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By Jeffrey Archer. 1994
As a thirteen-year-old Roman boy living in Judaea returns home at night after having done an errand for his mother,…
he sees a sight he never forgets -- a man and his pregnant wife are turned away from an inn, and are preparing to spend the night in a stable. Grades 3-6. 1994.By R. L Stine. 1995
Steve Boswell thought that Carly Beth's Halloween mask was great. This year he goes to the store where Carly Beth…
got her mask. His mask is a creepy old man, definitely the scariest mask around. But soon Steve himself is feeling old -- and creepy. Grades 4-7. c1995. (Goosebumps ; 36)By Susan Hill. 1992
A charming story of poverty's hardships dispelled in time for Christmas, set in Britain soon after World War II. Tilly…
and her widowed mother are supported by the mother's sewing. When her mother falls ill and a leaky roof ruins an unfinished wedding dress, Tilly looks for a solution. Grades 3-6. c1992.By Steven Kroll. 1984
A village mouse and a field mouse fall in love with the same pumpkin. One wants to enter the pumpkin…
in a contest and the other wants to carve it into a jack-o'-lantern. Preschool to grade 2. 1984.By Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain. 2003
The Berenstain Bears Save Christmas. This year it seems everyone in Bear Country has gone Christmas-crazy, and Mama Bear is…
concerned the true holiday spirit has been lost. Santa worries also, and is ready to cancel Christmas! Now it's up to the Berenstain Bears to change his mind. Grades K-3. 2003. Taped with: The Berenstain Bears Meet Santa Bear. How can Santa's sleigh land with no snow? How can he fit down all those skinny chimneys? These and other questions and the true meaning of Christmas are revealed. Grades K-3. 1984. Taped with: The Berenstain Bears' Thanksgiving. The Bear family happily prepares their holiday feast, but danger lurks. The legendary monster, Bigpaw, is coming to Bear Country and it's up to Brother and Sister Bear to save the day. Grades K-3. 1997. Taped with: The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin. The Bear family may not win the blue ribbon in the pumpkin contest at the Thanksgiving Festival, but they do remember all that there is to be thankful for. Grades K-3. 1990. Taped with: The Berenstain Bears' Comic Valentine. The day of Brother Bear's championship hockey game has arrived. It's also the day he finds out the identity of his secret admirer. Who can she be? Brother is in for a big surprise! Grades K-3. 1998. Includes an interview with Stan, Jan, and Mike Berenstain.By Sheila Fischman, Roch Carrier, Sheldon Cohen, Gilles Pelletier. 1996
Roch is sent to a boarding school; he's named to the basketball team on the first day, even though he's…
never played basketball in his life! Grades K-3. 1996. Taped with: The longest home run. A strange girl shows up to play baseball and hits a home run through the window of Sergeant Bouton; but Adeline is no ordinary girl -- she is a magician! Grades K-3. 1993. Taped with: The boxing champion. When spring melts the ice in Ste. Justine, boxing season begins in the Cote's summer kitchen. Young Roch is not much of a fighter, but spends the winter building up his muscles for next spring's matches. Grades K-3. 1991. Taped with: A happy New Year's day. New Year's Day 1941 is a special day for a young boy in the little village of Sainte-Justine, Quebec. Grades K-3. 1991. Uniform title: Joueur de basket-ball.By Bernice Thurman Hunter. 1981
A young girl, growing up in Toronto during the Great Depression of the 1930s, knows that Christmas will pass without…
gifts and turkey dinner. Grades 4-7. Followed by "With love from Booky." 1981.By Jacqueline Wilson. 2006
Tracy Beaker is back ...and she's just desperate for a role in her school play. They're performing A Christmas Carol…
and for one extremely worrying moment, the irrepressible Tracy thinks she might not even get to play one of the unnamed street urchins. But then she is cast in the main role. Grades 3-6. 2006. (Tracy Beaker ; 3)By Lurlene McDaniel. 1998
Three short stories taking place at Christmas time. In "Christmas Child" a teenager confronts the death of her newborn sister.…
In "Last Dance" Brenda is confused by a cancer patient's love for her. In "Kathy's Life" Ellie learns to reject high school pettiness. Junior and senior high readers. 1998.By Louise Moeri. 1975
By Natalie Savage Carlson. 1982
By Marie Potvin. 2015
Sacripain le lutin vient semer le désordre chez les Langevin! Mais il n'est pas que coquin et doit aussi noter…
le comportement des jumeaux sur ordre du père Noël! Ceux-ci seront-ils assez sages pour être gâtés à Noël? Années 2-4. 2015.By Alain M Bergeron. 1999
By Henriette Major. 2000
Vous connaissez mes grands-parents ? Mamie Jo (Joséphine de son prénom) et Papi Chou (il appelle tout le monde "mon…
chou") sont drôlement olé olé pour des vieux. Dans le deuxième titre de cette série, nous nous retrouvons à l'Halloween. Ma cousine Ariane et moi, nous participons au concours de citrouilles du Jardin botanique. C'est Papi Chou qui idéniche la cucurbitacée idéale : une monstrueuse citrouille qui causera bien des maux de tête à Mami Jo. Mais celle-ci aura l'occasion de se venger, le soir de l'Hallloween. Années 3-6. 2000.By Carmen Marois. 1994
By Earl Hamner, Don Sipes. 1997
On Christmas Eve Timmy and his dog Lassie are arranging the nativity scene while Timmy's mother is out feeding the…
deer. When she does not return, Lassie goes to search for her. Lassie faces many dangers before she finds Timmy's mother and reunites the family for Christmas. Grades 3-6. 1997.By Lynne Kositsky. 1998
Anya, a young girl, receives an old Chanukah menorah which takes her back to a time before she was born.…
As she lights the first candle on the menorah, she becomes Estie, a Jewish girl who escapes from Nazi Germany with the help of a Christian woman. As she lights each successive candle, more of the story unfolds, and Anya learns a few things about her own family and her faith. Grades 3-6. 1998.By Daisy Meadows. 2004
Holly the Christmas Fairy is all in a flutter, putting the sparkle into Christmas. Now Jack Frost has stolen Santa's…
sleigh. The Queen of the Fairies needs Rachel and Kirsty to help Holly get it back. Grades 3-6. 2004.By Michael Kusugak, Lise-Anne Laverdure. 1994
Les enfants de Repulse Bay n'ont jamais vu des arbres! Alors lorsqu'une livraison d'arbres de Noël arrive les enfants de…
la communauté décident d'en faire des battes de base-ball. Années 1-3. c1994. Titre uniforme: Baseball bats for Christmas.By Adam Wallace. 2017