Christmas Children Fiction

It's Christmas Eve, and Theo - left at home with a babysitter - sees an odd-looking star out of his window and decides to make a wish. He wishes that he had some friends to keep him company. Moments later the Christmas decorations begin to disentangle themselves from the tree behind him, ready to wreak a little havoc.... Written with generous helpings of warmth and humour, this is a story about treasuring the people and values that really matter at this time of year.

Plongez dans la tradition et la magie de Noël. Les conteuses de la Maison des Contes et des Histoires vous délivrent une interprétation enchanteresse et très vivante de quatre contes.

When a snowstorm strands her at a hundred-year-old inn, Sloan Hanson's holiday season gets off to a rocky start. Especially when the innkeeper happens to be her former best friend and the guy who broke her heart in two like an overbaked sugar cookie.

Bienvenue à Jutelandmökk ! L'endroit où décembre rime avec fête et où l'esprit de Noël y est plus forte que nulle part ailleurs. Sauf que cette année, rien n'est comme d'habitude. Où est-donc passée la magie de Noël ? Liam, Marius, Abby et Cléo sont persuadés : quelqu’un est derrière tout ça... À eux de sauver Noël et de ramener la magie dans leur village !

North Korea has sworn to stop christmas and there is only one man who can stop them...Santa Claus.

Sierra's family runs a Christmas tree farm in Oregon - it's a bucolic setting for a girl to grow up in, except that every year they pack up and move to California to set up their Christmas tree lot for the season. So Sierra lives two lives: her life in Oregon and her life at Christmas. And leaving one always means missing the other. Until this particular Christmas, when Sierra meets Caleb, and one life eclipses the other.

Single mom Lexie Bell hopes to make this first Christmas in their new home special for her six-year-old son, Brock. Festive lights and homemade fudge, check. Friendly neighbors? Uh, no. Stanley Mann lost his Christmas spirit when he lost his wife and he sees no point in looking for it. Until she shows up in his dreams and informs him it's time to ditch his scroogey attitude. Stanley digs in his heels, but she's determined to haunt him until he wakes up and rediscovers the joys of the season. He can start by being a little more neighborly to the single mom next door.

Fritz is an excellent reindeer, except for one small problem: He has gas. And leading up to the big day, Santa must choose his Christmas crew. Will Fritz make the team? Join Fritz in a new Christmas adventure that will be cherished for years to come.

This delightful collection of Christmas stories includes the full-cast dramatization of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS DAY, and the holiday favorites THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL, ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, and THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER.

Renouant avec l'une de nos plus anciennes traditions, celle de l'Avent, l'Histoire de Noël relate au jour le jour l'aventure de la naissance de Jésus. La comtesse de Ségur raconte le mystère de la Nativité depuis l'apparition de l'Ange Gabriel à Marie jusqu'au miracle de la naissance de Jésus, en passant par l'étonnant voyage des Rois mages. Cette Histoire de Noël en 24 épisodes, est animée par huit voix et accompagnée de près de quarante morceaux de musique classique. Elle s'écoute à partir du 1er décembre puis chaque jour jusqu'à la veille de Noël.

Humbug! On a cobblestone street in London, on a cold Christmas Eve, the wealthy, greedy Ebenezer Scrooge is staying late at work at his “counting-house,” keeping his clerk, poor Bob Cratchit, busy and cold and away from his family. But little does Scrooge know that his old business partner, Jacob Marley—dead for seven years—is about to pay him a ghostly visit! His intention: to warn Scrooge that three spirits, the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future, will be soon coming to see him, in order to convince him to change his ways before it’s too late!

From malevolent snowmen to Father Christmas - with a difference - Chris Priestley is on absolute top form with these seven atmospheric, clever, and thoroughly chilling stories. Add a new kind of thrill to the fluffiest of seasons with these brilliantly conceived examples of why you'd better be good at Christmas time. These perfectly formed festive tales of terror - "The Green Man", "The Musical Box", "The Snowman", "Frost", "In the Bleak Midwinter", "Soot", and "The Last Present" - each have a gripping yarn and genius twist. Singing carols may never seem quite the same again - especially after dark....

Hoffmann's stories are imaginative, wise, and educational, just how children's stories are supposed to be. Some of his characters instill fear, while others overcome it and continue towards their goal in the surreal world of this great storyteller. Hoffmann's world will awaken the imagination of your child.

Long ago in London Town, at a time when the muffin man's cries began the day and the lamplighter ushered in the night, two young orphans lived together in the bleak, cold shelter of a public workhouse.

Mais elle montre aussi aux enfants qu’au cœur de l’histoire de Noël, il y a une excellente nouvelle qui mérite d’être chantée et annoncée partout : le Fils de Dieu, Jésus, est né pour que nous puissions être amis avec Dieu pour toujours !

Un conte inédit écrit et interprété par Marlène Jobert, avec la participation exceptionnelle de Eva Green ! Illustré avec brio par Frédéric Pillot, ce récit pétillant nous transporte dans un univers féérique où se côtoient sorcellerie et magie... Ce soir, c'est Noël, la fête la plus belle, la plus magique de l'année pour les enfants ! Oui mais voilà, les sorcières de la rue des Tempêtes, comme toutes les sorcières, détestent les enfants. Un jour comme aujourd'hui, où ils sont si joyeux et excités, a de quoi les faire bouillonner de rage.

From tales of hot roasted chestnuts to shared gifts and falling snow, celebrate the festive season with these short stories by Enid Blyton. These traditional tales are ideal for younger children and each story stands alone and is the perfect length for listening at bedtime or in the classroom.

O. Henry wrote many stories, but this, the story of two "ultimate gifts", is his most famous.

Hollywood starlet Tia Beckett knows one moment can change your life. Her career had been on the fast track before a near-fatal accident left her with a debilitating facial scar. Certain her A-lister dreams are over, she agrees to house-sit at her producer’s secluded estate in Silver Springs. It’s the escape from the limelight Tia’s been craving, until she discovers she’s not the only houseguest for the holidays. And her handsome new roomie is impossible to ignore.

The tinsel is up in the bakery, the lights are twinkling and the mince pies are sold out. It's Christmas Eve! Greg the Sausage Roll is so excited he could burst. And when he's scooped up as a last-minute treat for Santa, he's catapulted into a magical festive caper beyond his wildest dreams. Hold on tight for a spectacular sausage roll-er coaster of an adventure!