No comments about Christmas Sticker Book (Usborne Activities).

No comments about Christmas Magic.

2 comments about The Family Read-aloud Christmas Treasury.

1. As a Teacher and Professional Storyteller, I am always looking for new stories and outstanding re-tellings of classics. This Beautifully illustrated book is the best I have ever seen in my yearly Nov. search for new Christmas stories! I am already working on mastering 9 of its stories to tell and 3 poems that will be read aloud! In the other 17 books I have read, I only found 7 other stories to tell!



2. Christmas is a very magical time in our home, and this book will be a special part of each Christmas holiday sesaon. It is full of wonderful stories to read to children of all ages! I am very particular about the types of stories that I read to my kids and the themes that I want them exposed to, given their young and impressionable ages; I couldn't recommend this book any higher!

2 comments about Christmas Books (Oxford World's Classics).

1. Dickens' Christmas Books might be some of his most overlooked works, except for, of course, "A Christmas Carol." But in these stories he has captured the season's spirits of reflection and faith better than any other work I've read. "A Christmas Carol" is an acknowledged masterpiece; "The Chimes" and "The Battle of Life" are particularly moving as well. Four of these five stories bring me to tears by their ends.

   I started in 1991 to read one story per year in the published sequence, (for Christmas 2000, I'm reading The Haunted Man again) and this has made December and its holidays more enjoyable and meaningful for me. I hope to continue the cycle and look forward to reading "this year's Christmas story" aloud to my family as my kids grow up.

   Oxford Press/World's Classics publishes excellent quality paperbacks, and they do justice here to Dickens' powerful works. I highly recommend this work (and especially this publisher) to anyone; if you're looking for "A Christmas Carol", get this volume of all the Christmas Stories and enjoy even more of Dickens' masterful ability to weave the human condition into such moving short stories.




2. The hardcover version of this book that I received was unacceptable. Peppered throughout the text of the five stories were the original illustrations. This would have been lovely if not for the fact that each illustration page also contained text from the original edition. This text was in a different typeface and format and did not match up in any way with the text of the story. The text on these pages was completely random ... in some cases starting and ending mid-sentence.

   The stories, of course, are classic Dickens and wonderful. But I found this printing defect so outrageous that I was unable to give the book as a gift, as I had intended. In fact, I returned it.

No comments about A Midnight Clear: Family Christmas Stories.

5 comments about Pokemon Tales, Volume 8: Dragonite's Christmas (Pokémon Tales).

1. It was good, but it is for a person from 4-5 years old.Little kids would love it! Dragonite is a cool pokemon. It tells to find a veanasur,and he is under the chirstmas tree.It is great for chirstmas!



2. It was good, but it is for a person from 4-5 years old.Little kids would love it! Dragonite is a cool pokemon. It tells to find a veanasur,and he is under the chirstmas tree.It is great for chirstmas!



3. It was good, but it is for a person from 4-5 years old.Little kids would love it! Dragonite is a cool pokemon. It tells to find a venasaur,and he is under the chirstmas tree.It is great for chirstmas!



4. Like the other Pokemon Tales books, this one has great artwork and a reading-level good for new readers.



5. Back when the first series (Indigo League) was first on the air in the States, a series of board books for the youngest viewers were also translated and offered for sale in the States. Dragonite's Christmas is the eighth in this series.
   
   As far as I can tell, these board books are outside the canon of the series. For example, in the series, Ash et al meet up with Santa. In the series, Santa works with Jynx ("Holiday Hi-Jynx"), not Dragonite. I think the first time Dragonite is mentioned is in the Orange Islands series.
   
   That being said, as alternate fiction, Dragonite's Christmas is a sweet story of Dragonite and some children having a joke on Santa. Of the board books in this series we have, it's Sean's favorite. The illustrations are cute and colorful and the story is engaging enough to warrant multiple reads.

No comments about The Adventure of Elvin the Elf.

No comments about Disney's Movie Magic Super Coloring Book.

No comments about My First Christmas Collection: Stories, Caroles and Rhymes to Real Aloud and Share (Nursery Collection Books).

1 comments about Sing-along Christmas Carols (Sing-along).

1. This book is super sturdy, and looks like is is made of felt and has all the bumps where the stitching would be if it had been. It is fun to look and feel with the kids on your lap as the CD plays each page of songs. Songs played are:
   1. Away in a Manger
   2. Silent Night
   3. We wish you a Merry Christmas (1st verse only)
   4. Deck the Halls
   5. Jingle Bells
   6. Good King Wenceslas
   7. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
   8. O Little Town of Bethlehem
   9. The Holly and the Ivy
   10. I Saw Three Ships
   11. Once in Royal David's City
   12. The First Noel
   13. O Christmas Tree
   14. We Three Kings of Orient Are
   15. In the Bleak Midwinter
   
   I thought this was a breathe of fresh air as most things these days are geared only to Santa Claus and doesn't give proper meaning to CHRISTmas.
   
   This is definitely a great find and will be treasured for years to come.