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Children's Holiday

2008 Holiday Catalog

Children's Holiday

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New Arrivals


Christmas

Olivia Helps with Christmas
by Ian Falconer
Publisher Comments
Everyone's favorite Caldecott honor-winning porcine and #1 Kris Cringle enthusiast is helping to make the season brighter than ever. Christmas is coming, and Olivia is incredibly busy. She has to wait for Santa, make sure dad sets up the tree, wait for... (read more)
Your Price $7.98
Sale - Hardcover

Sale Books

The Strawberry Shortcake: Halloween Play (Strawberry Shortcake) The Strawberry Shortcake: Halloween Play (Strawberry Shortcake)
by Eva Mason
Synopsis
Strawberry Shortcake and her pals want to do something berry special for Halloween, but they can't decide what. While the kids argue over what to do, Strawberry Shortcake worries that Halloween will be ruined. Can she convince her friends to work... (read more)
Your Price $1.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)

Used Books

A Christmas Memory with CD (Audio) A Christmas Memory with CD (Audio)
by Truman Capote
Publisher Comments
First published in 1956, this much sought-after autobiographical recollection of Truman Capote's rural Alabama boyhood has become a modern-day classic. We are proud to be reprinting this warm and delicately illustrated edition of A Christmas Memory... (read more)
Your Price $12.50
(Used - Book W/audio Cd)

Hanukkah

The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story
by Lemony Snicket and Lisa Brown
Publisher Comments
Latkes are potato pancakes served at Hanukkah, and Lemony Snicket is an alleged children's author. For the first time in literary history, these two elements are combined in one book. A particularly irate latke is the star of The Latke Who Couldn't Stop... (read more)
Your Price $9.95
New - Hardcover

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Mice!
by Bethany Roberts
Publisher Comments
It's Thanksgiving and four adorable mice are putting on a play for their woodland friends in this delightful read-aloud, the fourth book about the holiday mice. Lively verse introduces beginning readers to basic words and rhyming sounds and tells the... (read more)
Your Price $3.98
Sale - Trade Paper

Easter

The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (Sandpiper Books)
by Dubose Heyward
Publisher Comments
The country bunny attains the exalted position of Easter Bunny in spite of her responsibilities as the mother of 21 children.... (read more)
Your Price $2.95
Used - Trade Paper

Halloween

Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich
by Adam Rex
Publisher Comments
Being a monster isn't all frightening villagers and sucking blood. Monsters have their trials, too. Poor Frankenstein's cupboard is bare, Wolfman is in need of some household help, and it's best not to get started on Dracula's hygiene issues. What could... (read more)
Your Price $6.95
Used - Hardcover

General

The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice
by Wendy Pfeffer
Publisher Comments
The beginning of winter is marked by the solstice, the shortest day of the year. Long ago, people grew afraid when each day had fewer hours of sunshine than the day before. Over time, they realized that one day each year the sun started moving toward... (read more)
Your Price $16.99
New - Hardcover

Fathers Day

Up on Daddy's Shoulders
by Matt Berry
Publisher Comments
Up on Daddy's shoulders, I'm the happiest kid in the world. Feeling taller than his big brother, his house, and the giraffes at the zoo, a little boy spends the day on his daddy's shoulders as they go for a walk around their neighborhood. Matt Berry's... (read more)
List Price $6.99
Your Price $3.98
Sale - Hardcover

Jewish

Gershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year
by Eric A Kimmel
Publisher Comments
In this engaging Rosh Hashanah story based on a Hasidic tale, Gershon the baker has a big lesson to learn about taking responsibility for his own actions. Through this tale's metaphor, readers learn the meaning of both responsibility and forgiveness... (read more)
Your Price $6.98
Sale - Hardcover

Valentines

Olive My Love
by J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh
Publisher Comments
The beloved--but confused--pup Olive is back! But this time she's not heading off to the North Pole to help Santa. . . . This time she's out to return a one-of-a-kind lost object: a heart. And not just any heart, but a heart as large as Olive's own. In... (read more)
Your Price $6.95
Used - Hardcover

Kwanzaa

The Seven Days of Kwanzaa
by Melrose Cooper
Publisher Comments
This book offers a fun introduction for young children to the celebration of Kwanzaa, complete with vibrant illustrations and simple facts that tell the history and importance of this original African-American holiday. Full color.... (read more)
Your Price $4.99
New - Trade Paper

Bestsellers

Thursday December 4, 2008
Olivia Helps with Christmas
  1. Olivia Helps with Christmas
    by Ian Falconer
  2. The Night Before Christmas
    by Robert Clarke Sabuda
  3. Little Tree
    by e. e. cummings and Chris Raschka
  4. The Biggest Snowman Ever
    by Steven Kroll
  5. Merry Christmas, Curious George! (Curious George)
    by Catherine Hapka
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