The Christmas Bell

Author : Jennifer Chiaverini
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698407091
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christmas Bells written by Jennifer Chiaverini and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini celebrates Christmas, past and present, with a wondrous novel inspired by the classic poem “Christmas Bells,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I heard the bells on Christmas Day / Their old familiar carols play / And wild and sweet / The words repeat / Of peace on earth, good-will to men! In 1860, the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow family celebrated Christmas at Craigie House, their home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The publication of Longfellow’s classic Revolutionary War poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride,” was less than a month hence, and the country’s grave political unrest weighed heavily on his mind. Yet with his beloved wife, Fanny, and their five adored children at his side, the delights of the season prevailed. In present-day Boston, a dedicated teacher in the Watertown public school system is stunned by somber holiday tidings. Sophia’s music program has been sacrificed to budget cuts, and she worries not only about her impending unemployment but also about the consequences to her underprivileged students. At the church where she volunteers as music director, Sophia tries to forget her cares as she leads the children’s choir in rehearsal for a Christmas Eve concert. Inspired to honor a local artist, Sophia has chosen a carol set to a poem by Longfellow, moved by the glorious words he penned one Christmas Day long ago, even as he suffered great loss. Christmas Bells chronicles the events of 1863, when the peace and contentment of Longfellow’s family circle was suddenly, tragically broken, cutting even deeper than the privations of wartime. Through the pain of profound loss and hardship, Longfellow’s patriotism never failed, nor did the power of his language. “Christmas Bells,” the poem he wrote that holiday, lives on, spoken as verse and sung as a hymn. Jennifer Chiaverini’s resonant and heartfelt novel for the season reminds us why we must continue to hear glad tidings, even as we are tested by strife. Reading Christmas Bells evokes the resplendent joy of a chorus of voices raised in reverent song.

Author : Rolf Krenzer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781415617489
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christmas Bell written by Rolf Krenzer and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : L. A. Detwiler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781393816874
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christmas Bell: A Horror Novel written by L. A. Detwiler and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today Bestseller L.A. Detwiler comes a disturbing paranormal horror story that will bring hell to the holidays and chilling fear to the festivities. Some Christmas ornaments should be left in the attic. When Candace Mills, 26, heads home for the holidays to visit her mother and ailing grandmother, she's expecting a peaceful, dull Christmas. She has no idea, though, that a single Christmas ornament is about to send her into a whirling chasm of evil. It starts with the Christmas bell, scratched and worn in one of Grandma Anne's boxes in the attic. Once they put it on the tree, Grandma Anne starts to say terrifying things and act strangely. Candace and her mother assume it's her dementia talking--until they start to have dangerous encounters with a fiendish being. As the secrets of Anne's past involving her twin sister rise to the surface, the women face sinister horrors from a dark force looking for revenge. Will any of them be able to survive, or will they fall prey to the malevolent secret Grandma Anne is harboring from her past?

Author : Heike Conradi
Publisher : NorthSouth Books
ISBN 13 : 0735843864
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Little Bell That Wouldn't Ring written by Heike Conradi and published by NorthSouth Books. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas is coming! In a church tower, three bells practice ringing for Christmas Eve. But the newest and smallest bell in the tower is silent. What could be wrong? The dove, the wise crow, and all the other animals find good words to try to encourage the little bell to ring. But nothing works . . . until Christmas Eve when they find the words that inspire the little bell to ring out—“Peace on earth.” An inventive story about the meaning of Christmas, with ethereal illustrations by Maja Dusíková.

Author : Lucille Colandro
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545507510
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! written by Lucille Colandro and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This spooky twist on the wildly popular "There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly" is perfect for fun Halloween reading!What won't this old lady swallow? This time around, a bat, an owl, a cat, a ghost, a goblin, some bones, and a wizard are all on the menu! This Halloween-themed twist on the classic "little old lady" books will delight and entertain all brave readers who dare to read it!

Author : John Van Druten
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780822201045
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bell, Book and Candle written by John Van Druten and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1951 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Gillian Holroyd is one of the few modern people who can actually cast spells and perform feats of supernaturalism. She casts a spell over an unattached publisher, Shepherd Henderson, partly to keep him away from a rival and partly becaus

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Publisher : Charlesbridge
ISBN 13 : 1607341972
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jingle Bells written by and published by Charlesbridge. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the words of the familiar Christmas song, plus extra verses and brief descriptions of the Christmas traditions of Mexico, Sweden, the Philippines, Poland, Italy, and Kenya.

Author : Susan Jeffers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781669666080
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jingle Bells written by Susan Jeffers and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an illustrated version of the Christmas song with a girl, a boy, their pony, and their dog journeying to their Grandma's house.

Author : Julie Kriss
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jingle Bell Beard written by Julie Kriss and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My to do list: Revive my crashed PR career. Turn around the Kringle family business by Christmas. Convince my ex-boyfriend, NHL legend Matt "the Mountain" Kringle, to help me, even though I broke his heart when we were seventeen. Easy, right? Matt is huge, he's hot, and he's the grumpiest player in the league. I'll have to brave his bad attitude and his sexy beard if I want him to help bail out the family business and put my career back on track. I'll also have to try to forget - again - what an amazing kisser he is. None of it is going to be easy. Not when Matt's arrival in town leads to the Airport Incident and the Candy Cane Scandal - talk about embarrassing. But as Matt and I navigate disaster after disaster together, I'll have to get over the fact that I never got over him. And that love with Matt is a game I just might want to play.

Author : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christmas Bells and A Christmas Carol written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and published by . This book was released on 191? with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: