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Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Christmas has never brought out the best in the MacDougal family. Still, year after year, they gather together in the Blue Ridge Mountains to try to make the season merry and bright. But this year is an especially strained one, between Shayne's impending divorce, Morwenna's slavish devotion to work, and Bobbie's reluctance to face what life has to offer. Then, in the midst of a snowy sibling shouting match, a mysterious stranger appears.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Kitty does not like Thanksgiving. Kitty LOVES Thanksgiving. Specifically, Kitty loves turkey . . . and will do anything to get her paws on it. SO, Kitty comes up with a plan but in perfect cantankerous cat fashion, can't quite pull it off and ends up with the turkey (and all the fixins') on her head."--Amazon.
Author
Series
Black lagoon adventures volume 19
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
61 p. ill. 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's St. Patrick's Day and Hubie needs to find something green to wear for the big class parade. Leprechauns, four-leaf clovers, pickles - how can he possibly make a decision with all these great options?" (publisher).
Author
Language
English
Description
"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 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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market edition.
Physical Desc
x, 289 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The holidays are domestic diva Sophie Winston's favorite time of year. But this season, there seem to be more mishaps than mistletoe. First, Horace Scroggins tumbles from a balcony during his office Christmas party. Then, Sophie's neighbor takes a fall from his ladder while decorating his roof with lights. But it's the cookie swap that really starts her wondering who's naughty or nice...Sophie arrives at the annual event with high spirits and thirteen...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"When one family's cookies are so good that Santa and other holiday characters decide to stay, the question of why this holiday only comes once a year is answered by the time the 4th of July rolls around, when everyone's had a bit too much Christmas"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Boynton Bookworks, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 15 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Pookie's family spends a terrific Thanksgiving Day together, with love and gratitude. (AND PIE!!!)"--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Humphrey adventures volume 9
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Humphrey the hamster and the students in Mrs. Brisbane's class get ready for the holidays and a special Winter Wonderland program.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Audiobooks
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (ca. 2 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 9 x 6 cm. + 1 set of earphones + 1 lanyard.
Language
English
Description
Contains two stories featuring mouse journalist Geronimo Stilton in which he visits a graveyard with his nephew, Benjamin, to research his latest book, and meets Creepella von Cacklefur, a spooky mouse who tries to trap him in a coffin; and faces the worst Christmas ever after he lands in the hospital and his mouse house catches on fire.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's 1967, and for young Richard it's a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few months, his brother, Mark, is killed in Vietnam; his father loses his job and moves the family from California to his grandmother's abandoned home in Utah; and his parents make the painful decision to separate. With uncertainty rattling every corner of his life, Richard does his best to remain strong--but when he's run down by bullies at his new school,...
11) Two New Years
Author
Language
English
Description
For this multicultural family, inspired by the author's own, two New Years mean twice as much to celebrate! In the fall, Rosh Hashanah offers an opportunity to dip apples in honey, cast away mistakes, and lift voices in song at the synagogue. In the spring, Lunar New Year brings a chance to eat dumplings, watch dragon dances, and release glowing lanterns that light up the sky.
With joyful prose and luminous illustrations, Richard Ho and Lynn Scurfield...
12) Warm Hearts Day
Author
Series
Owl diaries volume 5
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Warm Hearts Day is approaching and Eva has been making lots of fun gifts and treats for her friends, but as the big party at the Old Oak Tree nears, she realizes that she has neglected to make any gifts for her family.
13) A flag for all
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p.: col. ill.; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
While researching the American flag for a class project, the Corner Kids ask townspeople what the flag means to them and find that each person has a different answer.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two lifelong friends, a bartender and a pastor, decide to trade places the week before Christmas and end up finding love along the way in this delightful novel from the queen of holiday stories, #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Peter Rhinehart and Hank Meyer are best friends, but their lives couldn't be more different. Peter is a local pastor who is dedicated to his community. He spends his time visiting the flock, attending...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Savor the magic of the season with #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber's newest Christmas novel, filled with warmth, humor, the promise of love, and a dash of unexpected adventure. Ashley Davison, a graduate student in California, desperately wants to spend the holidays with her family in Seattle. Dashiell Sutherland, a former army intelligence officer, receives a job in Seattle and must arrive by December 23. Though frantic to book...
Author
Series
A Chet and Bernie Mystery volume 14
Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Chet the dog, "the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction" (Boston Globe) and his human partner Bernie Little find themselves high in the mountains this holiday season to help Dame Ariadne Carlisle, a renowned author of bestselling Christmas mysteries, find Rudy, her lead reindeer and good luck charm, who has gone missing. At Kringle Ranch, Dame Ariadne's expansive mountain spread, Chet discovers that he is not fond of reindeer. But the case...
17) My happy Easter
Author
Publisher
Harper Festival, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A pastel-colored, shaped board book for tiny hands introduces the symbols of springtime Easter traditions, from decorated eggs and baby animals to jelly beans and blooming flowers.
Author
Series
A Lucy Stone mystery volume 28
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Known for its cheerful staff and elaborate annual Easter Bonnet Contest, the Heritage House senior center regularly attracts new residents and positive press. But once the town's retired librarian, Miss Julia Tilley, checks in to recover from an illness, Lucy sees a side of the facility that isn't quite so perfect and pristine. And the place may soon be making headlines for different reasons following an unexplained disappearance... Lucy can't fathom...