Five Christmas Stories And Two Other Tales

Author : D. C. Townsend
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781662465604
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Five Christmas Stories and Two Other Tales written by D. C. Townsend and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author wrote these seven stories over several years for his grandchildren. Each has a happy ending with a little moral message. These stories vary from children and lost dogs to young men on their horses looking for gold. These stories will take the reader from Poletown, a Detroit neighborhood of Polish immigrants, to the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory, to a New York art gallery, and to points in between. The timelines are from the 1870s to the present. How we face the challenges that life gives us is what is most important.

Author : D.C. Townsend
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1662465599
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Five Christmas Stories and Two Other Tales written by D.C. Townsend and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-02-07 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author wrote these seven stories over several years for his grandchildren. Each has a happy ending with a little moral message. These stories vary from children and lost dogs to young men on their horses looking for gold. These stories will take the reader from Poletown, a Detroit neighborhood of Polish immigrants, to the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory, to a New York art gallery, and to points in between. The timelines are from the 1870s to the present. How we face the challenges that life gives us is what is most important.

Author : Jean Shepherd
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307768732
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Christmas Story written by Jean Shepherd and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-10-27 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana—the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film and the live musical on Fox. The holiday film A Christmas Story, first released in 1983, has become a bona fide Christmas perennial, gaining in stature and fame with each succeeding year. Its affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic portrayal of an American family’s typical Christmas joys and travails in small-town Depression-era Indiana has entered our imagination and our hearts with a force equal to It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street. This edition of A Christmas Story gathers together in one hilarious volume the gems of autobiographical humor that Jean Shepherd drew upon to create this enduring film. Here is young Ralphie Parker’s shocking discovery that his decoder ring is really a device to promote Ovaltine; his mother and father’s pitched battle over the fate of a lascivious leg lamp; the unleashed and unnerving savagery of Ralphie’s duel in the show with the odious bullies Scut Farkas and Grover Dill; and, most crucially, Ralphie’s unstoppable campaign to get Santa—or anyone else—to give him a Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range model air rifle. Who cares that the whole adult world is telling him, “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid”? The pieces that comprise A Christmas Story, previously published in the larger collections In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories, coalesce in a magical fashion to become an irresistible piece of Americana, quite the equal of the film in its ability to warm the heart and tickle the funny bone.

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 069817092X
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Merry Christmas written by Louisa May Alcott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-08 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of five beloved Christmas classics A Merry Christmas collects the treasured holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott, from the dearly familiar Yuletide benevolence of Marmee and her “little women” to the timeless “What Love Can Do,” wherein the residents of a boarding house come together to make a lovely Christmas for two poor girls. Wildly popular at the time of their publication—readers deluged Alcott with letters demanding sequels—and drawing on Alcott’s family and experiences in the abolitionist and women’s suffrage movements, these stories have the authentic texture and detail of Christmas in nineteenth-century America, while their emphasis on generosity and charity make them timeless embodiments of the Christmas spirit. Penguin Christmas Classics Give the gift of literature this Christmas. Penguin Christmas Classics honor the power of literature to keep on giving through the ages. The five volumes in the series are not only our most beloved Christmas tales, they also have given us much of what we love about the holiday itself. A Christmas Carol revived in Victorian England such Christmas hallmarks as the Christmas tree, holiday cards, and caroling. The Yuletide yarns of Anthony Trollope popularized throughout the British Empire and around the world the trappings of Christmas in London. The holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott shaped the ideal of an American Christmas. The Night Before Christmas brought forth some of our earliest Christmas traditions as passed down through folk tales. And The Nutcracker inspired the most famous ballet in history, one seen by millions in the twilight of every year. Collect all five Penguin Christmas Classics: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories by Anthony Trollope A Merry Christmas: And Other Christmas Stories by Louisa May Alcott The Night Before Christmas by Nikolai Gogol The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann

Author : Katherine Paterson
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 0664239153
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Stubborn Sweetness and Other Stories for the Christmas Season written by Katherine Paterson and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Stubborn Sweetness and Other Stories for the Christmas Season is a collection of modern-day short stories by Katherine Paterson, award-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia and The Great Gilly Hopkins- both loved by children and adults for over twenty years. This compilation includes stories of real-life people such as a shopping mall's night watchman, a lonely widower, a pregnant teenage runaway, a political prisoner in China, a grieving mother, and a privileged American, who have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas because of loss, pain, greed or circumstances. Through unexpected and uplifting ways, each is reminded of the first Christmas story and the vision of hope and peace it offers the world. They realize that even in the darkness, the light and song of Christmas can be seen and heard. This heart-warming gift book, filled with stories of real people finding hope, courage, and faith amidst life's circumstances, radiates the spirit of the season and reminds each of us what Christmas truly means. Originally written to be read during her church's Christmas Eve service, this collection of holiday stories is perfect for individuals, families, and churches to read and share during the season.

Author : David Shannon
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 133813776X
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book It's Christmas, David! written by David Shannon and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling star of No, David! turns Christmas traditions upside down with laugh-aloud humor. Readers of all ages will vividly remember trying to peek at hidden gift packages; writing scrolls of wish lists to Santa; and struggling to behave at formal Christmas dinner parties. Always in the background, we know Santa Claus is watching, soon to decide if David deserves a shiny new fire truck or a lump of coal under the tree. From playing with delicate ornaments to standing in an endlessly long line for Santa, here are common Christmas activities--but with David's naughty trimmings. A surefire hit that is destined to be an annual classic.

Author : Jimmy Fallon
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
ISBN 13 : 1250810930
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 5 More Sleeps ‘til Christmas written by Jimmy Fallon and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Host of NBC's The Tonight Show and three-time #1 New York Times-bestselling author Jimmy Fallon returns with this sweet and spirited Christmas picture book. Just 5 more sleeps 'til Christmas! Can you believe it's here? I know that Santa's coming soon 'cause I've been good all year. Everyone who grew up celebrating Christmas remembers the excitement that built up to the most magical day of the year. But why not make the last week until Christmas more fun by counting how many sleeps until the arrival of Santa and his reindeer? Accompanied by the beautiful and energetic artwork of Rich Deas, enjoy the humor of Jimmy Fallon as he prepares readers for the most exciting week of the year in this new holiday tradition for your family—5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas.

Author : Michelle Griep
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1683229126
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Tale of Two Hearts written by Michelle Griep and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 2 in Reader Favorite Michelle Griep’s Charming Once Upon a Dickens Christmas Series London, 1853: Innkeeper’s daughter Mina Scott will do anything to escape the drudgery of her life, for there’s nothing more mundane than serving customers day after day. Every minute she can, she reads and dreams of someday becoming a real lady—and catch the eye of William Barlow, a frequent guest at the inn. William is a gentleman’s son, a charming but penniless rogue. However, his bachelor uncle will soon name an heir—either him or his scheming cousin. In an effort to secure the inheritance, William gives his uncle the impression he’s married, which works until he’s invited to bring his wife for a visit. William asks Mina to be his pretend bride, only until his uncle names an heir on Christmas Day. Mina is flattered and frustrated by the offer, for she wants a true relationship with William. Yet, she agrees. . .then wishes she hadn’t. So does William. Deceiving the old man breaks both their hearts. When the truth is finally discovered, more than just money is lost. Can two hearts survive such deception?

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christmas Stories written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christmas Stories written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: