Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: James Stevenson
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Product Description
Tossed in garbage cans after they are replaced by new toys at Christmas, a teddy bear and a doll are befriended by a stray dog.
Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: James Stevenson
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Product Description
Tossed in garbage cans after they are replaced by new toys at Christmas, a teddy bear and a doll are befriended by a stray dog.
Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Mercer Mayer
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Product Description
In a sprightly retelling of the holiday classic, Little Critter dreams of
dancing sugarplums while patiently waiting for Santa and his reindeer to arrive.
Author: Virginia Poulet
Publisher: Children’s Press(CT)
Product Description
Blue Bug and his friends choose and decorate a tree for Christmas.
Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Norman Bridwell
Publisher: Scholastic
Product Description
A good witch helps Santa deliver his Christmas goodies after he is entangled with a spaceship.
Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Irene Keller
Publisher: Childrens Pr
Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Wendy Cheyette Lewison
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Product Description
The mice are up to their whiskers in flour, sugar, and sprinkles as they prepare their cookies for Christmas, in a rhyming holiday board book. For children under three.
Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Martin H. Greenberg
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Product Description
This Christmas collection, designed to add to the pleasures of the holiday season, contains 22 stories, vignettes, and poems ranging from heart-warming to humorous, by 16 Newbery Award-winning authors. Among the featured authors are: Rachel Field, E.L. Konigsberg, Madeleine L’Engle, and Katherine Paterson.
Rating: (48 reviews)
Author: Beverly Cleary
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
Product Description
Ramona Quimby is the youngest of all the famous characters in Mrs. Cleary’s wonderful Henry Huggins stories. She is also far and away the most deadly. Readers of the earlier books will remember that Ramona has always been a menace to Beezus, her older sister, to Henry, [...]
Rating: (41 reviews)
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Publisher: Child’s Play International
Product Description
A board book for babies or toddlers and their parents, featurig a well-known nursery rhyme and interactive text.
Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Product Description
Simple text and pop-up illustrations retell the story of the birth of Jesus, from the Annunciation to the visit of the shepherds and the three kings.
Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Publisher: Collins
Product Description
What makes a shell like a house?
A house is a home for you, a nest is a home for a bird, and a cave is a home for a bear. But for some animals a shell is a home. Snails and turtles and crabs and clams all [...]
Rating: (32 reviews)
Author: DK Publishing
Publisher: DK CHILDREN
Product Description
Dinosaurs fascinate young children. “The Big Book of Dinosaurs” is a colourful catalogue of these mysterious creatures from the past that will keep even toddlers entertained for hours. Children will love spotting all the different dinosaurs – from the fierce meat-eating Tyrannosaurus and the long-necked plant-eating Diplodocus [...]
Author: James Duffy
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Product Description
While celebrating Christmas together, May Gray’s family persuade her to tell them again about her first assignment as a police officer when she solved the mystery of the Christmas Gang.
Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Ludwig Bemelmans
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Product Description
It’s the night before Christmas and everyone is sick in bed. All except brave Madeline, who is up and about and feeling just fine. Taking care of eleven little girls and Miss Clavel is hard work, but Madeline finds help from a magical merchant peddling flying carpets [...]
Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Jack Gantos
Publisher: Sandpiper
Product Description
Rotten Ralph is not at all nice to the Christmas visitor.
Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Annie Kubler
Publisher: Child’s Play International
Product Description
The words to a familiar nursery song encourage babies and their parents to have fun together.
Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher: Puffin
Product Description
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Watty Piper
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Product Description
Poor Santa! All eight of his reindeer are sneezing so hard they can’t fly. Who will help him deliver his last present? “I think I can,” says everyone’s favorite Little Blue Engine!
Author: Jim Razzi
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Product Description
The reader’s decisions control the action in this retelling of the classic Christmas ghost story, in which Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters fill the principal roles.
Rating: (26 reviews)
Author: David Hochman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Product Description
The Potty Train is coming! All aboard!
Time to say good-bye to diapers and take the journey to Underpants Station.
Are you ready? Let’s chug away on the Potty Train!
Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Efner Tudor Holmes
Publisher: HarperCollins
Product Description
It is Christmas Eve. An abandoned gray cat shivers alone in the cold, snowy forest. Not far away in a warm and cozy farmhouse, Jason anxiously asks his brother Nate if Santa Claus will be able to come in such bad weather. But soon the bitter wind [...]
Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Clement Clarke Moore
Publisher: Philomel
Product Description
Available again by popular demand, this all-time classic edition of The Night Before Christmas is the definitive version of Moore’s original poem, illustrated with color stone lithographs. A faithful reproduction of the McLoughlin Bros. edition from 1870, the original antique book was saved from the 1871 Chicago [...]
Rating: (61 reviews)
Author: Sandol Stoddard
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Product Description
A tiny book that expresses the true meaning of friendship. Amazon.com Review
“Here is the book that Romeo would have given Juliet; Charlie Brown would have given Snoopy; and you can give to some very special friend” proclaims the back cover of this small, whimsical [...]
Rating: (80 reviews)
Author: Watty Piper
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Product Description
“A good example of pioneer feminist lore, with girl engine as ‘hero’”.–Publishers Weekly. The classic story of optimistic thinking that has delighted generations of children. Full-color illustrations. Amazon.com Review
The unknowing progenitor of a whole generation of self-help books, Wally Piper’s The Little Engine That Could is [...]
Author: Sucie Stevenson
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Product Description
Two rabbit sisters get ready for Christmas, but get the most enjoyment preparing a surprise for their parents.
Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Scholastic
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
Product Description
Parents can sing the classic Christmas song “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” while they manipulate five adorable finger puppets: an elf, a reindeer, a fir tree, Santa Claus, and a snowman. Using the soft, colorful glove, parents and children can make the fingertip critters come to life. [...]
Author: Lucille Clifton
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Product Description
“A new edition of a book first published in 1971. New illustrations bring a vibrant color to the joyous yet sometimes poignant verses that encapsulate the small boy’s mounting anticipation and his ultimate satisfaction on the festive day.”–The Horn Book.
Rating: (30 reviews)
Author: Tad Hills
Publisher: Little Simon
Product Description
Pull back the flaps and find out each hilarious punch line in this classic collection of knock-knock jokes!
Rating: (16 reviews)
Author: Jean Marzollo
Publisher: Scholastic
Product Description
The original I Spy book has been adapted for younger children. Rhyming riddles with picture clues in a sturdy board book format make this perfect for preschoolers. Full color. Amazon.com Review
There’s certainly not much imagination in the I Spy books, but every parent knows that they are ideal [...]
Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Product Description
Counterfeit twenties are circulating and Nancy’s prime suspect is a gorgeous guy who is attracted to her, but another suspect is found dead and Nancy is drawn into a world where greed rules and life is worthless.
Rating: (32 reviews)
Author: Martin Waddell
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
Product Description
On Christmas Eve
all are welcome
at the stable.
On Christmas Eve
all are welcome
because there’s always
room for a little one.
That cold winter’s night,
beneath the star’s light…
…a Little One came for the world.
Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: John S. Goodall
Publisher: Atheneum
Product Description
Illustrations without text depict the celebration of Christmas in an English country home at the turn of the century.
Author: Jo Albee
Publisher: Learning Horizons
Rating: (20 reviews)
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Publisher: Usborne Books
Product Description
The Greek myths are a fascinating part of our cultural heritage, and young children will find these stories of gods, mortals and monsters irresistible. This collection of the best-known stories are retold in a magical and sensitive way.’
Rating: (20 reviews)
Author: B. Wiseman
Publisher: HarperCollins
Product Description
Morris the moose has an exciting day in school learning the alphabet, counting, singing, spelling, and doing other things that make him a unique moose.
Rating: (15 reviews)
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Product Description
Nancy Drew teams up with the Hardy boys in New York to find a pair of big-time cat burglars who are expected to hit a museum next.
Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: James Herriot
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Product Description
“Christmas can never go by without my remembering a certain little cat.”
So begins The Christmas Day Kitten, another true story from James Herriot’s rich experience as a country vet. As always, the tale includes a vivid group of characters on two legs and four: Mrs. Pickering [...]
Author: Joan Walsh Anglund
Publisher: Gulliver Books
Product Description
Candy canes and gingerbread, tinsel and toys, wreaths and ribbon and tins full of treats, brightly wrapped packages and carefully trimmed trees are all symbols of what is behind this special celebration. Full-color illustrations.
Author: Joan Walsh Anglund
Publisher: Scholastic Trade
Author: Catherine McCafferty
Publisher: Mouse Works
Product Description
Mickey only has a few days to prepare for Christmas. Kids can help Mickey look for decorations, buy gifts for his friends, and bake to make this the best Christmas ever. Over 60 flaps. Full color. 5 spreads.
Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Mariana
Publisher: Lothrop Lee & Shepard
Product Description
Having been abandoned in the attic for years, Flora McFlimsey is given new life on Christmas Eve.
Author: Margaret (RTL) Hodges
Publisher: Holiday House
Product Description
A tinker’s child who grows up helping everyone in her Irish village is rewarded in her old age with a cabin built by fairies on Christmas Eve.
Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Kate Mcmullan
Publisher: Cartwheel
Product Description
It’s Christmas Eve, and Fluffy and his team of guinea pigs are delivering the presents. Why? Because Santa needs help from the cleverest rodent around!
Author: John M. Langstaff
Publisher: Doubleday