Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479428574
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
This book is a compilation of several other works, pulled together under the umbrella title of The Childen's Christmas Story MEGAPACK®. It includes the complete text of "The Children’s Book of Christmas Stories," selected and edited by Asa Don Dickinson and Ada M. Skinner (originally published in 1913) to which we have added "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus," by L Frank Baum (originally published in 1902), and the poems "'Twas The Night Before Christmas," by Clement C. Moore (originally published in 1823 under the title "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Plus -- as much for parents as children -- an amusing sequel, "The Night After Christmas," which was published anonymously. Included are: INTRODUCTION, by John Gregory Betancourt CHRISTMAS AT FEZZIWIG'S WAREHOUSE, by Charles Dickens THE FIR-TREE, by Hans Christian Andersen THE CHRISTMAS MASQUERADE, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman THE SHEPHERDS AND THE ANGELS, Adapted from the Bible THE TELLTALE TILE, by Olive Thorne Miller LITTLE GIRL'S CHRISTMAS, by Winnifred E. Lincoln A CHRISTMAS MATINEE, by Mrs. M.A.L. Lane TOINETTE AND THE ELVES, by Susan Coolidge THE VOYAGE OF THE WEE RED CAP, by Ruth Sawyer Durand A STORY OF THE CHRIST-CHILD, by Elizabeth Harkison JIMMY SCARECROW'S CHRISTMAS, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman WHY THE CHIMES RANG, by Raymond McAlden THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS, by F. E. Mann THE LITTLE SISTER'S VACATION, by Winifred M. Kirkland LITTLE WOLFF'S WOODEN SHOES, by Francois Coppee CHRISTMAS IN THE ALLEY, by Olive Thorne Miller A CHRISTMAS STAR, by Katherine Pyle THE QUEEREST CHRISTMAS, by Grace Margaret Gallaher OLD FATHER CHRISTMAS, by J.H. Ewing A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by Charles Dickens HOW CHRISTMAS CAME TO THE SANTA MARIA FLATS, by Elia W. Peattie THE LEGEND OF BABOUSCKA, by Anonymous CHRISTMAS IN THE BARN, by F. Arnstein THE PHILANTHROPIST'S CHRISTMAS, by James Weber Linn THE FIRST CHRISTMAS-TREE, by Lucy Wheelock THE FIRST NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS, by G. L. Stone and M. G. Fickett THE CRATCHITS' CHRISTMAS DINNER, by Charles Dickens CHRISTMAS IN SEVENTEEN SEVENTY-SIX, by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton CHRISTMAS UNDER THE SNOW, by Olive Thorne Miller MR. BLUFF'S EXPERIENCES OF HOLIDAYS, by Oliver Bell Bunce MASTER SANDY'S SNAPDRAGON, by Eldridge S. Brooks A CHRISTMAS FAIRY, by John Strange Winter THE GREATEST OF THESE, by Joseph Mills Hanson LITTLE GRETCHEN AND THE WOODEN SHOE, by Elizabeth Harrison CHRISTMAS ON BIG RATTLE, by Theodore Goodridge Roberts THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS, by L Frank Baum 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, by Clement C. Moore THE NIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS, by Anonymous If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!
The Children's Christmas Story MEGAPACK®
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479428574
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
This book is a compilation of several other works, pulled together under the umbrella title of The Childen's Christmas Story MEGAPACK®. It includes the complete text of "The Children’s Book of Christmas Stories," selected and edited by Asa Don Dickinson and Ada M. Skinner (originally published in 1913) to which we have added "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus," by L Frank Baum (originally published in 1902), and the poems "'Twas The Night Before Christmas," by Clement C. Moore (originally published in 1823 under the title "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Plus -- as much for parents as children -- an amusing sequel, "The Night After Christmas," which was published anonymously. Included are: INTRODUCTION, by John Gregory Betancourt CHRISTMAS AT FEZZIWIG'S WAREHOUSE, by Charles Dickens THE FIR-TREE, by Hans Christian Andersen THE CHRISTMAS MASQUERADE, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman THE SHEPHERDS AND THE ANGELS, Adapted from the Bible THE TELLTALE TILE, by Olive Thorne Miller LITTLE GIRL'S CHRISTMAS, by Winnifred E. Lincoln A CHRISTMAS MATINEE, by Mrs. M.A.L. Lane TOINETTE AND THE ELVES, by Susan Coolidge THE VOYAGE OF THE WEE RED CAP, by Ruth Sawyer Durand A STORY OF THE CHRIST-CHILD, by Elizabeth Harkison JIMMY SCARECROW'S CHRISTMAS, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman WHY THE CHIMES RANG, by Raymond McAlden THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS, by F. E. Mann THE LITTLE SISTER'S VACATION, by Winifred M. Kirkland LITTLE WOLFF'S WOODEN SHOES, by Francois Coppee CHRISTMAS IN THE ALLEY, by Olive Thorne Miller A CHRISTMAS STAR, by Katherine Pyle THE QUEEREST CHRISTMAS, by Grace Margaret Gallaher OLD FATHER CHRISTMAS, by J.H. Ewing A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by Charles Dickens HOW CHRISTMAS CAME TO THE SANTA MARIA FLATS, by Elia W. Peattie THE LEGEND OF BABOUSCKA, by Anonymous CHRISTMAS IN THE BARN, by F. Arnstein THE PHILANTHROPIST'S CHRISTMAS, by James Weber Linn THE FIRST CHRISTMAS-TREE, by Lucy Wheelock THE FIRST NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS, by G. L. Stone and M. G. Fickett THE CRATCHITS' CHRISTMAS DINNER, by Charles Dickens CHRISTMAS IN SEVENTEEN SEVENTY-SIX, by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton CHRISTMAS UNDER THE SNOW, by Olive Thorne Miller MR. BLUFF'S EXPERIENCES OF HOLIDAYS, by Oliver Bell Bunce MASTER SANDY'S SNAPDRAGON, by Eldridge S. Brooks A CHRISTMAS FAIRY, by John Strange Winter THE GREATEST OF THESE, by Joseph Mills Hanson LITTLE GRETCHEN AND THE WOODEN SHOE, by Elizabeth Harrison CHRISTMAS ON BIG RATTLE, by Theodore Goodridge Roberts THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS, by L Frank Baum 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, by Clement C. Moore THE NIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS, by Anonymous If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479428574
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
This book is a compilation of several other works, pulled together under the umbrella title of The Childen's Christmas Story MEGAPACK®. It includes the complete text of "The Children’s Book of Christmas Stories," selected and edited by Asa Don Dickinson and Ada M. Skinner (originally published in 1913) to which we have added "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus," by L Frank Baum (originally published in 1902), and the poems "'Twas The Night Before Christmas," by Clement C. Moore (originally published in 1823 under the title "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Plus -- as much for parents as children -- an amusing sequel, "The Night After Christmas," which was published anonymously. Included are: INTRODUCTION, by John Gregory Betancourt CHRISTMAS AT FEZZIWIG'S WAREHOUSE, by Charles Dickens THE FIR-TREE, by Hans Christian Andersen THE CHRISTMAS MASQUERADE, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman THE SHEPHERDS AND THE ANGELS, Adapted from the Bible THE TELLTALE TILE, by Olive Thorne Miller LITTLE GIRL'S CHRISTMAS, by Winnifred E. Lincoln A CHRISTMAS MATINEE, by Mrs. M.A.L. Lane TOINETTE AND THE ELVES, by Susan Coolidge THE VOYAGE OF THE WEE RED CAP, by Ruth Sawyer Durand A STORY OF THE CHRIST-CHILD, by Elizabeth Harkison JIMMY SCARECROW'S CHRISTMAS, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman WHY THE CHIMES RANG, by Raymond McAlden THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS, by F. E. Mann THE LITTLE SISTER'S VACATION, by Winifred M. Kirkland LITTLE WOLFF'S WOODEN SHOES, by Francois Coppee CHRISTMAS IN THE ALLEY, by Olive Thorne Miller A CHRISTMAS STAR, by Katherine Pyle THE QUEEREST CHRISTMAS, by Grace Margaret Gallaher OLD FATHER CHRISTMAS, by J.H. Ewing A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by Charles Dickens HOW CHRISTMAS CAME TO THE SANTA MARIA FLATS, by Elia W. Peattie THE LEGEND OF BABOUSCKA, by Anonymous CHRISTMAS IN THE BARN, by F. Arnstein THE PHILANTHROPIST'S CHRISTMAS, by James Weber Linn THE FIRST CHRISTMAS-TREE, by Lucy Wheelock THE FIRST NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS, by G. L. Stone and M. G. Fickett THE CRATCHITS' CHRISTMAS DINNER, by Charles Dickens CHRISTMAS IN SEVENTEEN SEVENTY-SIX, by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton CHRISTMAS UNDER THE SNOW, by Olive Thorne Miller MR. BLUFF'S EXPERIENCES OF HOLIDAYS, by Oliver Bell Bunce MASTER SANDY'S SNAPDRAGON, by Eldridge S. Brooks A CHRISTMAS FAIRY, by John Strange Winter THE GREATEST OF THESE, by Joseph Mills Hanson LITTLE GRETCHEN AND THE WOODEN SHOE, by Elizabeth Harrison CHRISTMAS ON BIG RATTLE, by Theodore Goodridge Roberts THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS, by L Frank Baum 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, by Clement C. Moore THE NIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS, by Anonymous If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!
Christmas Stories for Little Children
Author: Russell Punter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474906364
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474906364
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Jesus Storybook Bible Christmas Collection
Author: Sally Lloyd-Jones
Publisher: HarperOne
ISBN: 9780310769903
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
From the creators of the bestselling The Jesus Storybook Bible with over two million copies sold, comes A Christmas Collection, a beautifully illustrated picture book perfect for celebrating the miracle of Jesus' birth. This keepsake book highlights the significance of the Nativity and reaffirms the spiritual meaning of God's most precious gift.
Publisher: HarperOne
ISBN: 9780310769903
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
From the creators of the bestselling The Jesus Storybook Bible with over two million copies sold, comes A Christmas Collection, a beautifully illustrated picture book perfect for celebrating the miracle of Jesus' birth. This keepsake book highlights the significance of the Nativity and reaffirms the spiritual meaning of God's most precious gift.
The Spirit of Christmas
Author: Nancy Tillman
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1429995505
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
A celebration of the most magical holiday of the year, by the incomparable bestselling author Nancy Tillman. Bells jingle, sleds dash through the snow, trees are topped with sparkling stars, and children everywhere dream of candy canes and presents. But the best gift of all-the most magical gift of the season-is when we spend Christmas with those we love. Once again, this New York Times-bestselling author and artist has created a special, beautiful book that families will want to share year after year. (And readers will want to look for The Spirit of Christmas image that Nancy Tillman has hidden on every page!)
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1429995505
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
A celebration of the most magical holiday of the year, by the incomparable bestselling author Nancy Tillman. Bells jingle, sleds dash through the snow, trees are topped with sparkling stars, and children everywhere dream of candy canes and presents. But the best gift of all-the most magical gift of the season-is when we spend Christmas with those we love. Once again, this New York Times-bestselling author and artist has created a special, beautiful book that families will want to share year after year. (And readers will want to look for The Spirit of Christmas image that Nancy Tillman has hidden on every page!)
Christmas, Here I Come!
Author: D.J. Steinberg
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593094247
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Celebrate Christmas with a collection of funny and festive poems from the author of the hugely popular Kindergarten, Here I Come! It's the most wonderful time of the year, and everyone is getting into the Christmas spirit! From writing letters to Santa to picking the perfect tree, these heartwarming poems -- plus a page of stickers! -- from author D. J. Steinberg are sure to delight even the most sullen Scrooge.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593094247
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Celebrate Christmas with a collection of funny and festive poems from the author of the hugely popular Kindergarten, Here I Come! It's the most wonderful time of the year, and everyone is getting into the Christmas spirit! From writing letters to Santa to picking the perfect tree, these heartwarming poems -- plus a page of stickers! -- from author D. J. Steinberg are sure to delight even the most sullen Scrooge.
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories
Author: Asa Don Dickinson
Publisher: Flying Chipmunk Publishing
ISBN: 9781617204272
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This fine book from the turn of the 19th Century contains 35 wonderful and inspiring Christmas stories for children. These stories were already well-received before they were pulled together to make this book. Included are excerpts from "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens and the Christian Bible, stories from Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, from Ireland, Germany, the American West, and from the big cities in England and the United States. * * * * Written in easy-to-read 13-point type, and divided between stories for little kids, intermediate kids, and the older set, each of the stories has already won the approval of thousands of children, and each is packed with the true Christmas spirit: that small thoughtful actions can have big, and happy, consequences. Some stories will bring a tear to your eyes, other will make you laugh. All are enjoyable. This book will become a cherished addition to your library for years to come. * * * * The stories in this book are: Christmas at Fezziwig's Warehouse (Charles Dickens), The Fir-Tree (Hans Christian Andersen), The Christmas Masquerade (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman), The Shepherds and the Angels (Adapted from the Bible), The Telltale Tile (Olive Thorne Miller), Little Girl's Christmas (Winnifred E. Lincoln), A Christmas Matin e (M. A. L. Lane), Toinette and the Elves (Susan Coolidge), The Voyage of the Wee Red Cap (Ruth Sawyer Durand), A Story of the Christ-Child (a German Legend for Christmas Eve told by Elizabeth Harrison), Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman), Why the Chimes Rang (Raymond McAlden), The Birds' Christmas (founded on fact-F. E. Mann), The Little Sister's Vacation (Winifred M. Kirkland), Little Wolff's Wooden Shoes (Fran ois Copp e, adapted and translated Alma J. Foster), Christmas in the Alley (Olive Thorne Miller), A Christmas Star (Katherine Pyle), The Queerest Christmas (Grace Margaret Gallaher), Old Father Christmas (J. H. Ewing), The Golden Cobwebs (Sara Cone Bryant), How Christmas Came to the Santa Maria Flats (Elia W. Peattie), The Legend of Babouscka (From the Russian Folk Tale), Christmas in the Barn (F. Arnstein), The Philanthropist's Christmas (James Weber Linn), The First Christmas-Tree (Lucy Wheelock), The First New England Christmas (G. L. Stone and M. G. Fickett), The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner (Charles Dickens), Christmas in Seventeen Seventy-Six (Anne Hollingsworth Wharton), Christmas Under the Snow (Olive Thorne Miller), Mr. Bluff's Experience of Holidays, (Oliver Bell Bunce), Master Sandy's Snapdragon (Elbridge S. Brooks), A Christmas Fairy), John Strange Winter), The Greatest of These (Joseph Mills Hanson), Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe (Elizabeth Harrison), and Christmas on Big Rattle (Theodore Goodridge Roberts). * * * * In making this volume, we discovered that the Gutenberg eBook versions are missing a story - "The Golden Cobwebs" - instead having a short excerpt from "A Christmas Carol" that is duplicated by the longer excerpt "The Cratchit's Christmas Dinner" later in this book. This edition restores the missing story. This volume contains the full text of the original book published in 1913. * * * * Check our other Children's, Juvenile, and Adult books at www.FlyingChipmunkPublishing.com, or Like us on Facebook for our latest releases.
Publisher: Flying Chipmunk Publishing
ISBN: 9781617204272
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This fine book from the turn of the 19th Century contains 35 wonderful and inspiring Christmas stories for children. These stories were already well-received before they were pulled together to make this book. Included are excerpts from "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens and the Christian Bible, stories from Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, from Ireland, Germany, the American West, and from the big cities in England and the United States. * * * * Written in easy-to-read 13-point type, and divided between stories for little kids, intermediate kids, and the older set, each of the stories has already won the approval of thousands of children, and each is packed with the true Christmas spirit: that small thoughtful actions can have big, and happy, consequences. Some stories will bring a tear to your eyes, other will make you laugh. All are enjoyable. This book will become a cherished addition to your library for years to come. * * * * The stories in this book are: Christmas at Fezziwig's Warehouse (Charles Dickens), The Fir-Tree (Hans Christian Andersen), The Christmas Masquerade (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman), The Shepherds and the Angels (Adapted from the Bible), The Telltale Tile (Olive Thorne Miller), Little Girl's Christmas (Winnifred E. Lincoln), A Christmas Matin e (M. A. L. Lane), Toinette and the Elves (Susan Coolidge), The Voyage of the Wee Red Cap (Ruth Sawyer Durand), A Story of the Christ-Child (a German Legend for Christmas Eve told by Elizabeth Harrison), Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman), Why the Chimes Rang (Raymond McAlden), The Birds' Christmas (founded on fact-F. E. Mann), The Little Sister's Vacation (Winifred M. Kirkland), Little Wolff's Wooden Shoes (Fran ois Copp e, adapted and translated Alma J. Foster), Christmas in the Alley (Olive Thorne Miller), A Christmas Star (Katherine Pyle), The Queerest Christmas (Grace Margaret Gallaher), Old Father Christmas (J. H. Ewing), The Golden Cobwebs (Sara Cone Bryant), How Christmas Came to the Santa Maria Flats (Elia W. Peattie), The Legend of Babouscka (From the Russian Folk Tale), Christmas in the Barn (F. Arnstein), The Philanthropist's Christmas (James Weber Linn), The First Christmas-Tree (Lucy Wheelock), The First New England Christmas (G. L. Stone and M. G. Fickett), The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner (Charles Dickens), Christmas in Seventeen Seventy-Six (Anne Hollingsworth Wharton), Christmas Under the Snow (Olive Thorne Miller), Mr. Bluff's Experience of Holidays, (Oliver Bell Bunce), Master Sandy's Snapdragon (Elbridge S. Brooks), A Christmas Fairy), John Strange Winter), The Greatest of These (Joseph Mills Hanson), Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe (Elizabeth Harrison), and Christmas on Big Rattle (Theodore Goodridge Roberts). * * * * In making this volume, we discovered that the Gutenberg eBook versions are missing a story - "The Golden Cobwebs" - instead having a short excerpt from "A Christmas Carol" that is duplicated by the longer excerpt "The Cratchit's Christmas Dinner" later in this book. This edition restores the missing story. This volume contains the full text of the original book published in 1913. * * * * Check our other Children's, Juvenile, and Adult books at www.FlyingChipmunkPublishing.com, or Like us on Facebook for our latest releases.
Lift-The-Flap Christmas Stories for Young Children
Author: Naomi Joy Krueger
Publisher: Beaming Books
ISBN: 9781506483245
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
With surprises to uncover and reveal on every page, this collection of Christmas stories features the angel Gabriel's visit to Mary, Mary's journey to her cousin Elizabeth, and the birth of Jesus. Full of colorful and bright scenes, this lift-the-flap book invites the youngest children to celebrate the birth of God's Son.
Publisher: Beaming Books
ISBN: 9781506483245
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
With surprises to uncover and reveal on every page, this collection of Christmas stories features the angel Gabriel's visit to Mary, Mary's journey to her cousin Elizabeth, and the birth of Jesus. Full of colorful and bright scenes, this lift-the-flap book invites the youngest children to celebrate the birth of God's Son.
Something for Christmas
Author: Palmer Brown
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590174623
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
“What are you doing, dear?” “It’s a secret.” “Secrets are better if you share them a little. So tell Mother why you look so sad on Christmas Eve.” “I am wondering what to give—someone—for Christmas.” So begins the story of a little mouse’s search for a very special gift for a very special person. Nothing seems just right until the little mouse realizes that the best present of all is already at hand. Palmer Brown has given us something special for Christmas—or any day—an entrancingly lovely story, filled with the true spirit of the holiday season.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590174623
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
“What are you doing, dear?” “It’s a secret.” “Secrets are better if you share them a little. So tell Mother why you look so sad on Christmas Eve.” “I am wondering what to give—someone—for Christmas.” So begins the story of a little mouse’s search for a very special gift for a very special person. Nothing seems just right until the little mouse realizes that the best present of all is already at hand. Palmer Brown has given us something special for Christmas—or any day—an entrancingly lovely story, filled with the true spirit of the holiday season.
The Children's Book
Author: A. S. Byatt
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307373835
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
From the renowned author of Possession, The Children’s Book is the absorbing story of the close of what has been called the Edwardian summer: the deceptively languid, blissful period that ended with the cataclysmic destruction of World War I. In this compelling novel, A.S. Byatt summons up a whole era, revealing that beneath its golden surface lay tensions that would explode into war, revolution and unbelievable change — for the generation that came of age before 1914 and, most of all, for their children. The novel centres around Olive Wellwood, a fairy tale writer, and her circle, which includes the brilliant, erratic craftsman Benedict Fludd and his apprentice Phillip Warren, a runaway from the poverty of the Potteries; Prosper Cain, the soldier who directs what will become the Victoria and Albert Museum; Olive’s brother-in-law Basil Wellwood, an officer of the Bank of England; and many others from every layer of society. A.S. Byatt traces their lives in intimate detail and moves between generations, following the children who must choose whether to follow the roles expected of them or stand up to their parents’ “porcelain socialism.” Olive’s daughter Dorothy wishes to become a doctor, while her other daughter, Hedda, wants to fight for votes for women. Her son Tom, sent to an upper-class school, wants nothing more than to spend time in the woods, tracking birds and foxes. Her nephew Charles becomes embroiled with German-influenced revolutionaries. Their portraits connect the political issues at the heart of nascent feminism and socialism with grave personal dilemmas, interlacing until The Children’s Book becomes a perfect depiction of an entire world. Olive is a fairy tale writer in the era of Peter Pan and Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind In the Willows, not long after Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. At a time when children in England suffered deprivation by the millions, the concept of childhood was being refined and elaborated in ways that still influence us today. For each of her children, Olive writes a special, private book, bound in a different colour and placed on a shelf; when these same children are ferried off into the unremitting destruction of the Great War, the reader is left to wonder who the real children in this novel are. The Children’s Book is an astonishing novel. It is an historical feat that brings to life an era that helped shape our own as well as a gripping, personal novel about parents and children, life’s most painful struggles and its richest pleasures. No other writer could have imagined it or created it.
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307373835
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
From the renowned author of Possession, The Children’s Book is the absorbing story of the close of what has been called the Edwardian summer: the deceptively languid, blissful period that ended with the cataclysmic destruction of World War I. In this compelling novel, A.S. Byatt summons up a whole era, revealing that beneath its golden surface lay tensions that would explode into war, revolution and unbelievable change — for the generation that came of age before 1914 and, most of all, for their children. The novel centres around Olive Wellwood, a fairy tale writer, and her circle, which includes the brilliant, erratic craftsman Benedict Fludd and his apprentice Phillip Warren, a runaway from the poverty of the Potteries; Prosper Cain, the soldier who directs what will become the Victoria and Albert Museum; Olive’s brother-in-law Basil Wellwood, an officer of the Bank of England; and many others from every layer of society. A.S. Byatt traces their lives in intimate detail and moves between generations, following the children who must choose whether to follow the roles expected of them or stand up to their parents’ “porcelain socialism.” Olive’s daughter Dorothy wishes to become a doctor, while her other daughter, Hedda, wants to fight for votes for women. Her son Tom, sent to an upper-class school, wants nothing more than to spend time in the woods, tracking birds and foxes. Her nephew Charles becomes embroiled with German-influenced revolutionaries. Their portraits connect the political issues at the heart of nascent feminism and socialism with grave personal dilemmas, interlacing until The Children’s Book becomes a perfect depiction of an entire world. Olive is a fairy tale writer in the era of Peter Pan and Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind In the Willows, not long after Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. At a time when children in England suffered deprivation by the millions, the concept of childhood was being refined and elaborated in ways that still influence us today. For each of her children, Olive writes a special, private book, bound in a different colour and placed on a shelf; when these same children are ferried off into the unremitting destruction of the Great War, the reader is left to wonder who the real children in this novel are. The Children’s Book is an astonishing novel. It is an historical feat that brings to life an era that helped shape our own as well as a gripping, personal novel about parents and children, life’s most painful struggles and its richest pleasures. No other writer could have imagined it or created it.
Pete the Cat Saves Christmas
Author: Eric Litwin
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062110659
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
A New York Times bestselling Pete the Cat holiday picture book! Spend the holidays with your favorite blue cat! In this rockin' spin on the traditional tale The Night Before Christmas, Pete the Cat proves that giving your all in the spirit of Christmas is the totally groovy thing to do. The fun never stops—don’t miss Pete’s other spin on a holiday classic, Pete the Cat’s 12 Groovy Days of Christmas. Don't miss Pete's other adventures, including Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes, Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons, Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses, Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues, Pete the Cat and the New Guy, Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie, Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes, and Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062110659
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
A New York Times bestselling Pete the Cat holiday picture book! Spend the holidays with your favorite blue cat! In this rockin' spin on the traditional tale The Night Before Christmas, Pete the Cat proves that giving your all in the spirit of Christmas is the totally groovy thing to do. The fun never stops—don’t miss Pete’s other spin on a holiday classic, Pete the Cat’s 12 Groovy Days of Christmas. Don't miss Pete's other adventures, including Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes, Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons, Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses, Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues, Pete the Cat and the New Guy, Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie, Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes, and Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party.