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Veering from the convivial, scene-centered graphic interpretation often associated with this classic, Würbs offers a sparer take, narrowing each scene to softly focused images that are more suggestive than representational. The poem's opening lines are accompanied by an image of a lone candle burning in a brass candleholder, and the sleigh's rooftop landing shows two shadowy reindeer heads emerging from behind a foregrounded stone chimney. Santa's...
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'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. It's Christmas Eve, and the entire house is sleeping -- except one boy, woken by the clatter of hooves on the roof. As he tiptoes downstairs, who will he find?
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On a ship of mischievous brigands--who have visions of treasure chests dancing in their heads--Sir Peggedy, with his peg leg and hook arm, pays a visit to the child-friendly pirates along with his eight giant seahorses: Salty, Scurvy, Sinbad, Mollie, Cutthroat, Cross-Eyes, Roger, and Jolly.
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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©2006
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As a family lives out the famous poem by Clement Moore, a young boy is unable to sleep and, in his excitement, performs several deeds bound to place him on the naughty list, and one that just might save him.
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The Ingalls family moves to the Dakota territory, claims a homestead, and braves the hardships and perils of living on the frontier.
Ma and the girls follow Pa west by train where they make their home at a rough railroad camp and plan for their own homestead.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 13
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On the night before Christmas Hank the Cowdog and Slim, on their way into town for some last-minute shopping, are struck by a twenty-five-pound buzzard who crashes through their windshield; when they finally get to town, they are caught up in the Christmas celebration.
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How to catch-- volume 3
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A rhyming tale of an elf who must avoid being caught in traps while assisting Santa on Christmas Eve.
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Bad Kitty (Picture books) volume 3
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When Bad Kitty doesn't get all the presents she wants for Christmas, she goes on a wild caper across town and through three complete alphabets. She makes a new friend, and when an old "friend" finds her, they learn the true meaning of Christmas -- Publisher.
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`I'm so sorry, Casey,' my link worker John said, sounding weary. `I know this is probably the worst time I could bring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.' It's the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call. A twelve year old girl, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her father is on a ventilator, fighting for his life, while her mother is currently on remand in prison. Despite claiming she attacked him in...