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A joyful Christmas : a treasury of new and classic songs, poems, and stories for the holiday / compiled and illustrated by James E. Ransome.

Other author/creatorRansome, James.
Format Book and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Christy Ottaviano Books-Henry Holt and Company, 2010.
Description67 pages : illustrations (some color), music ; 29 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Soul. A time of angels/ Joyce Hansen ; Silent night / Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber ; The friendly beasts (English, traditional) ; Maybe in Bethlehem / Margaret Hillert ; A carol for the shepherds / Nancy Willard ; The blind ox / Tony Johnston ; We three kings of orient are / John Henry Hopkins, Jr. ; What you gonna name that pretty little baby? (Negro spiritual) ; What can I give him? / Christina Rossetti ; Long, long ago / Unknown ; There was no snow on Christmas Eve / Pam Muñoz Ryan ; On a Christmas night / Langston Hughes ; Joy to the world / George Frideric Handel and Isaac Watts ; The history of Christmas / Deborah Hopkinson -- Heart. December / Aileen Fisher ; How I know / Margaret Hillert ; We wish you a merry Christmas (Traditional English carol) ; A visit from Saint Nicholas / Clement C. Moore ; Dear Santa / Heidi E.Y. Stemple ; Jingle Bells / James Pierpont ; Christmas Eve at Indian Lake / Joseph Bruchac ; Once there was a snowman / Anonymous ; Day before Christmas / Marchette Chute ; Christmas gift / Margaret Hillert ; A Christmas gift / Cedric Williams ; The twelve days of Christmas (Traditional Welsh carol) ; Ms. MacAdoo's Christmas guests / Gloria Houston ; Deck the halls (Traditional Welsh carol) ; Christmas-in-a-shoe-box / Ella Joyce Stewart ; Miracle at midnight / Katherine Paterson.
Abstract "Filled with new and beloved poems, stories, songs, and more, here is a beautiful collection of prose and verse that celebrates the Christmas season. You'll find the classics here, such asSilent Night, Deck the Halls, andThe Twelve Days of Christmas, as well as new stories by the talents of Pam Munoz Ryan, Joseph Bruchac, Katherine Paterson, Nancy Willard, and others. This evocative treasury depicts the holiday season in all its warmth and glory."--Jacket.
LCCN 2009029319
ISBN9780805066210 (alk. paper)
ISBN0805066217 (alk. paper)

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Joyner TRC Nonfiction 810 J857 ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner TRC Nonfiction 810 J857 ✔ Available Place Hold