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Author
Series
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.
11) Too many tamales
Author
Series
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p.: col. ill.; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Maria tries on her mother's wedding ring while helping make tamales for a Christmas family get together, but panic ensues when hours later, she realizes the ring is missing.
Author
Series
Christmas Box volume b.k. 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
An inspirational Christian tale of a dying woman who convinces a busy shopkeeper in Utah to devote more time to his family because their love is God's greatest gift. Includes new introduction by the author.
13) Christmas trolls
Author
Series
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p.: col. ill.; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Treva investigates the disappearance of her family's Christmas things, she finds two mischievous trolls who have never had a Christmas of their own.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[36] p. : col. ill.; 26cm.
Language
English
Description
The widow McDowell and her seven-year-old son Thomas ask the gruff Jonathan Toomey, the best wood-carver in the valley, to carve the figures for a Christmas creche.
16) The Nutcracker
Author
Series
Publisher
Courage Books
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
56 p. : col. ill. ; 34 cm.
Language
English
Description
Relates the story of the popular ballet in which a little girl's love for the Nutcracker brings him to life.
17) Timepiece
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Follows the love story of MaryAnne and David Parkin as they struggle with the lessons of love, loyalty, and forgiveness and cope with tragedy, in a story about the gifts we pass on to our children
18) The letter
Author
Series
Christmas Box volume b.k. 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
David and MaryAnne Parkin find a mysterious letter at the base of their child Andrea's grave that eventually returns joy to their marriage, which had been strained in the nineteen years since her death
Author
Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[34] p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thinking that "all of the other reindeer" she hears people singing about include her, Olive the dog reports to the North Pole to help Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.
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