Download or read book Santa Selfie written by Peter Bently and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wherever he went, he heard people say, "I must get a photo with Santa today!" Santa is taking a break from Christmas and going on holiday instead. But it's not easy to relax when you're one of the most famous people in the world. From Paris and Sydney to the Great Wall of China, people recognise Santa wherever he goes. And all they want is to take photographs with him, whether he's in the gym, having a swim or even eating his lunch. It might not be as fun on holiday as Santa thought . . . Santa Selfie is a brilliantly fun, festive story written by award-winning picture book author, Peter Bently, with a smart message about the perils of being famous. Illustrated with great humour and warmth by exciting talent, Anna Chernyshova. Take your own selfie with Santa absolutely anywhere you go using the pull-out photo frame. The perfect Christmas gift for any Santa fan!

Download or read book Saint Mick written by Mick Foley and published by Polis Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author and WWE Hall-of-Famer Mick Foley comes a Yuletide tale like no other. After a lifetime of putting his body on the line to entertain his dozens (and dozens!) of fans, the Hardcore Legend is paying the price – physically and emotionally. When the final bell on Mick's career tolls, not in the ring, but in a neurologist's office, his future seems far from merry and bright. Until Mick is given the chance to become Santa Claus – not dress up, not pretend, but become Santa – allowing him to rediscover the joy of performing. Fully committing to his new mission, Mick details the drastic measures he takes to keep the Christmas magic alive for his young children, as well as the many children he meets in his travels who are in need of some Christmas Spirit. In order to fully embrace his new red-suited responsibilities, Mick enters the fascinating world of the Santa subculture, where he hones his Christmas craft while worrying he’ll be excommunicated from the Santa world for, among other things, his Santa character being run over by a motor vehicle on Christmas Eve on WWE television. And with the help of an unlikely elf – 8-time Grammy award winner Norah Jones – Mick learns valuable lessons about the real power and responsibility of wearing the red suit. Because true success as Santa comes not by appearing in front of millions on TV, but by touching peoples' lives by creating "Santa moments" for both the young and the young at heart. Part jolly memoir, part whimsical ode to a lifetime love affair with Christmas, part solemn tribute to the power of finding the best part of oneself in the unlikeliest of places, Saint Mick offers the magic of Christmas on every single page. With a foreword by Stephanie McMahon, and featuring never-before-seen photos of the whole Foley family!

Download or read book Forever Merry Christmas written by Roxie Clarke and published by Write Free Press. This book was released on 2023-12-19 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frankie is honored when the Tyler Creek Park and Recreation District ask her to run the Christmas at the Caverns holiday market. As the owner of the Snowdrift Christmas Shop in downtown Tyler Creek, Christmas is her business and her life. Unfortunately, the "enchanted" caverns where the holiday market is held are proving to be cursed instead. Two weeks into December and the Santas keep quitting on her. Whether it be illness, a minor accident, or a scheduling mishap, Frankie can't keep a single holly-jolly behind in Santa's sleigh. When Frankie's friend and fellow shop owner, Liv, suggests her brother Luca for the Santa position, Frankie questions Liv's intentions. Luca hates Christmas and everyone in Tyler Creek knows it. In fact, despite going on three wonderful dates, Frankie and Luca decided they could never work because of his distaste for her absolute favorite thing. Yet, when Luca survives and apparently enjoys his first time playing Santa, Frankie wonders if she and Luca might get a second chance at love - her Christmas wish come true.

Download or read book The Quokkas Christmas Quest written by Jonathan Macpherson and published by Jonathan Macpherson. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can the Quokkas save Christmas? When Santa crashes his sleigh on Christmas Eve, some of his presents are scattered along a beach. It's up to Clancy and Cobba, a couple of local quokkas, to find the owners of the presents and deliver them before Christmas morning. ★★★★★ Great Christmas read with the kids

Download or read book Elfie the Selfie written by Nicole Natale and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elfie is on summer vacation in Hawaii with Santa and Mrs. Claus. He learns the importance of "being present" with his family.

Download or read book Selfie the Elfie written by Savage Steve Holland and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Audio Enhanced Read-Along EbookSanta' s workshop is a very busy place— even for Sophie, who is in charge of tying bows on every present.But when she starts taking selfies with her handy-dandy camera phone, everyone in the workshop easily gets distracted...Until Santa' s Big Night Delivery Suit goes missing! In this fun and whimsical Christmas story, can the reader find the trail to Santa' s suit? Will Sophie' s selfies save the day?

Download or read book Selfie Citizenship written by Adi Kuntsman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection reflects on the emerging phenomenon of ‘selfie citizenship’, which capitalises on individual visibility and agency, at the time when citizenship itself is increasingly governed through biometrics and large-scale dataisation. Today we are witnessing a global rise of politicised selfies: photographs of individuals with handwritten notes or banners, various selfie memes and hashtag actions, spread on social media in actions of protest or social mobilistion. Contributions in this collection range from discussions of citizen engagement, to political campaigning, to selfies as forms of citizen witnessing, to selfies without a face. The chapters cover uses of selfies by activists, tourists and politicians, victims and survivors, adults and children, in a broad range of geopolitical locations –China, Germany, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, the UK and the US. Written by an international and interdisciplinary group of authors, from senior professors to junior scholars, artists, graduate students and activist, the book is aimed at students, researchers, and media practitioners.

Download or read book Christmas Promises at the Little Wedding Shop The Little Wedding Shop by the Sea Book 4 written by Jane Linfoot and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Aidan: a cosy Cornish village where friendships are made for life and it’s always cocktail hour somewhere... Escape to Cornwall with this uplifting and feel good standalone novel from the bestselling author of The Little Wedding Shop by the Sea

Download or read book Exploring the Selfie written by Julia Eckel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-06 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the selfie not only as a specific photographic practice that is deeply rooted in digital culture, but also how it is understood in relation to other media of self-portrayal. Unlike the public debate about the dangers of 'selfie-narcissism', this anthology discusses what the practice of taking and sharing selfies can tell us about media culture today: can the selfie be critiqued as an image or rather as a social practice? What are the technological conditions of this form of vernacular photography? By gathering articles from the fields of media studies; art history; cultural studies; visual studies; philosophy; sociology and ethnography, this book provides a media archaeological perspective that highlights the relevance of the selfie as a stereotypical as well as creative practice of dealing with ourselves in relation to technology.

Download or read book Living Literacies written by Kate Pahl and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An approach to literacy that understands it as lived and experienced in the everyday across varied spaces and populations. This book approaches literacy as lived and experienced in the everyday. A living literacies approach draws not only on such official, schooled activities as reading, writing, speaking, and listening but also on such routine, tacit activities as scrolling through Instagram, watching news footage, and listening to music. It goes beyond well-worn framings of literacy as an object of study to reimagine literacy as constantly in motion, vital, and dynamic, filled with affective intensities. A lived literacies approach implies a turn to activism, to hopeful practice, and to creativity. The authors examine literacies through a series of active verbs: seeing, disrupting, hoping, knowing, creating, and making. Case studies--ranging from an exploration of photography as a way to shift perspectives to a project in which adults teach young people how to fish--show lived literacies in both theory and practice. With these chapters, Pahl and Rowsell, along with contributors Collier, Pool, Rasool, and Trzecak, make it possible to see literacy in everyday activities, woven into the modes of seeing and knowing. By disruption and activism, literacy can encompass a wide array of practices--exchanging information at a school gate or making a collage. Grounding theory in the sites and spaces of their research, working with artists, photographers, poets, and makers, the authors issue a call to action for literacy education.

Download or read book The Great Santa Stakeout written by Betsy Bird and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightfully devious Christmas story from beloved librarian Betsy Bird and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat. Freddy Melcher is Santa's #1 Fan. He has Santa posters, Santa action figures, and even Santa underwear. But there is one prize Freddy desperately wants: A photograph taken with Santa, fresh out of the chimney. Oh, is it risky! It's awfully hard to sneak anything by someone who can see you when you're sleeping and knows when you're awake. That's why Freddy has been extra good this year . . . at hiding his plans. Will Freddy get away with his delightfully devious scheme to outwit Santa Claus himself and capture the ultimate selfie?

Download or read book The Santa Claus Chronicles written by Dan Short and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Santa Dan’s Stories Will Soothe Your Soul Thirty years ago, Dan Short left the corporate world to follow a calling—to give the gift of God’s love to children and adults alike. How did he do it? By becoming Santa Claus, of course! These are “Santa Dan’s” tales of hope and humor, collected from his three decades of playing Jolly Old Saint Nick. And as you might have guessed, Santa has his share of stories to tell—some tearful, some joyful, and all of them filled with heartwarming Christmas spirit. You’ll meet some of the unforgettable people Santa Dan has encountered… Anna, a young cancer patient whose fulfillment of her dying wish becomes a life-changing experience for those around her. Rose, an elderly woman with a longstanding grudge against Saint Nick. Terry, a precocious boy with more moxie than clothing. Front Yard Santa, a neighborhood icon whose passing prompts a poignant gesture from a fellow Santa. Faith, Hope, and Grace, three enterprising young girls whose overwhelming generosity befits their virtuous names. …and you’ll be inspired to share the joy of Jesus with those around you!

Download or read book Elfie Selfie written by Jo Parker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young readers will love this rhyming Christmas story and seeing their own reflection in the embedded mirror as they take a "selfie" with Elfie! It's Christmas Eve and Santa's sleigh is ready for flight... But before he goes out on his ride, Elfie wants to capture the night! Santa is busy and the elves all are, too... Who can take a selfie with Elfie...will it be you?

Download or read book Selfie Elfie written by Santa Ed Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-26 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childrens Picture Book- Introducing a new Christmas character.

Download or read book The Usual Santas A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers written by and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally: the perfect stocking stuffer for the crime fiction lover in your life! With a foreword by CWA Diamond Award-winner Peter Lovesey, these eighteen delightful holiday stories by your favorite Soho Crime authors contain laughs, murders, and plenty more. This captivating collection, which features bestselling and award-winning authors, contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season. Nine mall Santas must find the imposter among them. An elderly lady seeks peace from her murderously loud neighbors at Christmastime. A young woman receives a mysterious invitation to Christmas dinner with a stranger. Niccolò Machiavelli sets out to save an Italian city. Sherlock Holmes’s one-time nemesis Irene Adler finds herself in an unexpected tangle in Paris while on a routine espionage assignment. Jane Austen searches for the Dowager Duchess of Wilborough’s stolen diamonds. These and other adventures in this delectable volume will whisk readers away to Christmases around the globe, from a Korean War POW camp to a Copenhagen refugee squat, from a palatial hotel in 1920s Bombay to a crumbling mansion in Havana. Includes Stories By (In Order of Appearance): Helene Tursten, Mick Herron, Martin Limón, Timothy Hallinan, Teresa Dovalpage, Mette Ivie Harrison, Colin Cotterill, Ed Lin, Stuart Neville, Tod Goldberg, Henry Chang, James R. Benn, Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnete Friis, Sujata Massey, Gary Corby, Cara Black, Stephanie Barron and a Foreword and story by Peter Lovesey.

Download or read book Happy Holidays Animated written by William D. Crump and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 20th century, animated Christmas cartoons have brightened the holiday season around the world--first in theaters, then on television. From devotional portrayals of the Nativity to Santa battling villains and monsters, this encyclopedia catalogs more than 1,800 international Christmas-themed cartoons and others with year-end themes of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the New Year. Explore beloved television specials such as A Charlie Brown Christmas, theatrical shorts such as Santa's Workshop, holiday episodes from animated television series like American Dad! and The Simpsons, feature films like The Nutcracker Prince and obscure productions such as The Insects' Christmas, along with numerous adaptations and parodies of such classics as A Christmas Carol and Twas the Night before Christmas.

Download or read book LEGO Holiday Ideas written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 50 festive building ideas Need to keep a little LEGO® fan entertained over the holiday season? Packed full of original, inspirational build ideas for LEGO holiday decorations, gifts and games, this is perfect for LEGO fans and children who enjoy building and crafting. From fun tree decorations, a cute family of penguins, and a snowflake garland to quick LEGO building challenges suitable for the whole family, you won't run out of ideas with this book over the holiday season. 50 winter holiday-themed activities will keep kids busy counting down to the holidays and throughout the winter holidays. ©2019 The LEGO Group