The Family read-aloud Christmas treasury
Title:
The Family read-aloud Christmas treasury
JLCTITLE245:
selected by Alice Low ; illustrated by Marc Brown.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Boston : Joy Street Books, c1989.
Physical Description:
136 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN:
9780316533713
9780316532846
Abstract:
Fifty-four works of well-loved poets and authors compose this holiday collection.
Added Title:
Christmas treasury.
Contents:
In the week when Christmas comes / Eleanor Farjeon -- Christmas is coming / English rhyme -- Day before Christmas / Marchette Chute -- December / John Updike -- Dimmest and brightest month am I / Christina Rossetti -- Ramona and the three wise persons / Beverly Cleary -- Trouble with pies / David McCord -- The Christmas pudding / Traditional -- Duckle, duckle, daisy / Leroy F. Jackson -- The elves and the shoemaker / The Brothers Grimm -- The puppy who wanted a boy / Jane Thayer -- Little tree / E.E. Cummings -- The birth of Jesus / Luke 2:1-20 -- Away in a manger / attributed to Martin Luther -- What you gonna name that pretty little baby? / Spiritual -- Baboushka / Russian folk tale -- Jingle bells / James Pierpont -- A present for Santa Claus / Carolyn Haywood -- The more it snows / A.A. Milne -- Snowflakes / Marchette Chute -- Merry Christmas / Aileen Fisher -- The Christmas thief / Jay Williams -- Once there was a snowman / Anonymous -- A sled for Christmas / Jack Prelutsky -- The little blue dishes / Anonymous -- Long, long ago / Anonymous -- What can I give Him? / Christina Rossetti -- How far is it to Bethlehem? / Francis A. Chesterton.
The friendly beasts / English carol -- Jesus Ahatonhia (Jesus is born) / Father Jean de Bréfeuf -- Uncle Wiggly's Christmas / Howard R. Garis -- A visit from St. Nicholas / Clement Clarke Moore -- Carol of the Russian children / Anonymous -- The bells / Edgar Allan Poe -- We wish you a merry Christmas / English carol -- Wassail song / English carol -- The Christmas whale / Roger Duvoisin -- Thank-you note / Judith Viorst -- The tardy Santa Claus / Kate D. Wiggin -- A woman named Mrs. S. Claus / J. Patrick Lewis -- The three Magi / Pura Belpré -- There was a ship a-sailing / English song -- Emmet Otter's jug-band Christmas / Russell Hoban -- Christmas carol / Sara Teasdale -- Shepherd's song at Christmas / Langston Hughes -- How we made Christmas / Grey Owl -- The twelve days of Christmas / Traditional -- A merry literary Christmas / Alice Low -- Christmas every day / William Dean Howells -- An old Christmas greeting / Anonymous -- Merry Christmas / from St. Nicholas magazine -- Christmas eve / David McCord -- Cobweb Christmas / Shirley Climo -- The joy of giving / John Greenleaf Whittier.