Download or read book The Christmas Trunk written by Holly B Barker and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janice never thought she could hate her oldest brother, her best friend, her Christmas partner. But he was leaving her. The Army? Who was going to decorate cookies into the night with her? Sing every Christmas song? A hundred times each. And what about their favorite part. What about the tree? How could Edward not be thinking of her? Book Review 1: "The Christmas Trunk is a beautiful story that brings all your emotions bubbling to the surface. Having missed many holidays with my family while deployed, and served with those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, every word rings true and hits like an arrow to the heart." -- Lt Col Rich Milner USAF (ret) Book Review 2: "Author Holly Barker brings to life the special relationship shared by siblings Janice and Edward. Janice looks up to her big brother for many reasons and they share a special love for their favorite holiday, Christmas. In reading, "The Christmas Trunk," you experience their playfulness, honored traditions, and love for each other. Even after a tragic event, Janice learns that Edward's spirit is very much alive. Janice finds a way to honor her brother's love of Christmas and country by honoring other soldiers. If you are seeking a Christmas story that warms your heart, I recommend reading "The Christmas Trunk." -- Tricia Pritchard, BC3 and Grove City College Faculty Member

Download or read book The Christmas Trunk A Thank You Especially for One Special Soldier written by Holly Barker and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janice never thought she could hate her oldest brother, her best friend, her Christmas partner. But he was leaving her. The Army? Who was going to decorate cookies into the night with her? Sing every Christmas song? A hundred times each. And what about their favorite part. What about the tree? How could Edward not be thinking of her?

Download or read book Holiday Wishes written by Sherri Falls and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Biggest Christmas Tree Ever written by Steven Kroll and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready for the newest installment of the New York Times Bestselling Biggest Ever series!It's the day after Thanksgiving, and Clayton and Desmond feel the chill in the air. The cool weather makes them think of Christmas . . . and Christmas makes them think of Christmas trees! Who'll find the biggest one?In the newest installment of this beloved, bestselling series, Clayton the town mouse and Desmond the country mouse team up to bring the spirit of Christmas to Mouseville-in a BIG way.

Download or read book The Little Crooked Christmas Tree written by Michael Cutting and published by . This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the rows and rows of little trees growing on Brown's Christmas Tree Farm, there is one tree that is not like the others. This little spruce asks the same two questions of every creature he meets: "What is Christmas? What is a Christmas tree?" The little tree hears no response until one day he shelters a white dove from a storm. Through this friendship, the little tree learns the meaning of love, sacrifice and Christmas. Since its fi rst publication in 1990, the book has become a Christmas favourite. The new edition features a sparkly foil cover, redesigned artwork and an extended page count. A must-have for the holidays!

Download or read book The Christmas Trunk written by Noela McNamara and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story is about a wooden trunk that travels from Ireland to Australia in 1840 as part of a huge chain migration. The story begins with the harsh reality of life during the Great Hunger in Ireland and engages with historical events of that era in both countries. The Christmas Trunk ends with a reunion celebration for three new generations of Irish Australian sheep farmers. The story demonstrates the true meaning of the Spirit of Christmas and just how beautiful and contagious that can be if people open their hearts to it.

Download or read book The Crooked Christmas Tree written by Damian Chandler and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this real-life Christmas fable, when a Dad decides to let his kids select the family Christmas tree, he gets an unexpected lesson about God's love. In this thoroughly contemporary holiday story, a father lets his children choose the family Christmas tree. To his surprise, the kids pick one that is crooked. As he tries one thing after another to make the tree look right, he rediscovers the power of God's love. He begins to understand Christmas in a new way, particularly when his family decorates their tree and crown it with a star, never even noticing the crookedness he spent hours in the garage struggling to hide. The tender and laugh-out-loud narrative of real-life relationships propels the reader through the most un-generic Christmas story. This upbeat and comedic treasure refreshes the Christmas message of love and faith.

Download or read book A New Twist written by Nancy Mahoney and published by Martingale. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who knew what your scraps could do! Choose a fun block, give it a new twist in your layout, and see the quilt design change before your eyes like the colors of a kaleidoscope! Best-selling author Nancy Mahoney shows how the same asymmetrical block can create two strikingly different quilts when you change the colors and rotate the block to let the secondary designs emerge. An expert teacher with an extraordinary eye for design, Nancy demystifies what baffles many quilters about choosing fabrics for scrappy quilts. Learn her tips about color families, scrap plans, and construction techniques. Most of all, enjoy a burst of creativity as you give your scraps a spin and watch the magic happen!

Download or read book Buttermilk Basin s Ornament Extravaganza written by Stacy West and published by Martingale. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embellish wool appliqué with hand-embroidery stitches, buttons, and trims to add vintage flair to your holiday decor. Traditional Christmas designs, including snowmen, stockings, and Santas, join farm animals, mugs of hot cocoa, and ugly sweaters to round out the mix of lovely little fusible appliqué motifs that will bring joy to any home. Complete with tips for wool appliqué and embroidery basics, the 45 fast-to-finish ornaments are a delight to make, gift, and display.

Download or read book Christmas Trees for Pleasure and Profit written by Robert D. Wray and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-22 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas Trees for Pleasure and Profit is for anyone who enjoys being and working outdoors and is seeking a profitable hobby or small business venture. Robert Wray has updated this fourth edition to include the latest techniques and tools for harvesting trees, new methods of transport, the most recent data on herbicides, and advice on how to run a Christmas-tree business today. A perennial bestseller, this illustrated guide covers selecting land, choosing species, planting, harvesting, and managing a plantation. Wray provides guidance for choosing species suitable for the grower's situation, where and how to get planting stock, and how to care for it. The planting process is described in detail, including both hand and machine methods. The book presents useful techniques for protecting the growing trees from weeds, animals, fire, insects, and disease, and offers a full description of shearing or shaping trees to improve their form and densityùkeys to a successful crop. As the grower's job is not done until the trees are sold, issues of grading, harvesting, advertising, and marketing are examined. A chapter on finances deals with costs, profits, and taxes. From novice to experienced grower, there is something in this book for everyone.

Download or read book The Trunk Murderess written by Jana Bommersbach and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If history is right, a 26 year-old beauty named Winnie Ruth Judd murdered her two best girlfriends one hot Phoenix night in 1931. Then she hacked up their bodies, stuffed the pieces into a trunk, and took them by train to Los Angeles as her baggage. If history is right, she was sentenced to die but "cheated the gallows" by acting insane. She spent nearly 40 years in Arizona's insane asylum-flummoxing officials by escaping six times. If history is right, she only got her freedom at age 66-after serving more time than any other convicted murderer in the history of the nation—because Arizona was finally tired of punishing her. But if history is wrong, Winnie Ruth Judd's life was squandered in a horrible miscarriage of justice. Award-winning journalist Jana Bommersbach reinvestigates the twisted, bizarre murder case that has captivated the nation for decades. She not only uncovers evidence long hidden, but gets Winnie Ruth Judd to break her life-long silence and finally speak. In telling the story of this American crime legend, Bommersbach also tells the story of Phoenix, Arizona—a backwater town that would become a major American city—and the story of a unique moment in American history filled with social taboos. But most of all, she tells the story of a woman with the courage to survive.

Download or read book The Christmas Tree that Ate My Mother written by Dean Marney and published by Dean Marney. This book was released on 1992 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth lets her family know she thinks the Christmas tree this year is weird. Will Elizabeth be home in time for Christmas?

Download or read book Chita s Christmas Tree written by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard and published by Aladdin. This book was released on 2007-08-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sweet and softly illustrated picture book, a young girl journeys through downtown Baltimore with her father on the way to find the perfect Christmas tree in the deep woods. Christmas is coming! And all Chita can dream about is choosing her very own Christmas tree. “Mama!” Chita calls. “Mama! Is today the day?” “Yes,” says Mama. “Papa is almost ready.” And so Chita and her father set out in the buggy into the deep, snowy woods to find Chita’s very own Christmas tree. And when Christmas morning comes, Chita has many surprises, but none as beautiful as her tree—with its full and graceful branches and her name carved in its trunk.

Download or read book The Christmas Treasure Chest written by Jane Brierley and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Christmas Quilt written by Jennifer Chiaverini and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming rendition of how Christmas traditions at Elm Creek Manor were created—and embellished—over generations. When Christmas Eve comes to Elm Creek Manor, the tenor of the holiday is far from certain. Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, the Master Quilter, has her own reasons for preferring a quiet, even subdued, Christmas. Her young friend Sarah McClure, however, takes the opposite view and decides to deck the halls brightly. As she explores the trunks packed with Bergstrom family decorations that haven't been touched in more than fifty years, Sarah discovers a curious Christmas quilt. Begun in seasonal fabrics and patterns, the quilt remains unfinished. Sylvia reveals that the handiwork spans several generations and a quartet of Bergstrom quilters—her great aunt, her mother, her sister, and herself. As she examines the array of quilt blocks each family member contributed but never completed, memories of Christmases past emerge. At Elm Creek Manor, Christmas began as a celebration of simple virtues—joy and hope buoyed by the spirit of giving. As each successive generation of Bergstroms lived through its unique trials—the antebellum era, the Great Depression, World War II—tradition offered sustenance even during the most difficult times. For Sylvia, who is coping with the modern problem of family dispersed, estranged, or even forgotten, reconciliation with her personal history may prove as elusive as piecing the Christmas Quilt. Elm Creek Manor is full of secrets, from a Christmas tree with unusual properties to the sublime Bergstrom strudel recipe. Sylvia's tales at first seem to inform her family legacy but ultimately illuminate far more, from the importance of women's art to its place in commemorating our shared experience, at Christmastime and in every season.

Download or read book The After Christmas Tree written by Linda Wagner Tyler and published by Puffin. This book was released on 1992 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family members take their Christmas tree into the back yard and decorate it with edible trimmings for the wild birds and animals.

Download or read book Welcome to Woodberry Way written by Allison Jensen and published by Martingale. This book was released on 2021-07-23 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Allison Jensen of Woodberry Way presents a sparkling collection of quilts and home accents to bring you joy. Make the most of your favorite precut strips and squares as you sew delightful quilts, pillows, and even a rag rug. Choose from 11 eye-catching designs in a pleasing palette that includes rich reds, soothings greens and aquas, and gorgeous neutrals. Whether you want a modern look or a classic design, the projects are sure to complement your decor. Welcome to Woodberry Way--where you'll find the perfect patterns to warm your home!