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Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story

Cynthia Rylant · 32 pages

Every year at Christmas a rich man rides a train through Appalachia and throws gifts to the poor children who are waiting, in order to repay a debt he owes the people who live there.

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The Littlest Angel

Charles Tazewell · 31 pages

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The Legend of the Candy Cane

Lori Walburg · 31 pages

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Santa Mouse

Michael Brown

Santa gives a nameless mouse a special gift for Christmas.

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The Crippled Lamb

Max Lucado, Jenna Lucado Bishop, Sara Lucado, Andrea Lucado · 32 pages

A lamb who has always felt different and sad because of his black spots and his limp, feels his true worth when he is called upon to help keep the baby Jesus warm.

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Angela and the Baby Jesus

Frank McCourt · 36 pages

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Nine Days to Christmas: A Story of Mexico

Marie Hall Ets, Aurora Labastida · 48 pages

Ceci anxiously awaits her first posada, the special Mexican Christmas party, and the opportunity to select a piñata for it.

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The Berenstain Bears Meet Santa Bear

Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain · 30 pages

Sister Bear enjoys Christmas preparations, especially getting her list ready--but on Christmas morning she realizes what Christmas is really all about.

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Red Ranger Came Calling

Berkeley Breathed · 32 pages

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The Christmas Day Kitten

James Herriot · 32 pages

The famous veterinarian/writer shares the true story of how an independent-minded stray cat gives a woman and her three Basset hounds a Christmas present.

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Babar and Father Christmas

Jean de Brunhoff

Babar’s children have caught wind of a fellow in Man’s country named Father Christmas who brings joy and toys to little children. “If only we could bring him here,” they wish. So they write the Christmas saint a letter inviting him to visit them. When they get no reply, Babar, ever the good father, rushes out to find the red-suited one. After much searching, and with the help of a dog named Duck,

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Angelina's Christmas

Katharine Holabird, Helen Craig · 32 pages

Angelina and her cousin Henry help bring Christmas to a lonely old postman.

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The Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit

Emma Thompson · 72 pages

The Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit is a brand new tale from Emma Thompson. In her second Further Tale of Peter Rabbit, Emma Thompson returns Peter to his home in the Lake District. Peter and his silly cousin Benjamin are helping their friend William - he's a turkey - who is in danger of becoming Mr and Mrs McGregor's Christmas dinner.

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Clifford's First Christmas

Norman Bridwell

The original Clifford's Christmas is a perennial backlist favorite, with more than 710,000 copies sold, and now here's Clifford as a puppy--in an original paperback that recounts his first Christmas ever with Emily Elizabeth.

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Christmas in Noisy Village

Astrid Lindgren · 30 pages

The noisy children of three neighboring families have a gay time at Christmas baking cookies, cutting and decorating trees, eating fruitcake and tarts, and opening Christmas gifts.

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The Night Before Christmas

Clement Clarke Moore · 32 pages

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The Spirit of Christmas

Nancy Tillman

Despite the arrival of the Spirit of Christmas, who brings all sorts of trimmings and reminders of seasonal joys, something is still lacking.

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The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story

Gloria Houston · 32 pages

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.

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Home for Christmas

Jan Brett · 30 pages

Rollo the troll is tired of chores, but after spending time on the tundra with various animal families, from owls to moose, he realizes that he wants to be home for Christmas even if that means behaving himself.

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The Trees of the Dancing Goats

Patricia Polacco · 32 pages

During a scarlet fever epidemic one winter in Michigan, a Jewish family helps make Christmas special for their sick neighbors by making their own Hanukkah miracle. Based on a memory from the author's childhood.

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Merry Christmas, Splat

Rob Scotton

Splat the cat is worried that he has not been good enough to deserve a visit and a present from Santa Claus.

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Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear!

Audrey Wood · 48 pages

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