Download or read book The Boy Who Stole Santa s Sleigh written by Ryan Cansdale and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-26 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Christmas Eve, Santa heads out to deliver presents to all the good boys and girls. While delivering presents at Samantha and Ryan's house, a boy, Peter, steals Santa's sleigh. Now Santa is stranded at Samantha and Ryan's house until he can contact Mrs. Claus. Santa reports his sleigh stolen. but nobody believes him. Kids finally complain that they got coal in their presents, so the police have no choice but to investigate. The only two cops that respond to the call, set out and search for the sleigh. They find the sleigh, along with a piece of Peter's pajamas. Santa activates the honing beacon in the sleigh, and Mrs. Claus and the reindeer come and get him. They take Peter to the elf court at the North Pole, and the elves sentence him. The elves sentence ban him from Christmas for life. Peter is sorry for what he did, and tries to convince Santa to get the elves to lift the ban from him.
Download or read book The Story of a Boy written by John Dwight Marchalleck and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of a Boy! By: John Dwight Marchalleck John Dwight Marchalleck was born in the parish of St. Andrew, Jamaica. At the age of three, his mother migrated to the U.S.A. and his new guardian parents, her mom and dad, became the main lifelong influence for John as reflected in The Story of a Boy! John was a happy child, growing up with his grandmother and grandfather. In this book, he reflects on hardships like drought affecting his hometown mountain village from time to time. His farmer grandfather and philanthropic grandmother were his primary tutors and idols. His grandfather was a storyteller who provided candy for the village children who stopped by to visit and listen. Like many grandchildren, John was sent away to boarding school and later to attend high school in Kingston but continued to communicate with them through written letters, a habit encouraged by his grandma. While in high school, his fondness for writing was also reflected by mystery stories John wrote and were aired on JBC (Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation). That earned the boy extra pocket money. But this fostered bad habits, as John began to frequent the billiard halls in Kingston, which prevented him from going home directly after school. This was reported to the headmaster, who meted out fifty-page homework essays for John in lieu of other detention to curb the boy’s after-school bad habits. This enhanced John’s appetite more for writing; however, rather than stop him playing billiards or frequenting the pool halls, the boy could effortlessly produce written assignments, on most given topics, free of grammatical errors. In 1963 John migrated and joined his biological mom in the U.S.A. Later, as a student at the Benjamin Franklin School of Accounting and Finance in Washington, D.C., John worked and published articles in both the National Geographic Society’s School and News Services. A long drought in writing from John came, however, but now The Story of a Boy! can be happily shared with the world.
Download or read book How the Grinch Stole Christmas written by Dr. Seuss and published by RH Childrens Books. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get in on the Christmas cheer with Dr. Seuss’s iconic holiday classic starring the Grinch and Cindy-Lou Who—guaranteed to grow your heart three sizes! Every Who down in Who-ville liked Christmas a lot...but the Grinch, who lived just north of Who-ville, did NOT! Not since “’Twas the night before Christmas” has the beginning of a Christmas tale been so instantly recognizable. From the Grinch and his dog, Max, to Cindy-Lou and all the residents of Who-ville, this heartwarming story about the effects of the Christmas spirit will warm even the coldest and smallest of hearts. Like mistletoe, candy canes, and caroling, the Grinch is a mainstay of the holidays, and his story is perfect for readers young and old.
Download or read book Stowaway on Santa s Sleigh written by Charles Jeffrey Noel, Sr and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-06-06 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stowaway on Santa's Sleigh All year long the North Pole is busy. Everyone is busy except Stanley Claus, who has way too much time on his hands. Stanley, an eleven year old primordial dwarf was being bullied in his home town, so his uncle Santa Claus welcomed him to the North Pole to help with this very sensitive issue. Stanley, also a child prodigy, is soon met with an even worse kind of bullying. When he is finally given a very adult job to do, things get worse. He starts to feel that he doesn't fit in anywhere. He is a little boy with a BIG mind and an even bigger heart. Stanley is also a cookie moocher and his adversary is Sonsaray, the chief cookie baker. Fiona is a nine year old beauty who loves Stanley and always bugs him for a kiss. Stanley confides in Herald, his best friend. Due to the huge increase in the number of children in the world, Santa is forced to turn to technology to face and manage the increased demand. Everything needs to be computerized. One major project was the toy bag on the sleigh. While the outside appearance of the bag on the sleigh remained the same, thanks to the magic of Christmas, the inside of the bag was expanded to the size of about twenty football fields. It too had to be automated and computerized. Stanley feels that there aren't any truly naughty children. "They are just confused or misunderstood, or they don't know how to be nice." He became a "stowaway with a purpose" inside the enormous toy bag. He felt that no child should be given coal. Every child should be given a second chance and receive a toy. Stanley was given the honor of supervising the loading of the sleigh which included millions of toys but not a single bin of coal. Using his advanced intellect he made multiple changes to all of the computer systems to fit his agenda. And he had to do all in secret. His mission never wavered but his mind-set did. Despite all of his work and effort, he was still getting rude remarks, criticisms and disrespect from many of the adults. All of this took an emotional toll...after all, he was still just a child. He felt out of place and like he was being bullied all over again. He decided that he wanted to go back home to Minnesota. Being a stowaway on Santa's sleigh would afford him a free ride home and he wouldn't have to explain anything to his Uncle Santa or anyone else. (Except his parents.) The dilemma came when they reached his own house in Minnesota on Christmas Eve, because they had only finished half of the route. What would happen to the "naughty list" children on the second half of the route? They wouldn't get a second chance! For them, nothing would change. He made a personal and grown up decision; he had to continue and finish the route! He couldn't let them down! While they were at Stanley's house, Santa discovered him and they had a heart-to-heart talk. Stanley became emotionally overwhelmed as he proceeded to tell Uncle Santa everything. Santa appealed to him and asked him if he thought that at least the relentless bully from his school should get a lump of coal instead of a nice toy. Stanley displayed a mature and forgiving spirit and said that of all people, he needs and should be given a second chance. The book ends back at the North Pole with a sleepy Stanley Claus going to bed filled with wonderful memories of perhaps the best day of his young life. When he woke up he found that he was two feet taller, he had along white beard and he was wearing red pajamas with "SANTA" monogrammed on the chest. He had become the person he had always wanted to be. My book tells of the whimsical antics, the intellectual genius, and the sensitive nature of Stanley Claus. I've played Santa Claus for thirty years and I felt compelled to introduce a fresh, new and delightful character into the magical story of Christmas. Enjoy my book.
Download or read book Chilean Poet written by Alejandro Zambra and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker “A tender and funny story about love, family and the peculiar position of being a stepparent…[Chilean Poet] broadens the author’s scope and quite likely his international reputation.” —Los Angeles Times “Zambra's books have long shown him to be a writer who, at the sentence level, is in a world all his own.” —Juan Vidal, NPR.org A writer of “startling talent” (The New York Times Book Review), Alejandro Zambra returns with his most substantial work yet: a story of fathers and sons, ambition and failure, and what it means to make a family After a chance encounter at a Santiago nightclub, aspiring poet Gonzalo reunites with his first love, Carla. Though their desire for each other is still intact, much has changed: among other things, Carla now has a six-year-old son, Vicente. Soon the three form a happy sort-of family—a stepfamily, though no such word exists in their language. Eventually, their ambitions pull the lovers in different directions—in Gonzalo’s case, all the way to New York. Though Gonzalo takes his books when he goes, still, Vicente inherits his ex-stepfather’s love of poetry. When, at eighteen, Vicente meets Pru, an American journalist literally and figuratively lost in Santiago, he encourages her to write about Chilean poets—not the famous, dead kind, your Nerudas or Mistrals or Bolaños, but rather the living, striving, everyday ones. Pru’s research leads her into this eccentric community—another kind of family, dysfunctional but ultimately loving. Will it also lead Vicente and Gonzalo back to each other? In Chilean Poet, Alejandro Zambra chronicles with enormous tenderness and insight the small moments—sexy, absurd, painful, sweet, profound—that make up our personal histories. Exploring how we choose our families and how we betray them, and what it means to be a man in relationships—a partner, father, stepfather, teacher, lover, writer, and friend—it is a bold and brilliant new work by one of the most important writers of our time.
Download or read book Happy Holidays Animated written by William D. Crump and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-04-04 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 Tanner Boy Orphan written by Fred Tanner and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about a family finding themselves in a desperate situation after the loss of their mother. With help from caring individuals, a home was found for the children at the Methodist Children's Home in Winston - Salem, NC. "Pop" Woosley and his dedicated and understanding care givers provided the education and leadership that directed the children toward an opportunity for a better life. The life of the boy, Fred Tanner, and what his physical and emotional experiences were well documented as he describes the daily life at this home where he lived for 16 years. In some instances, living in an orphanage is much better than living in some family situations. The structured living environment was so designed that one home mother could manage the behavior of 30 boys. The boys had the opportunity to get into boyhood mischief, and that they did! Boys had their own understanding of "orphan humor." Some boys lived the life that would rival Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer while some boys were mellow and studious. Through sports, work responsibility, scouting and some social events the boys were mellowed somewhat into responsible young boys. Hard work and discipline were a matter of fact and became the life habits of most of that were raised at this home. Opportunity for further education was made available through work programs and college assistance to those that wished to attend. Most all boys served a tour in the military. Children and their parents, many in not much better situations than we were, gave their pennies and nickles so that we could have a pair of shoes or a decent set of clothes. This was most humiliating. Other people of means were kind enough to see the need of over four hundred children.
Download or read book The Boy Who Jumped Into Santa s Sleigh written by P. J. TOMLINSON and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our story begins on a Christmas Eve night, when all through the town not a single child was awake. They were all tucked away fast asleep in their beds. Except for one. This young child was no ordinary child. He didn't want to just sleep and wake up the next day. He wanted to catch a long awaited Glimpse of Santa Claus at work. This boy's name was Edward and this is his story.Follow Edwards journey, as he jumps into the back of Santa's sleigh and hitches a ride to the North Pole, in this short story filled Magic, Elves and Father Christmas.A quarter of all profits will be donated to the Great Ormond Street Hospital.The Paperback version also includes activities for children and a recipe for "Elves secret Hot Chocolate"
Download or read book American Childhood written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes music (mostly songs with piano accompaniment).
Download or read book Clyde the Elf That Santa Fired written by Bryson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before they got him, Clyde performed an act so heroic it won the admiration of man and beast, and even charmed the angels... Set in the Great Smoky Mountains, O. J. Bryson's gift-book novel Clyde, the Elf That Santa Fired is a heartwarming tale for the entire family (ages twelve through adult). At the heart of the story is Favorite, a little girl who has been terribly wronged. Her parents, both attorneys, die in a suspicious plane crash. Their law partner, Charlie Striker, is suspected, but not charged. Striker takes over the firm, moves himself into their mansion, and sticks Favorite in an orphanage in the poorest part of town, hoping she'll catch pneumonia and die. Favorite has no one to take her side. Until... Along comes Clyde! (Heaven help her!) Santa's elves have the measles, so Santa has hired Clyde to help deliver the toys. Clyde, a carefree but loveable prankster, could not care less about children. Besides, he has troubles of his own-the Capture Team from where he used to live is hot on his trail. Right off the bat one of Clyde's pranks goes awry, embarrassing Santa and leaving Favorite heartbroken. Weighed down with shame, and aching for a chance to make things right, Clyde later learns that Favorite is "sick unto death"-her enemies have done their worst. Clyde, alone, has the cure. To save the child, he will have to run the race of his life. But first he must escape. Tonight, he will make the death jump! Clyde...is a dynamite story with child-giggling explosions at every turn. The happiest of all sad endings.
Download or read book Through the Eyes of Santa written by Robert C. Goodman and published by Author's Choice Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking stories told by one of Santa's most experienced helpers. Robert Goodman's career as one of Santa's most devoted helpers began oddly enough in Vietnam, where he was ordered to put on the velvet suit for the first time. The experience was so gratifying for him and those he came in contact with, that the experience began a lifelong commitment. People of all ages will enjoy this tribute to the hundreds of thousands of Santa's helpers that put on the suit every year.
Download or read book Our Boys and Girls written by Oliver Optic and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Guide for Using The Polar Express in the Classroom written by Susan Kilpatrick and published by Teacher Created Resources. This book was released on 1996 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching literature unit based on the popular children's story, The polar express.
Download or read book The Christmasaurus written by Tom Fletcher and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Move over, Rudolph! It's time for the Christmasaurus to lead Santa's sleigh. The Christmasaurus is a dinosaur who lives with Santa Claus and his elves at the North Pole. More than anything, he wants to fly with Santa's reindeer on Christmas Eve! But no matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to figure out how to fly. . . . Until one Christmas Eve, when he meets a young boy in a wheelchair who has a wonderful idea. What if all the Christmasaurus needs is someone to believe in him? With playful, rhyming text, international bestselling author Tom Fletcher adapts part of his novel into a heartwarming picture book about friendship and the power of believing that is sure to become a new Christmas classic.
Download or read book Through the Heart of Dixie written by Anne S. Rubin and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman's March and American Memory
Download or read book Hints written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
