The Herdman children, who enjoy terrorizing their classmates, volunteer to play the main characters in the Sunday school Christmas pageant.

Bear's friends awaken him the day before Christmas and help him to stay awake as they bake fruitcakes, fill stockings, and sing carols; then, while they sleep, he prepares his own surprise.

A small, crooked evergreen tree is sad and lonely when the other trees are cut down to be taken indoors at Christmas, but new friends help him feel special, too.

Lyrical text relates the birth of a child in a barn among the animals, with illustrations which depict the barn and people of a present-day farm. Annotation. What child is this Who is born here Where the oxen Stomp and peer... When christmas in the barn was first published in 1952, it demonstrated all of Margaret Wise Brown's mastery at skillfully fashioning a truly childlike interpretation of the Nativity story. For this larger, full-color edition,...

On Christmas Eve, a little cricket finds its way into a house where its singing is thought to be the voice of an angel.

One little girl has always hoped to stay awake long enough to meet Santa, and she knows this is her year. She just knows Santa smells like peppermint and laughs like the sun clapping its hands. When Mama takes her on a special journey to the city, they discover Santas ho-ho-ho-ing about everywhere, making it so much harder to find the real one. The little girl is sure she knows just what she's looking for, but will she find Santa in time for Christmas?--...

The jungle animals try to share their excitement over Christmas with Jim Panzee, but he feels too grumpy to appreciate their efforts.

A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmastime.

Gingerbread pirate Captain Cookie sets out to rescue his crew from the mysterious cannibal, Santa Claus, who will arrive on Christmas Eve when all the boys and girls go to sleep.

"With wit and affection, the inimitable Jarvis imagines the giddy wonder of a child who finds she has Santa all to herself--with free rein to ask all the questions that spring to mind." -- provided by the publisher.