Year after year, Frankie hopes that one particular gift a very special gift will be tossed to him from that train. It is this enduring hope that will guide him to the true meaning of the season. Full color.

    As an old woman, Fanny looks back to the country Christmas she had in England when she was nine and realizes the moment when she left her childhood behind her.

    Five of the stories appeared originally in Woman's Day magazine, which initiated a tradition of printing an annual Buscaglia Christmas story during most of the 1980s. In his warm, humorous way, Dr. Buscaglia shares seven holiday episodes from his life, including his hilarious adventure in producing a school Christmas pageant with second-graders as well as the poignant insights that came from spending Christmas in a hospital, recovering from heart surgery. He tells how each event reinforced his belief in the value of caring and love. Leo also reminds us that Christmas can last more than one day-that the spirit and magic of the season can thrive all the time. Peace, joy, and goodwill are not seasonal; they are life-sustaining, life-enhancing, hopeful words that should be spoken, sung, and practiced all the months of the year. Seven Stories of Christmas Love is Leo's Christmas gift to his friends and admirers. "This book is a Christmas sharing. There are no villains mentioned here, no hard hearts, no skeptics. I have left this for others to write. This short work is for those who have no trouble accepting miracles, who don’t require explanations, who still believe in love, generosity, devotion, goodness, and the wonder of life.” -Leo Buscaglia, PhD, from the Introduction

    Christmas greetings, gift giving, good things to eat, all the joy and stupidities of the Yuletide season are humorously depicted.

    This booklet of day-by-day family Advent devotions centers around the Advent wreath and its meaning.

    John the Divine in New York City. Book and cassette.

    Two award winning authors invite you home for the holidays! These special holiday romances will definitely make your season bright.Includes:Christmas Masquerade (Debbie Macomber, 1985)Snowbound (Lisa Jackson, 1987)

    Gathers Christmas stories, essays, poems, paintings, and recipes, and looks at Christmas cards, advertising, ornaments, trees, presidential Christmases, and Santa Claus.

    Melvin the angel, a newly appointed star polisher, shines his small star to such perfection that God chooses it to become the Star of Bethlehem.

    . . can be read aloud or silently, alone or in a group, at Christmas or in July, and by adults or children. . . . Ordinary places (and) . . . ordinary people . . . suddenly become extraordinary. . . . Unforgettable fiction."--The Horn Book, starred review.

    A lonely chipmunk devises a way to receive more Christmas cards than the popular pack-rat family that lives next door.Click on "more photos" beneath cover to preview some of Dan Lane's illustrations.

    In December 1865, determined to keep the two white children in his care out of the local orphanage, Isaiah, a freed slave, takes them from Memphis to Cumberland, Mississippi, to find a new home with their uncle, now crippled and impoverished.

    Every Christmas Eve, she creeps downstairs and waits for him. Every Christmas morning, there are presents--but no Santa . . . until the Christmas when Santa gets stuck in the chimney! Full-color illustrations.

    Hal Borland, a well-known nature writer, introduces the legends, symbolism and history of the traditional Christmas plants. 14 full-color illustrations.

    In this piano picture book, composer Howard Blake and animator Dianne Jackson have recreated the story in words, music and vivid color illustrations, based on the scenes from the film. The music, which includes the hit song Walking in the Air, is easy enough to be played by pianists of intermediate ability. This unique and irresistible book will bring the story to life, both at home and in the classroom!