The Puffin Book Of Christmas Stories
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| Author | : Jessica Harrison |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2019-10-03 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0241396719 |
The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all time This is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising Christmas stories from around the world, taking us from frozen Nordic woods to glittering Paris, a New York speakeasy to an English country house, bustling Lagos to midnight mass in Rio, and even outer space. Here are classic tales from writers including Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Dylan Thomas, Saki and Chekhov, as well as little-known treasures such as Italo Calvino's wry sideways look at Christmas consumerism, Wolfdietrich Schnurre's story of festive ingenuity in Berlin, Selma Lagerlof's enchanted forest in Sweden, and Irène Nemerovsky's dark family portrait. Featuring santas, ghosts, trolls, unexpected guests, curmudgeons and miracles, here is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short story writers of all time.
| Author | : Wendy Cooling |
| Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2020-01-28 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 024137717X |
Christmas is coming! A delightful collection of stories for Yuletide by some of the finest writers for children which makes a perfect stock-filler Christmas gift. The Puffin Book of Christmas Stories is essential Christmas-time reading including classic and contemporary stories, from traditional to real life, humour and most importantly, the magic of Christmas. Writers range from Charles Dickens to Gillian Cross, Trish Cooke, Malorie Blackman and Jacqueline Wilson.
| Author | : Marie Hall Ets |
| Publisher | : Courier Dover Publications |
| Total Pages | : 52 |
| Release | : 2017-10-18 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0486815323 |
Ceci anxiously awaits her first posada, the special Mexican Christmas party, and the opportunity to select a piñata for it.
| Author | : Noel Streatfeild |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 134 |
| Release | : 2016-10-13 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0141377747 |
Christmas with the Chrystals is a gorgeous short story about how an influx of cheery young cousins at Christmas warms the heart of a haughty grandmother and lights up her chilly home. This very special Yuletide story is accompanied by several Streatfeild Christmas extracts from her many children's novels, including an (almost) never-before-seen sequel chapter to her bestseller Ballet Shoes. There are also recollections of the author's own childhood Christmases (taken from the Noel Streatfeild Christmas Holiday Book).
| Author | : Wendy Cooling |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 139 |
| Release | : 2018-08-09 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0241380421 |
The Puffin Book of Christmas Stories is essential Christmas-time reading including classics from all eras. A new collection of Christmas stories, from traditional to real life, humour and most importantly, plenty of the magic of Christmas. Writers range from Charles Dickens to Gillian Cross and Malorie Blackman. Wendy Cooling, a former teacher and Head of the Children's Book Foundation (now Book Trust), works as a freelance book consultant, reviewer and editor. She recently put together the successful millennium collection, CENTURIES OF STORIES. Wendy livesin Hertfordshire.
| Author | : Paul Theroux |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 104 |
| Release | : 1978 |
| Genre | : Children's stories |
| ISBN | : |
Lost in a New England snowstorm, a family is sheltered by a mysterious old man who disappears the next morning, leaving behind a magical "Christmas card."
| Author | : Bess Streeter Aldrich |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 1985-01-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780803259089 |
Contains twelve short Christmas stories about reunited families, fellowship, and restored faith including 'I Remember,' a story about the author's childhood in Iowa.
| Author | : Margaret Joyce Baker |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 157 |
| Release | : 1963 |
| Genre | : Christmas stories |
| ISBN | : 9780140303254 |
The experiences of three English children who find themselves marooned when a rising flood surrounds the cottage where they are to meet their parents for the Christmas holidays. Grades 5-7.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Puffin Books |
| Total Pages | : 84 |
| Release | : 1997-10 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 9780140562545 |
A collection of American poems, songs, and stories with a Christmas theme, including "The Peterkins' Christmas Tree," "Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus," "Away in a Manger," and "Christmas on the Banks of Plum Creek."
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 2020-05-28 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0141374519 |
With over 250 nursery rhymes, including both well-known favourites and hidden gems, this collection has something for every child. Beautiful illustrated by Raymond Briggs, the much-loved creator of the Snowman, this revised edition of a famous classic first won the Kate Greenaway in 1966 and is now available again for a whole new generation.
