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Author
Publisher
Alladin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Christmas, counting, and unicorns are combined in one magical picture book that's a must-have gift for a fantastic holiday! One little girl is counting down to Christmas with her unicorn friend. There's so much to prepare and fun to be had before the big day! They hang stockings, make snow unicorns, and bake tasty treats. But her mischievous unicorn keeps making a mess, munching all the pies, and scribbling on the Christmas cards. And when the carolers...
Series
Publisher
Harper Festival, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"It's Christmas Eve, and Baby Shark can't sleep--he is too excited! But little does he know, in his dreams awaits a winter wonderland where Baby Shark will meet Santa and his magical elves."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A young mouse refuses to go to sleep. "Go to bed," whispers the cat. "It's the night before Christmas." But, despite the unseen narrator's assertion that "not a creature was stirring," wide-eyed, big-eared Mouse is far too exuberant to snooze. He proceeds to ride a tricycle around the tree, crack nuts, and nibble cookies. Tiny vignettes depicting his Yuletide antics are followed by a full-page spread in which Mouse rushes out onto a snow-filled street...
Author
Language
English
Description
"All Emma Daley wants this holiday season is a white Christmas. But the young teacher and struggling musician sure can't find that in sunny Arizona. Luckily, there's someone living in a perfect mountain home in the Colorado Rockies looking to make a vacation trade. West Prescott is an in-demand songwriter and talented musician who put his own singing career on hold to write songs for celebrity acts to perform. When his mother convinces him to do a...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this twist on The Gingerbread Boy, Cookie teams up with Fox to try to become sweeter and faster, before learning that there is a reason he is different. Includes recipes for Christmas cookies and Christmas ornaments.
Author
Series
Christmas Tree Ranch volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The lone lawman in the small Texas town of Branding, widowed single father Sheriff Sam Delaney shoulders a lot until a special someone enters the picture.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Free-spirited, living on the fly, Vanessa Hayes is still always down for traditional family holiday fun--until now. She's making her oft-delayed wish finally come true: Christmas in Paris, the glittering City of Lights. But when her passport gets delayed, it's too late for Vanessa to rebook. Now it looks like the Yuletide she longs for won't happen. Until a stranger suddenly enters her life, and changes it forever ... Overwhelmed by responsibility,...
Author
Publisher
Hodder Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Join Great British Bake Off sensation Nadiya Hussain for scrumptious stories and delicious bakes that the family can enjoy together at Christmas. Christmas is a time when families come together. This unique combination of storybook and cookbook, with all recipes and stories devised and written by Nadiya herself, brings families into the kitchen to share this special time of year through cooking and stories.- Go on an adventure to the Snow Queen's...
74) Christmas sweets
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Nightmare on Elf Street: "Aside from the mortifying costume, how bad can a gig as a mall Santa's elf be? Jaine Austen finds out when she's teamed up with the Santa from Hell. But things go from bad to worse when he's found murdered on the job--and Jaine is a suspect. Now all she wants for Christmas is to find the real killer..." -- Page [4] cover.
The Christmas Thief: "Elizabeth Stone is ready for a white Christmas in Tinker's Cove, Maine--until...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"It's time to decorate the tree for Christmas--but Grandad can't find any of his ornaments! The hunt for the missing decorations takes the children up and down in Grandad's bric-a-brac-filled house, then out into a winter wonderland. And when every ornament is on the tree at last, Grandad has a wonderful holiday surprise in store"--Back cover
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
It's almost Christmas. A small group of trees is waiting impatiently for the Christmas tree vendor to come and get them. What kind of family will bring them home? And what kinds of presents will land at their feet on Christmas Eve? The trees are sure about one thing: their sweet friend Little Tree is too little to be a Christmas tree this year. Are they right? --
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"A very special Heartstopper story set over a challenging holiday season... Reuniting Tori Spring, her little brother Charlie, and Charlie's boyfriend Nick, this novella sees the Spring siblings brave a particularly difficult festive season"--
78) Santa cruise
Author
Series
Santa's Crew volume 1
Language
English
Description
"At Ridgewood High, Amy, Frankie, Rachael and Nina formed a deep bond. Now they're back for a reunion. Nina moved to Hollywood and landed a recurring role on a sitcom. Amy is now a Silicon Valley bioengineer. Frankie works for a New York publishing house. Rachael married--mostly to please her parents--but is now divorced. In late December, Amy, Rachael, Frankie and Nina gather in Miami, ready to board their state-of-the-art cruise ship. The highlight...
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tom Langdon, a weary and cash-strapped journalist, is banned from flying when a particularly thorough airport security search causes him to lose his cool. Now, he must take the train if he has any chance of arriving in Los Angeles in time for Christmas with his girlfriend. To finance the trip, he sells a story about a train ride taken during the Christmas season."
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"It's the most wonderful time of the year, and this richly illustrated treasury celebrates everything there is to love about the holiday season! It's filled with favorite Christmas stories and songs as well as original poems from Lee Bennett Hopkins, Naomi Shihab Nye, and others; original recipes from Erin Gleeson, Yvette van Boven, and Yotam Ottolenghi; and other holiday trappings. All the artwork is from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection,...
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