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The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories
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.
Christmas Stories For Children
This edition includes the following stories and poems for children: The Night Before Christmas. The Night After Christmas Santa Claus Does Not Forget. The Fairy Christmas. The Ball Game. Christmas Day. The Dolls' Christmas Party. Grandma's Christmas Gifts. Mama's Happy Christmas. The Christmas Carol Of The Birds. A Turkey For One. Little Christmas Carollers. What Happened Christmas Eve. Susy's Christmas Present. Santa Claus's Letter. A Ragged Christmas Feast.
Christmas Stories
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.
Oxford Book of Christmas Stories
A treasury of stories for the Christmas season features tales about traditional holiday characters and customs, the story of the birth of Christ, works by noted authors, and stories written specifically for this collection
The Young Oxford Book of Christmas Stories
Christmas has always been a time for telling stories, and this collection draws on that tradition to create a wonderful mixture of stories for the festive season. It includes stories about presents and surprises; about family quarrels and loneliness; about both happy and sad times - and, of course, about ghosts. It all adds up to a thought provoking and absorbing collection which brings together stories about all the different faces of Christmas, and what it means to us.
Christmas Stories for Children of All Ages
This second book of Christmas stories by Glenn W. Martin is not intended to be a sequel to his first book, "Christmas Stories My Grandpa Wrote For Me," which was written for children, and had religious themes. This book shows another side of the Christmas holiday, as seen through the eyes of characters like Santa and the elves at the North Pole, of children who love the excitement that Christmas brings, and of animals and others who watch humans celebrate, and want to celebrate, too.You will see what happens when Santa decides to wear a green suit, when Mrs. Claus delivers the presents one Christmas Eve, and when the elves decide to throw Santa a big party. You will find out if Peter Pine Tree gets his Christmas wish, see what happens when the animals in the forest decide to go caroling, and hear how the squirrels solve the Christmas crisis. And you will experience Amber's Christmas Parade, hear about Marty Mouse's obsession with cheese, and learn about a very special Christmas gift, especially for Browser.This book of Christmas stories was written to be enjoyed by people of all ages.
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories
This book had some really nice Christmas stories from the time of King James of England and a story placed near Trenton New Jersey in 1776, during the American Revolution. This is a wonderful book to see Christmas through the ages. A great collection of 35 Christmas stories as Christmas at Fezziwig's warehouse by Charles Dickens, Toinette and the elves by Susan Coolidge, Little girl's Christmas by Winnifred E. Lincoln, The First New England Christmas by G. L. Stone and M. G. Fickett, The First Christmas-tree by Lucy Wheelock, Little Wolff's Wooden Shoes etc.
The Puffin Book of Christmas Stories
The Puffin Book of Christmas Stories is essential Christmas-time reading including classics from all eras. A new collection of Christmas stories, from traditional to real life, humour and most importantly, plenty of the magic of Christmas. Writers range from Charles Dickens to Gillian Cross and Malorie Blackman. Wendy Cooling, a former teacher and Head of the Children's Book Foundation (now Book Trust), works as a freelance book consultant, reviewer and editor. She recently put together the successful millennium collection, CENTURIES OF STORIES. Wendy livesin Hertfordshire.
Big Book of Christmas Stories
Big Book of Christmas Stories is a wonderful collection of three classic Christmas tales and one well-known carol for kids aged 3+. The stories included are The Snow Queen, The First Christmas, The Nutcracker, and the poem is The Twelve Days of Christmas Large pages with brightly coloured illustrations to bring characters to life Beautiful, full-bled artwork scenes, full of precious detail that kids can pore over Categories: 3+ years, Big Book Of, christmas, christmas-time, fiction, Picture Book, poetry-and-rhyme, �10-15 SUMMARY Each story in Big Book of Christmas Stories has been simply retold and beautifully illustrated with a dedicated artwork style, full of charm and detail, to delight young children again and again. The thick pages help little hands turn each page more easily, making this a perfect first book of festive, magical stories.
