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Classic Christmas tales / [compiled and] illustrated by Michael Foreman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pavilion Children's, 2013Copyright date: ©1999Description: 117 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1843652668 (hbk.)
  • 9781843652663 (hbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Picture-books in winter / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The twelve days of Christmas / traditional -- Good King Wenceslas / traditional -- On the prairie (extract from Little house in the big woods) / Laura Ingalls Wilder -- Christmas is coming / traditional -- Boy at the window (extract from Advice to a prophet / Richard Wilbur -- The snow man / Hans Christian Andersen -- Carols in Gloucestershire (extract from Cider with Rosie) / Laurie Lee -- The decorated forest / Michael Foreman -- The task (extract) / William Cowper -- Winter morning / Ogden Nash -- The gift of the magi / O. Henry -- The oxen / Thomas Hardy -- A Christmas carol / G. K. Chesterton -- Stopping by woods on a snowy evening / Robert Frost -- The night before Christmas / Clement C. Moore -- No man's land (extract from War game) / Michael Foreman -- I saw three ships / traditional -- Christmas at sea / Robert Louis Stevenson -- Christmas shops (extract from A Christmas carol) / Charles Dickens -- Cowboy carol / Cecil Broadhurst -- Outdoor song (extract from Winnie the Pooh) / A. A. Milne -- Christmas underground (extract from Wind in the willows) / Kenneth Grahame -- Memories of Christmas / Dylan Thomas -- Snow in the subrubs / Thomas Hardy -- Jerry's New Year / (extract from Black Beauty) Anna Sewell -- Ring out wild bells / (extract from In memoriam) / Alfred Lord Tennyson -- Auld lang syne / traditional.
Summary: Collection of stories and poems for the Christmas season, including The Twelve Days of Christmas, Good King Wenceslas, The Snow Man, The Night Before Christmas, The Gift of the Magi, and more.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 808.8033 C614 Available 33111007935873
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A must-have treasury of seasonal cheer for children and adults alike, illustrated by one of the best-loved artists working today, it contains all the classic Christmas songs, poems, and stories that you need for a wonderful holiday season.

Michael Foreman has chosen a magical mixture of stories and verses evoking the festive season for his beautifully presented festive family book.



Includes: 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', 'Good King Wenceslas', 'The Snow Man' (Hans Christian Andersen), 'On the Prairie' (excerpt from Laura Ingalls Wilder), 'The Gift of the Magi', 'Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening', 'Christmas Underground' (excerpt from The Wind in the Willows), 'The Night Before Christmas' and many more...



From the author of War Boy, War Game, After the War Was Over, and Farm Boy and the illustrator of Platinum Jubilee picture book There Once Is a Queen.

"First published in Great Britain in 1999 by Pavilion Children's Books"--Title page verso.

"This edition 2013"---Title page verso.

Picture-books in winter / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The twelve days of Christmas / traditional -- Good King Wenceslas / traditional -- On the prairie (extract from Little house in the big woods) / Laura Ingalls Wilder -- Christmas is coming / traditional -- Boy at the window (extract from Advice to a prophet / Richard Wilbur -- The snow man / Hans Christian Andersen -- Carols in Gloucestershire (extract from Cider with Rosie) / Laurie Lee -- The decorated forest / Michael Foreman -- The task (extract) / William Cowper -- Winter morning / Ogden Nash -- The gift of the magi / O. Henry -- The oxen / Thomas Hardy -- A Christmas carol / G. K. Chesterton -- Stopping by woods on a snowy evening / Robert Frost -- The night before Christmas / Clement C. Moore -- No man's land (extract from War game) / Michael Foreman -- I saw three ships / traditional -- Christmas at sea / Robert Louis Stevenson -- Christmas shops (extract from A Christmas carol) / Charles Dickens -- Cowboy carol / Cecil Broadhurst -- Outdoor song (extract from Winnie the Pooh) / A. A. Milne -- Christmas underground (extract from Wind in the willows) / Kenneth Grahame -- Memories of Christmas / Dylan Thomas -- Snow in the subrubs / Thomas Hardy -- Jerry's New Year / (extract from Black Beauty) Anna Sewell -- Ring out wild bells / (extract from In memoriam) / Alfred Lord Tennyson -- Auld lang syne / traditional.

Collection of stories and poems for the Christmas season, including The Twelve Days of Christmas, Good King Wenceslas, The Snow Man, The Night Before Christmas, The Gift of the Magi, and more.

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