Aussie Santa is a Children’s novel which details a positive change a life for Santa Claus. Santa has just given out all of his gifts to children when his directions home are misunderstood by the reindeer. He arrives in the South West of Australia where he meets some friendly locals. Santa decides to stay and he also makes other changes to his life. The story has a few messages for the young audience including acceptance of others, the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, caring for the environ...

With a little help from their friends, Betty and Veronica put on a show illustrating just how different life was for teenagers 'Then and Now', examining the conveniences teens take for granted in our modern society, and hopefully learning something in the process. Plus: Archie and the gang form a gift-wrapping service for the holidays in 'It's a Wrap!'

Santa Claus's Partner (Illustrated) is a tender Christmas tale in which Thomas Nelson Page turns the familiar sentimental machinery of holiday fiction toward moral renewal. Centered on a prosperous but spiritually impoverished man whose encounter with childhood innocence and charitable feeling awakens his dormant humanity, the story belongs to the late-nineteenth-century tradition of redemptive Christmas narratives shaped by Dickensian influence. Its prose is graceful, gently rhetorical, a...

Rufus's first Christmas with Fido, the guinea pig that acts like a dog, is not what he expected. Shredded wrapping paper, opened presents, a toppled Christmas tree are only some of the ingredients, but the main one is humor.

Freddy is ready -- for 2nd Grade!It's almost Christmas, and Freddy is thrilled when his teacher tells the class that they'll be doing a Secret Santa gift swap. He can't wait to make a special present for one of his friends -- until Freddy picks the worst name in the class! Freddy can't believe it, but maybe with some help from his friends he can be the best Secret Santa ever!

A heartfelt gift for every family, sure to be shared over and over again each year.Eight-year-old Tess is convinced this is the year she will finally meet Santa and experience "the Christmas magic." She also wishes with all her heart that her best friend's ill father will recover. Tess's faith in the season results in a Christmas Eve so wondrous, so sparkling, readers won't help but feel transformed. Like trimming the tree and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, baking cookies and WHITE CHRISTM...

Join the Mousekin family as they prepare for Christmas! Filled with crafts and recipes, poems and stories, this is a Christmas book to share with the whole family, year after year.All the highlights of a great December are here. The Mousekins pick out and decorate a tree. Make paper snowflakes with Nana Mousekin. Bake cookies for friends and neighbors. Write letters to Santa Mouse. Welcome carolers. Sled and skate and make a snowmouse. Share family stories of Christmases past. And ...

Enjoy the first-ever verse adaptation of the classic animated television special, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Experience the timeless tale and become part of the beloved world of Rudolph, Santa, Clarice, Hermey, Yukon Cornelius, Bumble the Abominable Snow Monster, the Island of Misfit Toys and more!\

Inspired by the famous Christmas poem, "The Night Before Christmas," this sweet picture book about Christmas in the Navy the perfect holiday gift for children of military families and anyone with loved ones serving overseas.’Twas the night before Christmas, when way out to seaNot a creature was stirring to windward or lee.The sailors were nestled all snug in their racksLike orders of pancakes, so tight were the stacks.One Chris...

“At that moment, Brother Francis laid a figure of baby Jesus in the manger bed.”Where did the tradition of displaying a manger scene come from? Find out in Saint Francis and the Nativity, an engaging story that weaves together the history of the first nativity with the fictional story of Mario, a young shepherd boy, who helps Saint Francis of Assisi find a way to visually display the true meaning of Christmas.Children will love the beautiful illustrations and the suggested family activitie...

Christmas is Treva's favorite time of the year. But this year, decorations and presents are mysteriously disappearing. When Treva follows a small creature making off with the Christmas pudding, she discovers two irresistible trolls who want to have Christmas, but don't understand it. Jan Brett's trademark luminous paintings give readers a magical Christmas full of surprises.

Graphic-novel darling and kid-favorite Babymouse makes her picture-book debut in a Christmas story . . . all about cupcakes! (Typical.)Thank goodness Babymouse ate all of the Christmas cookies her mom made for Santa. Now she can make him something he really wants—CUPCAKES! But wait . . . what’s that rumbling in the other room? OH NO! A DRAGON!!!!! Can Sir Babymouse defeat her fiery foe and save Christmas?! Or at least save a cupcake or two? Maybe not. . . ...