Ho-Ho-Hopeless Santa

Ho-Ho-Hopeless Santa
Author: Rebecca Gerlings
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2016-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1471146014

The holidays are supposed to be a festive and joyful time but everything is going wrong for Father Christmas…will things turn out all right? Find out in this hilarious and fun Christmas story! The elves are busily working to get everything ready for Christmas but what’s this…Father Christmas is wrapping presents with tin foil? And his beard looks a little wonky? He doesn’t seem to be able to get anything right! Could he be the wrong Santa? Find out if Christmas can be saved in this silly story about mistaken identity. Kids and adults alike will enjoy the humorous rhyming text and detailed illustrations.

Santa's New Reindeer Team

Santa's New Reindeer Team
Author: Amuel U. Strutz
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2009-04
Genre:
ISBN: 1438964552

In this graphic story of Christmas Fantasy Amuel Ulysses Strutz offers an intimate, incredible story about "Santa Land". This story will fascinate those from three to ninety-three of age and will capture your mind and especially the child's mind as you read it to them. It flows so well that it seems as if you are reading a true to life story. The many characters of Santa, Mrs. Santa, the Christmas Fairy, the twelve Christmas Angels, the twenty-four elves, the snowmen, and "Santa's New Reindeer Team" will seem realistic and hold your interest with great excitement to read on and discover the mystery of what happened to "Santa's Old Reindeer Team". You will see! This is by far the most captivating Christmas Story with illustrations that one can assuredly read and view. The characters have a real life revealing make up. The author has cleverly written this book so you will have a yearning to read it non-stop. The last few lines of this story reveals a surprise ending from mysterious to an emotional ending. This is a MUST book to read. The author is originally from North Dakota and is now living in Walnut Creek, California. It is thought that he still believes in Santa Claus, no wonder he knew so much about "Santa Land".

Enormouse!

Enormouse!
Author: Rebecca Gerlings
Publisher: Egmont Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781405248310

A small kitten with big ideas leaves home and joins the circus.

Mommy Always Comes Back to You

Mommy Always Comes Back to You
Author: Christine Yeung
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2019-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9780228809548

Through gentle rhyme and using a variety of everyday scenarios, including school drop off, mommy's doctor appointment, and even separation at bedtime, little ones are reminded that "Mommy always comes back to you." Ages 0 - 5 years.

Merry Kitschmas

Merry Kitschmas
Author: Michael Conway
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2004-09-23
Genre: Cooking
ISBN:

This text is a celebration of all things campy, cheesy, sparkly, and fruitcakey from the most beloved of seasons. Over 50 recipes and craft ideas for tacky wreaths, customised trees, glittered garlands, overly bejeweled festive wear, Christmas feasts from a can, and much more.

Six Degrees of Freedom

Six Degrees of Freedom
Author: Peter Carlisle Hughes
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2021-06-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1525588583

Octogenarian aerospace engineer Peter Hughes identified 6 critical points in his life at which an important decision was required, and where the rest of his life could have been quite different, depending on that decision. In every case, he was completely free to make the decision. In Six Degrees of Freedom, Hughes reflects on a full lifetime, including several work environments, his contributions to the aerospace industry (including work on the Canadarm), a passion for applied mathematics, family life, business and entrepreneurship, travel experience, and medical science. In so doing, and through his wry humor, he provides the reader thoughtful insight and useful life and career lessons.

Hey Natalie Jean

Hey Natalie Jean
Author: Natalie Holbrook
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2015-03-17
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 161312788X

“Natalie Holbrook’s sensibility is stylish and playful, as well as practical, loving, and down-to-earth. Hey Natalie Jean is a terrific read for anyone who wants to make her life more beautiful.” – Gretchen Rubin The blog Hey Natalie Jean has won a cult following with writer Natalie Holbrook’s honest, inspiring, and often witty posts on topics like marriage, babies, nesting, and style. Natalie’s first book, Hey Natalie Jean is one part manifesto and three parts ideas, projects, and advice. Beautifully illustrated and whimsically designed, the book offers twenty-five essays and how-tos that serve as a guide to life: making date-night magic in the middle of the mundane, successfully exploring the city with a three-year-old, and creating a satisfying daily routine that still leaves room for little adventures and lots of magic. Natalie’s optimism, creativity, keen eye, and zeal for life are palpable, and she encourages others to make their lives beautiful with ease. This heartfelt, personal collection of essays and photographs shows Natalie’s ability to identify and describe life’s lovely incidentals in the everyday routine of errands, play dates, and naps. Inspiring, moving, and whip-smart, Hey Natalie Jean is an honest look at the hard work and courage that go into creating a beautiful life.

The 12 Tales of Christmas

The 12 Tales of Christmas
Author: Rusty Fischer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2001-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781588270900

A season's worth of new read-aloud classics for a traditional family holiday.

Christmas at Harrington's

Christmas at Harrington's
Author: Melody Carlson
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2010-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441213589

Christmas is approaching, and Lena Markham finds herself penniless, friendless, and nearly hopeless. She is trying to restart her life after false accusations landed her in prison, but job opportunities are practically nonexistent. When a secondhand red coat unexpectedly lands her a job as Mrs. Santa at a department store, Lena finally thinks her luck is changing. But can she keep her past a secret? This tender story about fresh starts will charm readers as all of Melody Carlson's Christmas offerings do. Full of redemption and true holiday spirit, Christmas at Harrington's will be readers' newest Christmas tradition.

The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers
Author:
Publisher: Soho Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2017-10-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1616957751

Finally: the perfect stocking stuffer for the crime fiction lover in your life! With a foreword by CWA Diamond Award-winner Peter Lovesey, these eighteen delightful holiday stories by your favorite Soho Crime authors contain laughs, murders, and plenty more. This captivating collection, which features bestselling and award-winning authors, contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season. Nine mall Santas must find the imposter among them. An elderly lady seeks peace from her murderously loud neighbors at Christmastime. A young woman receives a mysterious invitation to Christmas dinner with a stranger. Niccolò Machiavelli sets out to save an Italian city. Sherlock Holmes’s one-time nemesis Irene Adler finds herself in an unexpected tangle in Paris while on a routine espionage assignment. Jane Austen searches for the Dowager Duchess of Wilborough’s stolen diamonds. These and other adventures in this delectable volume will whisk readers away to Christmases around the globe, from a Korean War POW camp to a Copenhagen refugee squat, from a palatial hotel in 1920s Bombay to a crumbling mansion in Havana. Includes Stories By (In Order of Appearance): Helene Tursten, Mick Herron, Martin Limón, Timothy Hallinan, Teresa Dovalpage, Mette Ivie Harrison, Colin Cotterill, Ed Lin, Stuart Neville, Tod Goldberg, Henry Chang, James R. Benn, Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnete Friis, Sujata Massey, Gary Corby, Cara Black, Stephanie Barron and a Foreword and story by Peter Lovesey.