The delightful Christmas story/cookbook A CHRISTMAS DINNER by CHARLES DICKENS plus the award-winning children's book, THE AMAZING MENORAH of MAZELTOWN, along with the stocking stuffers below promise you a joyous holiday season.
Celebration! More Christmas Angels
by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
A brief and charming history of Christmastime angels and their music and magical errands. Our award-winning poet tells their story with the help of dozens of colorful images gathered from around the world.
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer spins her magical prose from her often snow-covered home high in the mountains of Colorado. Among her earlier books is Celebration: The Christmas Candle Book, a volume of sparkling holiday poems.
9781933176130
Hardcover, 64pp, 5½ by 5 ½ inches, $9.95
On Christmas Eve, Santa will pat his flying reindeer and climb into his sleigh---as always.
As always? Not exactly. Santa, explains journalist Aggie Gilmore, has been depicted riding a donkey or a goat, or even— a century ago—piloting one of those new-fangled airplanes.
The Santa of old stories and illustrations is not always round and jolly, and it took several centuries for him to add a fur-trimmed red suit to his wardrobe. This is a little book full of big surprises.
9781933176147
Hardcover, 64 pp., 5½ by 5 ½ inches, $9.95
Celebration! The Christmas Flower Book
by Nina Pinsky
Ancient Celts told an odd story about mistletoe. The New World flower, poinsettia, has almost magical Yuletide significance. A rose was not just a rose to the Victorians who considered roses, along with daisies and forget-me-nots, important Christmas flowers with layers of meanings.
9781933176123
Hardcover, 64 pp., 5½ by 5 ½ inches, $9.95
Celebration! The Christmas Animal Book
by Clint Viebrock
Dozens of tame or wild animals and birds, especially, have had Christmas roles. Paintings of farm animals and woodland creatures at holiday-time are a winning holiday legacy. Occasionally, we see animals all dressed up like people for Christmas. More often, they're part of a bucolic Noel scene.
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Seattle native and retired airline pilot Clint Viebrock still travels the world, alighting in the Northwest or Telluride, CO for the holidays.
9781933176116
Hardcover, 64 pp., 5½ by 5 ½ inches,, $9.95
Celebration! The Christmas Dog Book
by Margaret Denk
The Christmas Dog Book revolves around a collection of antique Christmas cards, accompanied by brief narratives explaining dogs’ passage from the kennel to the heart of families’ Christmas celebrations.
9781933176086
Hardcover, 64 pp., 5½ by 5 ½ inches, $9.95
Celebration! The Christmas Cat Book
by Margaret Denk
In this lively book, a match in classy, colorful style to The Christmas Dog Book, the author uses Christmas card images from about 1885 to 1930 to chronicle Christmas cats. Chapter 1 looks at "Cozy Christmas Cats," beloved by Victorians and many pretty women. Chapter 2 considers the "Good-Luck Black Cat," Chapter 3 looks at "Almost Human Christmas Cats," busy with chores and full of cheeky charm.
9781933176079
Hardcover, 64 pp., 5½ by 5 ½ inches,$9.95
Margaret Denk, a Chicago-based producer of short films, loves both cats and dogs.
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Choose Here Comes the Snow by Rosemarie Jarsksi for brilliant insights into, and extraordinary photographs of white crystalline glory. Hardcover $9.95.
And discover The Christmas Candle Book with poems of light!by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer — a stocking stuffer or perfect present for someone on your Christmas list. This poetic volume displays full-color antique Christmas cards featuring candlelight, collected the world over; each accompanied by original and joyous lyrics, Hardcover $9.95.
Celebration! The Santa Book
by Agatha E. Gilmore
Once upon a time Santa Claus wore robes of many colors and had several modes of transportation. Santa's newest biographer, Aggie Gilmore, reveals many surprises about Santa's past in presenting this unique collection of antique Christmas cards gathered from around the world.
This book is a treasure for a collector of Christmas memorabilia. It is set up so that each of its 32 cards may be detached and used.
9781933176000
Celebration! The Christmas Angel Book
b y Deidre J. Fogg
An insightful history of yuletide angels and cherubs introduces this international collection of 32 luminous cards. Owners may treasure these wonderfully-reproduced old images or detach the cards for use
9780971437296
Cardstock, $9.95
A Christmas Dinner
by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens' first Christmas tale is republished with an introduction by Dickens' biographer Peter Ackroyd, a suite of commissioned oil paintings and Dickens' family holiday recipes.
9781933176109
Hardcover, 82pp, 8½ inches by 8½ inches,$24.95
The Amazing Menorah of Mazeltown
by Joy Fate & Harold Dresner
Illustrations by Neil Shapiro
An old menorah, discovered by two adventurous children, lends light, sparkle and magic to a village gone gray with modern woes.
9781033176284
Hardcover, 32 pp., 10 inches by 10 ½ inches,$16.95
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