhelmed by self-doubt when she learns that she was born Englisch and abandoned when her family moved West in search of work. Was she meant to be Amish or would she have been better off growing up with her own kind—Englischers? When the man she loves leaves her behind, Rose is certain he left for good. Yet Rose discovers sometimes our greatest gifts are the ones we fear.
Download or read book The Gift of the Magi written by O. Henry and published by Amila Jay. This book was released on 2021-12-22 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time.
Download or read book The Christmas Gift written by Emily Arnold McCully and published by StarWalk Kids Media. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the best holiday traditions are here in this wordless picture book by Caldecott-winning illustrator and writer, Emily Arnold McCully. The decorated tree, singing carols with papa, and all the many mouse children’s going up to bed, dreaming about the presents they will find on Christmas morning. Everyone finds something marvelous under the tree, especially the remote control airplane that really flies. It’s the best present EVER, until the special surprise that comes when the family visits Grandma and Grandpa.
Download or read book The Christmas Story GIFT written by G.A. Myers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The miracle of the Christmas story is brought to you in vivid stories that allow you to feel as if you were there -- overhearing the angel Gabriel as he announces to Mary that she will bear the Christ-child; peering into Joseph's heart as he grapples with the news that his betrothed is pregnant; and glimpsing into heaven's silent halls as the angels wait hushed and poised, ready to announce the Savior's birth. Stirring stories retell favorite biblical passages, and inspiring messages reveal the true meaning of Christmas. You'll be touched and warmed as you read this fresh telling of that old and beautiful story of Christmas.
Download or read book Little Mole s Christmas Gift written by Glenys Nellist and published by Beaming Books. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Glenys Nellist tells a Christmas tale of generosity and kindness. It was going to be the best Christmas ever because Little Mole had found the perfect gift for Mama: the biggest, most beautiful mushroom he had ever seen. But on his way home, Little Mole encounters other woodland friends in need. Though it pains him to do so, Little Mole shares pieces of his mushroom with each friend he meets until there's not much left. Disappointed and anxious about what this means for Christmas, Little Mole wraps what's left of the mushroom. He fears Christmas is ruined, but ultimately, Little Mole discovers that his gift was bigger than he ever imagined. Little Mole's Christmas Gift is a companion to Nellist's spring-themed picture book, Little Mole Finds Hope.
