The Boy Who Moved Christmas

The Boy Who Moved Christmas
Author: Eric Walters
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-10-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781771089111

Based on a true story, Evan is sick and may not make it to December. His town decorates for Christmas in October so they can celebrate with him but will everything be ready? Will Santa know to come?

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Author: Barbara Robinson
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1983
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780573617454

The six mean Herdman kids lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the girls) and then become involved in the community Christmas pageant.

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.

Christmas with Tucker

Christmas with Tucker
Author: Greg Kincaid
Publisher: Convergent Books
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2010-11-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307589641

The touching prequel to the bestselling novel A Dog Named Christmas The sleeper hit of 2008, A Dog Named Christmas became a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie a year later, seen by more than twelve million people in the United States alone. Now, in Christmas with Tucker, Greg Kincaid brings back one of that book’s most endearing characters, sharing the moving story of George, a young boy dealing with the loss of his father, and the dog that comes into his life to offer him hope and a touch of courage. It is the winter of 1962, and Kansas is hit with one of the worst blizzards in its history. It is during this cruel season that twelve-year-old George is called upon to endure more than even most grown men could withstand—the death of his father and the upkeep of the family farm that is his legacy. When his mother and sisters leave for Minnesota, George has only his grandparents and the companionship of Tucker, an Irish setter, to help him persevere through these most difficult challenges. Can he find the strength to walk the road that leads to healing, finding his true self and ultimately becoming a man? A coming-of-age story for readers of all ages, Christmas with Tucker is a classic Christmas story about a young man’s love for his dog, his family, and his farm.

Manjhi Moves a Mountain

Manjhi Moves a Mountain
Author: Nancy Churnin
Publisher: Creston Books
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2017
Genre: JUVENILE NONFICTION
ISBN: 1939547342

For 20 years, Dashrath Manjhi used a hammer and chisel, grit and determination to carve a path through the mountain separating his poor village from the nearby village with schools, markets, and a hospital. This inspirational story shows how everyone can make a difference if their heart is big enough. Full color.

The Project

The Project
Author: Jan Coffey
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2012-10-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460304799

The nation is gripped by the shocking crimes: "good kids" who are suddenly, inexplicably lethal, shooting their classmates before fatally turning their guns on themselves. When Connecticut mom Dr. Lexi Bradley gets the call that her son Juan has become one of those shooters, her life is turned upside down. Ten years ago, Secret Service agent Bryan Atwood became an expert on school violence. Now the nightmare is back. Just as he is assigned to this new rash of killings, an MRI of Juan's brain reveals what must be pure science fiction. With Lexi's help, Bryan is determined to unearth the truth before more children die, but investigating a cross-country trail of buried horrors casts them both into a dangerous world where corporate greed can lead to sudden death.

A Christine Feehan Holiday Treasury

A Christine Feehan Holiday Treasury
Author: Christine Feehan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 610
Release: 2008-10-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1439123934

New York Timesbestselling author Christine Feehan is "a magnificent storyteller" (Romantic Times) whose "talents seem to grow with every book" (Library Journal). Now, her magnificent novellas of dark forces and Christmas magic are brought together for the first time in a stunning hardcover edition. Each one will hold you in its thrall. . . . After the Music Terrified by mysterious threats, Jessica Fitzpatrick takes her twin wards to the island mansion of their estranged father, Dillon Wentworth, a famous musician who shut out the world after a fire claimed his wife's life and left him disfigured. With Christmas approaching, the spark between Dillon and Jessica might light the future, but the evil machinations of those who share his late wife's love of the occult may plunge the family into darkness -- unless a Christmas miracle occurs. . . . The Twilight Before Christmas Bestselling novelist Kate Drake, one of seven sisters with amazing powers of witchcraft, wants to open a bookstore in a charming but run-down mill in her California hometown. Decorated former U.S. Army Ranger Matt Granite, now a contractor, doesn't mind helping --andgetting closer to Kate. But when an earthquake exposes a crypt in the mill's foundation, a centuries-old evil threatens to destroy both Christmas and the gift of soul-searing passion Kate's hometown hero wants her to keep forever. . . . Rocky Mountain Miracle When Cole Steele, a womanizer rumored to have killed his father, meets Maia Armstrong, a veterinarian rumored to practice magic, the sparks that fly could melt all the snow on his Wyoming ranch. And when an injured horse brings them together, Cole can't help but believe that Maia casts spells on animalsandmen. What else could explain the burning passion he feels for her and the thawing of his heart around the holidays? Mysterious and magical, like the holiday itself, these novellas reveal Christine Feehan to be a writer of extraordinary gifts.

The Twelve Days of Christmas in Wisconsin

The Twelve Days of Christmas in Wisconsin
Author: Erin Eitter Kono
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781402738159

On each of the twelve days before her Christmas visit, Emma's cousin Jake sends her a letter describing the history, geography, animals, and interesting sites of Wisconsin. Uses the cumulative pattern of the traditional carol to present amusing state trivia at the end of each letter.

Moving

Moving
Author: Andy Hargreaves
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2020-05-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1951075021

Social mobility--the chance, through education, to achieve greater success compared to one's parents--is one of the most compelling issues of our time. In Moving, renowned professor, government adviser, and global change agent Andy Hargreaves shares candid, poignant and occasionally hilarious personal experiences of social mobility. Deeply revealing, emotionally direct, and intellectually insightful, the book begins in 1950s Northwest England and takes readers up to Hargreaves's university education in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Hargreaves openly shares how class movement has affected him throughout life, links his narrative to classic and contemporary research and realities, and calls on society to reverse the increasing levels of social immobility and inequity worldwide. Use this resource to inspire your work in increasing learning for every student: Learn, through the author's research and firsthand account, how issues surrounding mobility, equity, and education in the 20th century are still reflected in 21st-century life. Understand the obstacles of socially mobile students as they negotiate schoolwork, poverty, cultural collisions, and personal hardship. Witness how Hargreaves's experiences of testing, selection, ADHD, inspiring and uninspiring teaching, whole-child inclusion, and elitist exclusion are still alive and well in education today. Study three alternative scenarios for the future of social mobility that highlight the best ways to address both mobility and equity and to deal with the strains experienced by students who succeed in becoming mobile. Contents: Preface and Acknowledgments Table of Contents About the Author Chapter 1: Move On Up Chapter 2: No One Likes Us; We Don't Care Chapter 3: How the Light Gets Chapter 4: End of Eden Chapter 5: Worlds Apart Chapter 6: Higher Loves Chapter 7: The Full Monty Chapter 8: The Bigger Picture Index Endnotes