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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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In this hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that have become part of our holiday tradition, a weary couple is about to discover skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences and isn't half as easy as they had imagined.
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English
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Left alone and lonely at Christmas, sixty-year-old Greg Bennett wanders the streets of San Francisco, regretting his past and mourning his future, until a chance prayer in a small church leads a trio of charming angels--Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy--to create a miracle for him.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Three children getting ready for Christmas count down from ten to one in anticipation of Christmas morning. On board pages.
Three children getting ready for Christmas count down from ten to one in anticipation of Christmas morning.
11) I love Christmas
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Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Ollie loves Christmas. What else does he love?
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English
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"Her boyfriend has left her for his personal trainer, her mother has absconded with her latest husband for the holidays, and--adding insult to (literal) injury--her London apartment has just been destroyed by a gas leak. Single, mildly concussed and temporarily homeless, Charlie realizes there's only one place to go: Cozy Canine Cottages, where she'll spend the season looking after her cousin Jez's doggy day care center. And if she's not exactly a...
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English
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"Raised in a Pennsylvania Amish community, young mother Rachel Yoder has led a simple life within her close-knit family. Widowed three years ago, she has moved back in with her parents, attempting to raise her daughter, Katie, without further emotional upheaval. Meanwhile, four hours and a whole world away in New York City, Ellie Lawrence is laser-focused on a high-powered public relations career, with too little time for her family, her friends,...
14) Christmas trolls
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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When Treva investigates the disappearance of her family's Christmas things, she finds two mischievous trolls who have never had a Christmas of their own.
15) Christmas wishes
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English
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Christmas letters: "Katherine O'Connor (known as K.O.) adores her five-year-old twin nieces -- and objects to her sister's plans to dispense with Christmas. Zelda is following the theories of child psychologist Wynn Jeffries, author of The Free Child (and, as it happens, K.O.'s neighbor). K.O. is particularly horrified by his edict to 'bury Santa under the sleigh, ' and she's out to prove that Wynn and his ideas are full of ... snow. He's not going...
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The Holly Wreath Man is a modern Christmas classic. Originally published as a serial in newspapers, this fantastic Christmas story is now collected in the book.
Handmade Christmas wreaths used to be a cottage industry in the United States. City dwellers would order them every year to add a touch of the forest to their holiday decorating. Farmers living hand to mouth would make and sell the wreaths every December in order to afford a Christmas
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Sterling Brooks is sent back to Earth by the Heavenly Council to help reunite a heartbroken seven-year-old girl with her father and grandmother, who were forced into the witness protection program because two mobsters have put a price on their heads.
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Series
Tacky the penguin books volume 8
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
©2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, Perfect, and Tacky are having a wonderful Christmas, complete with an unusual tree, when Tacky's odd behavior saves them from a group of hunters.