"The Children's Book Of Christmas Stories" is a wonderful assortment of thirty-five Christmas-themed tales that have been chosen by editor Asa Dickinson. Authors include Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen, Susan Coolidge, and Elizabeth Harrison. Whether it is for children, or for family gatherings, everyone is sure to be captivated and enthralled!
Contents:
Christmas At Fezziwig’s Warehouse
The Fir-Tree
The Christmas Masquerade
The Shepherds And The Angels
The Telltale Tile
Little Girl’s Christmas
A Christmas Matinee
Toinette And The Elves
The Voyage Of The Wee Red Cap
A Story Of The Christ-Child
Jimmy Scarecrow’s Christmas
Why The Chimes Rang
The Birds’ Christmas
The Little Sister’s Vacation
Little Wolff’s Wooden Shoes
Christmas In The Alley
A Christmas Star
The Strangest Christmas
Old Father Christmas
A Christmas Carol
How Christmas Came To The Santa Maria Flats
The Legend Of Babouscka
Christmas In The Barn
The Philanthropist’s Christmas
The First Christmas-Tree
The First New England Christmas
The Cratchits’ Christmas Dinner
Christmas In Seventeen Seventy-Six
Christmas Under The Snow
Mr. Bluff’s Experiences Of Holidays
Master Sandy’s Snapdragon
A Christmas Fairy
The Greatest Of These
Little Gretchen And The Wooden Shoe.
Christmas On Big Rattle
This edition of "The Children's Book Of Christmas Stories" contains additional material:
• The First Christmas Of New England, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• ‘Twas the Night before Christmas, by Clement Clarke Moore
• a selection of safe Christmas riddles for all the family to enjoy.
1811-1896
Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. Harriet was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, as the daughter of an outspoken religious leader Lyman Beecher. She was the sister of the educator and author, Catherine Beecher, clergymen Henry Ward Beecher and Charles Beecher.
Her father was a preacher who was greatly effected by the pro-slavery riots that took place in Cincinnati in 1834.
Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) depicted life for African-Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the U.S. and Britain and made the political issues of the 1850s regarding slavery tangible to millions, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Upon meeting Stowe, Abraham Lincoln allegedly remarked, "So this is the little old lady who started this new great war!"
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