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Rainbow Magic Special Edition: Cheryl the Christmas Tree

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Meadows, Daisy, PUBLISHER: Scholastic Paperbacks, A brand-new holiday fairy is fluttering into bookstores, just in time for Christmas Christmas cheer has disappeared Rachel and Kirsty are staying at a cozy cabin in the woods for Christmas But everything is going wrong. Even their Christmas tree is missing The girls think they know who's causing all the holiday trouble...... and they're right Jack Frost and his goblins have stolen Cheryl the Christmas Tree Fairy's magic tree, star, and gift. Without them, Christmas won't be festive or fun. Can Rachel and Kirsty help Cheryl, or will Jack Frost make this Christmas a catastrophe? Find the magic items in all three stories inside this Rainbow Magic Special Edition and help save the Christmas spirit

Country Christmas

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ideals Publications Inc, PUBLISHER: Ideals Publications, Celebrate the spirit of the Christmas holiday in rural America. Combines beautiful photographs and artwork with warm-hearted poetry and prose.

Superhero Christmas

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lee, Stan / Jessell, Tim, PUBLISHER: Katherine Tegen Books, It's the night before Christmas whensuddenly Santa's old nemesis, the evil Ice King, and his terrible ice trolls launch a surprise attack on the North Pole and capture Santa. But all is not lost -- the powerful Protector is on his way to save the day However, when the Protector arrives at the North Pole, he too is captured and it's up to his superhero wife, the Protectress, and their two children, Carolyn and Robert, to find a way to save Christmas.

Advent and Christmas with Fulton J. Sheen: Daily Scripture

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sheen, Fulton J. / Bauer, Judy, PUBLISHER: Liguori Publications, Beginning with the first day of Advent and continuing through the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, these selections from the immortal pen of Fulton J. Sheen encourage readers to explore the essence and promise of the season. Those looking to grow in their prayer life and become more attuned to the joy of Advent and Christmas will find a wonderful guide in this spiritual companion.

Christmas Story

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tebbs, Victoria / Mitchell, Melanie, PUBLISHER: Lion Children's Books, See and Say are simple retellings of Bible stories with bright and appealing pictures-and lots of words for young children to join in with. In the Christmas Story, they will clip-clop with the donkey, sing with the angels, and gasp with the shepherds. In the Creation Story, they will crash with the seas, slish splosh with the fish, and zzz on the seventh day. In the Lost Sheep Story, they will count with the shepherd and baa, baa, baa with the sheep And in the Noah's Ark Story, kids will splish with the rain, coo with the dove, and cheer with Noah With simple concepts and familiar words for repetition, young children will come to learn the story for themselves.

Faraway Grandpa

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Karim, Roberta / Rand, Ted, PUBLISHER: Henry Holt & Company, "Dear Kathleen, " "Heard a new song. We'll sing it together this summer Oops, almost forgot. The song is called "Danny Boy." Such a fine name " A poignant story about the changing relationship between a grandfather and his granddaughter as he succumbs to Alzheimer's disease Grandpa Danny sang bass, and Kathleen sang the high notes. That was the summer that Kathleen learned about listening with the heart and not the ears. But when it was time for her to visit with Grandpa Danny again, Gramps wasn't himself-he forgot things, and sometimes his mind seemed to be covered in clouds. Still, even on Grandpa Danny's most shadowy of days, Kathleen knew that when she sang "Danny Boy" he was listening with his heart. This poignant story about love and devotion will touch the hearts of readers young and old alike.

Grandpa Was a Cowboy and an Indian and Other Stories Grandpa

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Driving Hawk Sneve, Virginia / Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk, PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press, "'Grandpa, ' I quietly asked, 'how come when you talk about the past, you say you were a cowboy and an Indian?' I sensed the regret in his short laugh when he answered, 'Cause I was both and both ways are gone forever.'" With great imagination and vigor, award-winning Lakota storyteller Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve treats readers to a collection of her best stories. She first spins tales of Lakota and Dakota generations today, of what the youngest can learn from their elders, if they choose to listen. The second group of stories, set in the turbulent and tragic years of the nineteenth century, teaches the need for understanding across cultures. The collection ends with spellbinding ancient Sioux tales about the birth of the universe, the deeds of legendary beings, and an unforgettable story about Old Woman, whose quill work maps out the end of the world.

Night Before Christmas: Picture Puzzles to Search and Solve

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wick, Walter, PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Scenes from Clement Moore's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas inspire twelve elegant and fascinating compositions where readers search for dozens of intriguing hidden objects. The first photograph, "The Night Before Christmas," features a gingerbread house, Christmas cookies, candles, bulbs, and more. "Visions of Sugarplums" is an abstract composition of Christmas confections; and "Such a Clatter " is a dynamic explosion of objects. In "It Must Be Saint Nick," Santa is shown in shadow; and in "A Bundle of Toys," the presents in Santa's sack are revealed as a magnificent jumble. The final photograph, "Happy Christmas to All" is a beautiful, pastoral landscape, lustrous under new-fallen snow. The original poem is printed on the endpapers. Can You See What

Christmas Is Not Your Birthday: Experience the Joy of Living

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Slaughter, Mike, PUBLISHER: Abingdon Press, Every year, we say we re going to cut back, simplify, and have a family Christmas that focuses on the real reason for the season Jesus. But every year, advertisements beckon, the children plead, and it seems easier just to indulge our wants and whims. Overspending, overeating, materialism, and busyness rob us of our peace and joy and rob Jesus of his rightful role as the center of our celebration.This Christmas, cut through the hype that leaves you exhausted and broke at the end of the year. Instead, experience the peace of knowing that God is truly with us, the joy of giving sacrificially, and the love of a Savior who gave everything he had for us. In five short, engaging chapters, Pastor Mike Slaughter inspires readers to approach Christmas differently, and be transformed in the process.

The nightmare before christmas - tim burton's

Nightmare Before Christmas Book and CD-ROM Pack. Editore: Longman/Pearson (28 marzo ) Collana: Penguin Active Reading (Graded Readers) Lingua: Inglese ISBN-10: ISBN-- Everybody in Halloweentown loves Halloween - but not Jack Skellington. Every year he has to sing the same scary songs and do the same dangerous dances. He is bored with them. Then, one day, he visits Christmastown and he has an idea. Why can't the vampires, witches, and skeletons of Halloweentown celebrate Christmas, too -their way? American English contemporary

Meandering Toward Maturity... in Poetry

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stephani, E. P., PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, This collection of poetry with colored illustrations is all about Everyone, their hometown; their family; their life experiences. The words and thoughts therein can be easily understood by mom and dad; the kids; as well as grandpa and grandma. The poems and pictures are thought provoking and playful. Family members will enjoy reading these poems together. For teachers and others who count the syllables and lines, who like their poetry in good form, there is variety not limited to Haiku, English Sonnet, Acrostic, and Prose Poetry.

Crossing Sand Creek

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Burk, Pearl Gladwyn, PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, Daniel Frey is forced by circumstance to abandon a life of security and plenty in South Russia and emigrate to America in the s. Eighteen-year-old Hilda and her older brother, Gus, struggle with their loyalty to family and faith as a strange new world opens up to them. A chance encounter on their arrival at Newton, Kansas, changes Hildaas life forever. Tag is an outsider who has amnesia, carries a gun, owns a saloon, and has nightmares that fill him with terroraand who wins her heart. Gus yearns to experience places beyond the boundaries of the Mennonite community north of Sand Creek. Daniel is a devout and desperate father who strives to keep his children within the discipline of the faith; however, Hilda, drawn by the love of an outsider, and Gus, drawn by adventure, face danger, estrangement, fear, and murder on the Kansas prairie.

Kitchen Collectibles: The Essential Buyer's Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stoneback, Diane, PUBLISHER: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, Covers everything from butter molds and cookie cutters from the s to electrical appliances from your mother's kitchen. Includes s of listings with current values and 175 black-and-white photographs. A state-of-the-market report and tips on what to save from the s.

L'impero perduto

Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood Through Tanzania and Zanzibar, into the rainforests of Madagascar, and across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia and the legendary site of the Krakatoa explosion, husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo and (cod. I_)

Joy to the World: A Victorian Christmas

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hart, Cynthia / Grossman, John / Dunhill, Priscilla, PUBLISHER: Workman Publishing, Text by Priscilla Dunhill. The Christmas we love today sprang from the festive parlors and bedecked halls of a century ago, where it lives still in the lush pages of "Joy to the World." A specially embossed and die-cut jacket wraps the book like a precious gift. Selection of the Literary Guild and the Better Homes & Gardens Family Book Service. copies in print.

Paddington Bear and the Christmas Surprise

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bond, Michael / Alley, R. W., PUBLISHER: San Val, Christmas is coming, and Paddington has saved just enough bun money to take the entire Brown family to Barkridges store for a holiday adventure. But things don't turn out at all as Paddington had planned... and Barkridges may never be the same Leave it to Paddington, that beloved bear from Darkest Peru, to turn a chaotic Christmas disaster into an unforgettable holiday surprise

Star Bright!: A Christmas Story

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Greeley, Andrew M., PUBLISHER: Forge, It's beginning to look a lot like an American Christmas: unpleasant relatives, miserable travel, a slobbering dog-and one "harmless American of Irish origins," Jack Flanigan, who is reluctantly falling in love with a young Russian woman studying at Harvard. She's spending Christmas alone in a foreign country, so he invites the dark-eyed beauty home to Chicago for the holiday. Even though it isn't Christmas in the Russian Orthodox calendar, she accepts What happens when she gets to Chicago and caught in the maelstrom of commercialized Yuletide? Enough to say, there's a tree, and a feast, and midnight Mass, and a gaggle of contentious Flanigans of all ages-who have the merriest Christmas ever-and nothing will ever be quite the same for any of them. Especially for Jack.

The Dandelion War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rosenthal, Richard, PUBLISHER: iUniverse, Peggy King, the ambitious, combustible Supervisor of Eastcogue, New York, hates dandelions. To her, they are noxious, unruly weeds that threaten her fashionable town's patina of orderliness. But to Gus Sonalag, the nearly impoverished Town advocate for seniors and people with disabilities, and to hundreds of Eastcogue's struggling old settlers who face homelessness from the area's soaring land values, dandelions are beautiful wild vegetables that staved off starvation during the Great Depression and embody their determination to thrive in the face of society's disregard for them. The battle begins when King and the federal government order the eradication of the dandelions in BayCogue Village, the town's only affordable seniors' housing project. Gus and his devious ingenious blackmail schemes to extract the millions needed from a temperamental movie star and a notorious billionaire.

The Christmas Story: From the Gospels of Matthew and Luke

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Johnson, Cathy Ann, PUBLISHER: Tommy Nelson, Fully illustrated low-priced picture book which tells the story of Christmas straight from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke using the text from the International Children's Bible, a translation that is easily understood by young children. Perfect for families to read together during the holiday season.

Lego City: Save This Christmas!

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCarthy, Rebecca, PUBLISHER: Scholastic Inc., It's Christmas in LEGO(R) City A few crooks are coming up with a plan to steal all the presents at the LEGO City town tree. After several days of hilariously unsuccessful attempts--Christmas Eve has arrived and the crooks make their last attempt to steal all the presents. They creep towards the tree in the dark only to find themselves in the middle of the tree lighting ceremony The tree is lit, the crooks are carted off to prison, and Christmas is saved

Chronicles of Air and Dreams

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Villarreal, Rosa Martha, PUBLISHER: Archer Books, A Mexican-American archeologist and her family are caught up in the legends and myths of their Aztec and Maya heritage. The story shifts between present day and the 16th century, and between dreams and reality.

The Man of the House at Huffington Row: A Christmas Story

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barrett, Mary Brigid, PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books, It is Christmas Eve--a night for miracles--but for young Francis O'Shea, there is no magic in the air. Ever since his father passed away, Francis has spent every free moment working and helping his mother. Still, when his little sister, Katherine Mary, loses what she cherishes most, Francis does what little he can to lift her spirits. And on Christmas morning, he wakes to find a miracle both he and his sister can believe in. This moving original story, set during the Depression, will rekindle in all the hope and love at the heart of Christmas.

Essays Politic and Moral, and Essays Moral and Theological

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tuvill, Daniel, PUBLISHER: University of Virginia Press, These two sets of essays by the seventeenth-century clegyman Tuvil illustrate literary tastes and fashions of the time and offer examples of such popular genres as the sermon, the resolve, and the meditation.

Leading the Teacher Induction and Mentoring Program

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sweeny, Barry W., PUBLISHER: Corwin Press, Helps teachers and administrators develop induction and mentoring programs that have positive long-term effects and benefit the teacher, the student, and the school.

Fast, Fun & Easy Christmas Stockings: Festive Fabric

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Terry, Susan S., PUBLISHER: C&T Publishing, Looking for a simple holiday craft that's fun and rewarding for the whole family? Fast, Fun & Easy Christmas Stockings offers the perfect solution; delightful, beautiful stockings for the mantel, of course--and how about miniature stockings to serve as keepsake place cards, ornaments, napkin holders, gift bags, and much more? Six full-size patterns for stockings, plus ideas for creative variations, mean Santa will have plenty of stocking-stuffin' to do come Christmas eve.

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