Children Holiday

In this compilation of six Christmas themes, you will learn about: The story of Advent; the history of the first Christmas; the story of celebrating the Nativity; the importance of the Twelve Days of Christmas; the origins of Christmas customs; and the different Christmas traditions around the world.

Christmas Day is a time of celebration for many people all around the world. Those who celebrate it see it as a joyous time. But Christmas is celebrated in many different ways in different countries. One country has a feast known as "reveillon". In another country people like to go to the beach on Christmas Day! Can you guess which countries these are?

Harry and his sister Emily learn all about the first Thanksgiving when they celebrate with some unusual guests. This story includes turkey, pumpkin pie, family and beasts! Hear about Harry and Emily’s other holiday adventures in April Fool! and Spookier Than a Ghost.

Every year you probably celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December. Someone may have told you that this is the day of Jesus' birth. But nobody actually knows when he was born! The Bible does not give us a date for the birth of Jesus. So early Christians took the date of important ancient festivals and placed Christmas around the same time.Before Christianity, the Romans had a winter festival called Saturnalia, which took place for one week in mid-December.

Larry Woiwode brings us into the simple and anxious rhythms of life for a Norwegian farm girl in the first decade of the 20th century. Christmas Eve falls in the midst of deprivation as Mette's family prepares to journey to her grandparent's farm. When her father fails to bag a big deer on the journey, they arrive, like everyone else, almost empty-handed. Yet despite frustration and disappointment, this extended family combines their meager resources to create an unexpected marvel that transforms the family's Christmas.

Christmas trees and Christmas cards seem to be an essential part of the holiday season. So it may surprise you to know they are both relatively recent traditions in the United States and Britain!

Meet an earnest first-grader, intent upon convincing his hill-country parents that other children are treated to a party each year on their birthday, that they invite friends, eat cake - and receive presents. Meet also his equally intent mother, who is determined not to open this can of worms, not with the 128 cousins who might start doing the same thing. Both of them step out of this luminous story that turns the concept of "good neighbors" upside down.

It's Ginger's birthday, and she has to invite all the girls in her class to her party, including Lyla Browning. Lyla isn't like the other girls: she smells like old leaves, doesn't talk much, and once brought a tarantula to school for show-and-tell. On the day of the party, Lyla is much earlier than everyone else. But even after the others arrive, Ginger's party doesn't go quite the way she'd hoped: Some of the girls change the rules to the games, and no one likes her silver and gold birthday cake - except Lyla.

The warmth of the Christmas season is condensed into this single collection that will rekindle your Christmas memories. Who doesn't remember Christmas at Grandma's? The living room aglow with family and friends, the kitchen like a factory of sweet aromas, the relatives everywhere! Donald Davis captures the spirit of Christmas as seen through the eyes of a child in these stories: "Christmas in Sulpher Springs", "The Children's Christmas Party", "The Year My Brother Almost Died", and "The Red Scooters."

Popular children's author Patrick Carman has captured the imaginations of children everywhere with his Elliot's Park series. In Haunted Hike, playful squirrels Elliot, Chip, Twitch, and all their furry friends are dressed in Halloween costumes and ready for a squirrel hike in Camp Canyon. But the adventure takes a scary turn when the squirrels see a ghost along the way! So the curious bunch sets out to find out whether the ghost is real or just a hoax.

When a small boy spends Christmas in the snowy Minnesota countryside, he becomes the official scout for his young bedridden cousin, Matthew, who is running out of secrets to explore. Matthew already knows there is no Santa Claus, and he knows his life is ending. As Christmas Eve approaches, the boy worries that he will be unable to find something magical for Matthew. But when that hopeful night arrives, the two are joined in a miraculous surprise that changes their lives forever.

What should Carly Beth be for Halloween this year? TERRIFIED! Late at night, an ugly green mask is mysteriously calling out to her, and ugly green masks don't like to be ignored. If Carly Beth survives the night, even a scary theme park might sound like a vacation. Or maybe not! At HorrorLand, every night is Halloween. And those monster masks? They aren't masks at all.

It's Peppa Pig's birthday! Peppa invites her friends to a very special birthday party, complete with a magic show by The Amazing Mysterio -- also known as Daddy Pig. Find out what birthday surprises are in store for Peppa! Based on the hit TV show on Nick Jr.!

It's business as usual in the run up to Christmas at Santa's Workshop - and toy elves Holly and Tog are busy making gifts for children all around the world. But Father Christmas isn't feeling well, and Holly is worried that things won't be finished on time. Inventing a robot to help out with festive duties seems like a fantastic idea, until Father Christmas is KIDNAPPED and a race against time to save him and the big day begins.

Kids see popular holidays marked on the calendar, but do they know why the days have special status? This series offers beginning book explorers first looks at major celebrations linked to seasons, faiths, and people groups. Fun and meaningful traditions get prime attention. This volume includes Christmas, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, and Thanksgiving.

Kids see popular holidays marked on the calendar, but do they know why the days have special status? This series offers beginning book explorers first looks at major celebrations linked to seasons, faiths, and people groups. Fun and meaningful traditions get prime attention. This volume includes Diwali, Easter, Hanukkah, and Chinese New Year.

It is Olivia’s birthday, and when she blows out the candles on her cake and makes a wish, she gets exactly what she wanted—SNOW, SNOW, and MORE SNOW, even though it’s summertime. All that snow leads to too much trouble, though, so Olivia’s parents bake her another cake so she can make a new wish that will get rid of it. But when that wish, and the next one, and the next one lead to even more trouble, what will Olivia do to solve it? Wait and see!

This audiobook briefly discusses the history and customs connected to the celebration of St. Patrick's Day.

Weird things are happening in Stick Dog’s snow-covered neighborhood. Strangely shaped pinecones hang from trees. Humans sing merry songs all over town. And an odd man is making a list and checking it twice. Mutt, Karen, Stripes, and Poo-Poo have tons of questions. And for the first time, Stick Dog doesn’t have answers. But their good friend Lucy does. So when the dogs learn all about Santa Claus, their hilarious quest to celebrate the holiday begins.

Stick Dog and the gang are on their usual hunt for food, but there is something unusual going on. Little humans are dressed up as creepy witches and spooky ghosts, all carrying big orange buckets!