Family Christmas treasures / Hugh Lauter Levin Associates.
Material type:
TextPublication details: New York : Universe ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2008.Description: 240 pages : color illustrations ; 36 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780789399717
- 0789399717
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | Oversize | 394.2663 F198 | Available | 33111008819217 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Family Christmas Treasures collection of fine art and literature, at once both classic and contemporary, celebrates the warm, loving, family Christmas as it is enjoyed throughout the world. It focuses on the secular aspects of a family Christmas: spending time with loved ones, exchanging gifts, anticipating the arrival of Santa Claus, decorating the tree and home, cooking and feasting, caroling, and all the other delights that we associate with the magic of the season. Included are excerpts from such classics as Dickens's A Christmas Carol and E.T.A. Hoffmann's The Nutcracker, as well as selections--including those from John Donne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and L. Frank Baum--that appear in their entirety. Christmas stories by major contemporary writers such as Maeve Binchy and Anna Quindlen provide a balance of old and new. Whether the family faithfully returns to such well-known classics as William Dean Howell's Christmas Every Day or whether they eagerly devour lesser-known gems such as Theodore Roosevelt's The Tree in the White House Closet, they are sure to find tales that fill their hearts with cheer. Accompanying these texts is a collection of exquisite art in full-page, full-color format. Ranging from classic to modern, this collection includes the imaginative creations of such esteemed artists as Norman Rockwell, Thomas Nast, N. C. Wyeth, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and many others.
Christmas preparations and anticipation. From Nutcracker / E.T. A. Hoffman -- The stage-coach / Washington Irving -- The Christmas tree / Samuel Coleridge -- From My Antonia / Willa Cather -- From The wind in the willows / Kenneth Grahame -- From A Christmas memory / Truman Capote -- Blue Christmas / Terry Andrews -- Christmas customs, stories, and lore. Christmas every day / William Dean Howells -- From The Christmas box / Richard Paul Evans -- The legend of the Christmas tree / Clement Clarke Moore -- The legend of the poinsettia / Pat Mora & Charles Ramirez Berg -- The tree that didn't get trimmed / Christopher Morley -- Kidnapped Santa Claus / L. Frank Baum -- A Christmas story / Katherine Anne Porter -- Christmas memories. From A child's Christmas in Wales / Dylan Thomas -- Christmas in Maine / Robert Pl. Tristram Cofffin -- 'Twas the night b4 Christmas / Mary Marcdante -- From Christmas in Plains / Jimmy Carter -- The Christmas tree in Brooklyn / Betty Smith -- Christmas at sea / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The spirit of Christmas. From A Christmas carol / Charles Dickens -- From Little women / Louisa May Alcott -- From The good fairy / Harriet Beecher Stowe -- From Sassafrass, cypress & indigo / Ntozake Shange -- Christmas Day in the morning / Pearl S. Buck -- The Montreal aunts / Maureen Hull -- Our richest Christmas / Margery Talcott -- Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N and the magi / Leo Rosten -- A typical Irish Christmas / Maeve Binchy -- The tree that came to stay / Anna Quindlen -- Keeping Christmas / Henry Van Dyke.