Night Before Christmas in Paris

Night Before Christmas in Paris
Author: Betty Lou Phillips
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1423630548

Haute couture and Paris sights capture Mrs. Claus’s imagination—as they would any woman’s! This charming story finds Mrs. Claus fabulously ensconced in Paris, having enjoyed fashion week and been lured for several months’ stay by all the sights, scents, and couture of Paris. In the end, Santa takes a quick tour of the City of Light himself—the Eiffel Tower, Champs-Elysées, the Louvre, Tuileries Gardens, Notre Dame, Montmartre and more—to find the satiated Mrs. Claus and whisk her back home just in time to help the elves with the last-minute packing of toys for children all over the world.

The Night Before Christmas in New York

The Night Before Christmas in New York
Author: Betty Lou Phillips
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2013-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1423634403

A take-off on Clement Clarke Moore's poem The night before Christmas, a.k.a. A visit from St. Nicholas.

The Night Before Christmas in Paris

The Night Before Christmas in Paris
Author: Betty Lou Phillips
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2012
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 142363053X

A haute stocking stuffer for Paris lovers. Haute couture and Paris sights capture Mrs. Claus's imagination--as they would any woman's! This charming story finds Mrs. Claus fabulously ensconced in Paris, having enjoyed fashion week and been lured for several months' stay by all the sights, scents, and couture of Paris. In the end, Santa takes a quick tour of the City of Light himself--the Eiffel Tower, Champs-Elysées, theLouvre, Tuileries Gardens, Notre Dame, Montmartre and more--to find the satiated Mrs. Claus and whisk her back home just in time to help the elves with the last-minute packing of toys for children all over the world.

Sherlock's Night Before Christmas

Sherlock's Night Before Christmas
Author: Julie Petersen
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2018-09-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1423650301

This charming Christmas mystery is told in verse and beautiful illustrations—a perfect holiday treat for Sherlock fans of all ages! In the rhyme and meter of Clark Clement Moore’s classic Christmas poem The Night Before Christmas, Sherlock Holmes tracks clues through his familiar haunts to “eliminate the impossible” and catch his nemesis Moriarty in his dastardly crimes. When he discovers the jolly old gent with the white beard dipping his hand into a bag full of toys, Sherlock surmises that “whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Or is it? Sherlock’s Night Before Christmas is part of a series of illustrated verse books based on classic literary characters. All written by Julie Petersen and illustrated by Sheryl Dickert, the others include Mr. Darcy’s Night Before Christmas and Scrooge’s Night Before Christmas.

Mr. Darcy's Night Before Christmas

Mr. Darcy's Night Before Christmas
Author: Julie Petersen
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2015-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1423637984

Told in rhyming verse and beautiful illustrations, this clever Christmas romance is the ideal gift for Austen fans of all ages. Clement Clarke Moore's holiday classic The Night Before Christmas meets Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice when Mr. Darcy gets his own visit from St. Nicholas. In this parody of the beloved original poem, Santa teaches Darcy the true meaning of the holiday and helps him get what he's always wanted—a wife! Mr. Darcy’s Night Before Christmas is part of a series of illustrated verse books based on classic literary characters. All written by Julie Petersen and illustrated by Sheryl Dickert, the others include Sherlock’s Night Before Christmas and Scrooge’s Night Before Christmas.

Christmas in Paris

Christmas in Paris
Author: Anita Hughes
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250105501

Isabel Lawson was supposed to be visiting the Christmas tree in the Place de la Concorde, and eating escargots and macaroons with her new husband on their honeymoon. But a week before the wedding, she called it off. Neil suddenly decided to take over his grandparents' farm. Isabel, an ambitious Philadelphia financial analyst, wasn't ready to trade her briefcase for a pair of rubber boots and a saddle. Using their honeymoon tickets for herself would give her a chance to clear her head-- until she locks herself out on the balcony in the middle of winter. Thankfully her neighbor Alec, a French children's illustrator, comes to her rescue. He too is nursing a broken heart for the holidays ...

Scrooge's Night Before Christmas

Scrooge's Night Before Christmas
Author: Julie Petersen
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1423644905

This charmingly illustrated verse tale offers a fresh and funny take on two Christmas classics—an ideal all-ages holiday gift! In clever rhyme, this fully illustrated mash-up of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and Clemet Clark Moore’s The Night Before Christmas combines clever humor and a heartwarming story. We meet the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, along with the nephew Fred, Cratchits and the Fezziwigs. And after his fantastical adventure, we know that Scrooge has reformed when hear him bellow Santa’s traditional refrain, “Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night.” Scrooge’s Night Before Christmas is part of a series of illustrated verse books based on classic literary characters. All written by Julie Petersen and illustrated by Sheryl Dickert, the others include Sherlock’s Night Before Christmas and Mr. Darcy’s Night Before Christmas.

That Night In Paris (The Holiday Romance, Book 2)

That Night In Paris (The Holiday Romance, Book 2)
Author: Sandy Barker
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2020-04-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0008362831

Note to self: don’t sleep with your flatmate after a curry and three bottles of wine... especially if he’s secretly in love with you and wants you to meet his mum.

A Very French Christmas

A Very French Christmas
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Publisher: New Vessel Press
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2017-10-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 193993155X

Joyeux Noël: “[An]endearing collection of Christmas stories from ten of France’s most esteemed writers―past and present―skillfully translated.” ―Foreword Reviews This collection brings together the best French Christmas stories of all time, featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth century authors Irène Némirovsky and Nobel Prize winner Anatole France and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel. With a holiday spirit conveyed through sparkling Paris streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, homesick soldiers, oysters, crayfish, ham, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine, this collection encapsulates Christmas à la française—delicious, intense and unexpected.

Madeline's Christmas

Madeline's Christmas
Author: Ludwig Bemelmans
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2000-09-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0140566503

“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines the smallest one was Madeline.” Nothing frightens Madeline—not tigers, not even mice. With its endearing, courageous heroine, cheerful humor, and wonderful, whimsical drawings of Paris, the Madeline stories are true classics that continue to charm readers even after 75 years! It's the night before Christmas and everyone is sick in bed. All except brave Madeline, who is up and about and feeling just fine. Taking care of eleven little girls and Miss Clavel is hard work, but when Madeline finds help from a magical merchant, the girls embark on a Christmas journey that will surely make them forget their sniffles and sneezes. Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) was the author of the beloved Madeline books, including Madeline, a Caldecott Honor Book, and Madeline's Rescue, winner of the Caldecott Medal.