The Christmas Wish

The Christmas Wish
Author: Lori Evert
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2013-09-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 037598156X

Celebrate the season with this New York Times bestselling wintry tale that will have readers of all ages believing in the magic of Christmas. This is one to pull out every year and savor all winter long! In the merry tradition of classics like The Polar Express, this special picture book captures the holiday spirit. This is a timeless classic one to reread every year and savor all winter long! Long ago, a brave little girl named Anja wanted to be one of Santa's elves.So she leaves a note for her family and helps her elderly neighbor prepare for the holiday, then she straps on her skis, and heads out into the snowy landscape. From a red bird to a polar bear to a reindeer, a menagerie of winter animals help Anja make her way to Santa. A generous trim-size, matte cover, extraordinary photographs, and foiled title make this a special book for the holiday season. And don't miss the other "Wish" books: The Reindeer Wish The Tiny Wish The Brave Little Puppy The Puppy's Wish The Polar Bear Wish

Christmas Wishes

Christmas Wishes
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2018-09-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534420606

Celebrate the Christmas season with Catboy, Gekko, and Owlette with this deluxe storybook based on PJ Masks, the hit preschool series airing on Disney Junior! It is almost Christmas Day, and the PJ Masks have many wishes for the holiday season. What will they wish for? Most of all, they wish for you to have a very merry Christmas! PJ Masks © Frog Box / Entertainment One UK Limited / Walt Disney EMEA Productions Limited 2014

A Holiday Wish

A Holiday Wish
Author: Grace Harper
Publisher: Grace Harper
Total Pages: 93
Release: 2022-12-13
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

What happens when she loves Christmas and he doesn’t? Cassie Flint is the last of her friends to find her happy ever after. While watching a Christmas movie in November with her mum, she makes a list of the perfect man. It resembles every seasonal rom-com hero. Noah Rees can’t stand Christmas. He thinks it is a time of monetary greed and spoiled Christmas dinners. When Cassie meets Noah in a bar, they hit it off, except for the part when he reveals he hates Christmas. Cassie is determined to change his mind. Noah wants to know what it will take for her to get a little dirty with the town mechanic. Will they get their wishes? The final book in the Talbot Girls holiday novella series. The festive romance books can be read in any order.

The Wish Book Christmas

The Wish Book Christmas
Author: Lynn Austin
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496452542

From the bestselling author of If I Were You comes a nostalgic and endearing holiday story that reminds us that sometimes the most meaningful gifts are the ones we least expect and dont deserve. Best friends Audrey Barrett and Eve Dawson are looking forward to celebrating Christmas in postwar America, thrilled at the prospect of starting new traditions with their five-year-old sons. But when the 1951 Sears Christmas Wish Book arrives and the boys start obsessing over every toy in it, Audrey and Eve realize they must first teach them the true significance of the holiday. They begin by helping Bobby and Harry plan gifts of encouragement and service for those in their community, starting by walking an elderly neighbors yellow Labsince a dog topped the boys wish list for Santa. In the charming tale that follows, Audrey and Eve are surprised to find their own hearts healing from the tragedies of war and opening to the possibility of forgiveness and new love.

A Holiday Wish

A Holiday Wish
Author: Kia Valcent
Publisher: DarkRoyalty Books
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2021-11-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

As the holidays approach, Angelika Brunet dreads confessing the secret she's been suppressing from her 4-year-old son Henri, the past year, the death of his dad. On her way home from work one wintry evening, she's drawn to the special place where she and her late husband regularly visited whenever he came home, wishing to have a joyous Christmas, despite the tragedy that's transpired. Realizing a body was moving downstream, she without thinking jumps into the cold water to save what is revealed to be an unconscious young man, who later awakes at her home with a case of amnesia and the sole recollection that his name is Ren. For the holidays, Renaud Blanchard wished to get married to his girlfriend of a year on Christmas Day and start a family, what was to be a memorable night turns tragic when after proposing, he's knocked over Lover's Bridge, into the icy waters below. He later wakes up in the home of a widowed single mother, in an unfamiliar town, with no recollection of who he was. With no avail of finding out where he came from, he continues living with his savior for the holidays. How will things turn out for Ren and Angelika, when love & passions blossom, and his memories return?

Holiday Wishes

Holiday Wishes
Author: Nora Roberts
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101569719

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts combines two of her heartwarming Christmas stories of love and magic in this holiday collection. In Home for Christmas, prizewinning reporter Jason Law returns home to his small New Hampshire town to win back the woman who slipped through his fingers. But it might take a Christmas miracle for Faith Monroe to give him a second chance... And in All I Want for Christmas, single dad Mac Taylor is about to find out the lengths to which his mischievous twin boys, Zeke and Zach, will go to find him the Christmas gift of new love when they send a special wish for a new mom to Old Saint Nick... TWO NORA ROBERTS CLASSICS AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME

A Wish to Be A Christmas Tree

A Wish to Be A Christmas Tree
Author: Colleen Monroe
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2011-12-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1410308596

This charming tale of an overgrown pine always being passed by for Christmas, and what his woodland friends do to help him, is sure to become a Christmas classic. With delightful illustrations by wildlife artist Michael Monroe and enchanting text from Colleen Monroe, the birds, deer and squirrel of this story help make their special friend's wish come true.

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Author: Wendy Mass
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2010-11-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 031618036X

In one month Jeremy Fink will turn thirteen. But does he have what it takes to be a teenager? He collects mutant candy, he won't venture more than four blocks from his apartment if he can help it, and he definitely doesn't like surprises. On the other hand, his best friend, Lizzy, isn't afraid of anything, even if that might get her into trouble now and then. Jeremy's summer takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious wooden box arrives in the mail. According to the writing on the box, it holds the meaning of life! Jeremy is supposed to open it on his thirteenth birthday. The problem is, the keys are missing, and the box is made so that only the keys will open it without destroying what's inside. Jeremy and Lizzy set off to find the keys, but when one of their efforts goes very wrong, Jeremy starts to lose hope that he'll ever be able to open the box. But he soon discovers that when you're meeting people named Oswald Oswald and using a private limo to deliver unusual objects to strangers all over the city, there might be other ways of finding out the meaning of life. Lively characters, surprising twists, and thought-provoking ideas make Wendy Mass's latest novel an unforgettable read.

One Christmas Wish

One Christmas Wish
Author: Katherine Rundell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2018-09-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481491628

From beloved author Katherine Rundell comes a clever, funny, and poignant picture book about a lonely little boy who wishes not to be alone on Christmas. A young boy’s Christmas Eve wish on a shooting star leads to an adventure with an ever-hungry rocking horse, an angel whose wings are molting, a robin who has forgotten how to sing, and a rusting tin drummer boy in Katherine Rundell’s classic Christmas story, with Emily Sutton’s gorgeous paintings.

100 Christmas Wishes

100 Christmas Wishes
Author: New York Public Library
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2018-10-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1250297419

A treasure trove of vintage Christmas cards, 100 Christmas Wishes is the perfect holiday treat from the New York Public Library. Every year as the days grow shorter, amidst the holly, cookies, and carols there is another timeless holiday tradition—sending and receiving Christmas cards to and from those you love. 100 Christmas Wishes is a collection of vintage holiday cards, all from the archives of the New York Public Library. The Library houses one of the greatest collections of early Christmas postcards from around the world with thousands of cards depicting every imaginable holiday scene. Archivists selected one hundred of the best cards from the extensive collection to share in 100 Christmas Wishes. From the elegant, gilded Santa Clauses and statuesque angels, to yuletide still lifes, tumbling tots and puppies with bows round their necks, each card is a beautiful celebration of the holiday season. The book also includes six perforated postcards with reproductions of the designs so you too can share a vintage Christmas wish with friends and family on your list. As Rosanne Cash, a patron and friend of the Library as well as a devoted fan of Christmas cards, says in her introduction “This collection of early Christmas postcards, housed for a century in the New York Public Library archives, distills those abiding wishes for the holidays from revelers from long ago and faraway, in a wish for peace, joy, magic, bounty, family, and for light to be shone ‘round the world at Christmas, past and future.’”