Christmas Children Fiction

Wish it could be Christmas every day? Well, for nine-year-old Holly Carroll and her family, it is! Living her merriest life in a house with year-round fairy lights and Christmas trees, a carol-singing toilet and a diva donkey who thinks he’s a reindeer, home-schooled Holly tries to spread cheer wherever she goes. But when she goes to a new school with a singing Santa backpack and first-day Christmas cards (during a heatwave in September!), she realises not everyone shares her enthusiasm for spreading cheer.

Georgie has waited for this moment her whole life—to dance the part of Clara in The Nutcracker ballet. And when she finally gets the part, it's like a dream come true. . . . Literally. Every time Georgie dances with the Nutcracker doll, she leaves the ballet studio and enters a world where everything around her—the old wooden furniture, the Christmas tree, the carefully wrapped presents—is larger than life. It's so magical, Georgie can't wait to return again and again. Then the Nutcracker's magic seeps into the real world, putting Georgie's friend in danger.

When a group of short construction workers begins building a school playground, Lisa begins to suspect that they are really Christmas elves, but Melody and Howie think Lisa has an overactive imagination.

The Mouse King is up to some very sneaky shenanigans. The night before Christmas, he steals the key to the Kingdom of Sweets and sets out to cause as much festive mayhem as he can! Clara and Fritz Strudel, and their new friend the Nutcracker, are the only ones who can stop him. But when a magical curse is put on Fritz, it's a race against time to make it to the Kingdom of Sweets and find the Sugar Plum Fairy – the only one who can break the spell!

Christmas is coming, and Olivia is incredibly busy. She has to wait for Santa, make sure dad sets up the tree, wait for Santa, watch mom make the Christmas dinner, wait for Santa, oversee the care with which the stockings are hung and, of course, OPEN HER PRESENTS! Do you see how hard it is to be so helpful during the holidays! A lovingly-told Olivia Helps With Christmas is the perfect stuffing for any stocking, and the newest star atop the Olivia series.

Sapin turlupin! C'est le 1er décembre et voilà que les premières lettres arrivent déjà au pôle Nord. Il est grand temps pour le père Noël, la mère Noël, les lutins et les rennes de mettre en branle les préparatifs pour la grande fête de Noël. Tous les jours, à partir du 1er décembre jusqu'à la veille de Noël, les enfants pourront lire une courte histoire qui les entraînera dans les coulisses de l'atelier de jouets du père Noël.

Magic. Mystery. Time-travel. Join Jack, Annie and the Magic Tree House in this historical holiday story that puts a twist on Charles Dicken's classic The Christmas Carol. Jack and Annie must help the famous writer Charles Dickens! The brother and sister are whisked back in time to Victorian England and the foggy streets of London. There, Jack and Annie discover that Charles Dickens has been thrown in jail! How can they help him? They will need all their magic-and help from three ghosts-to keep the great writer from ruining his life!

You've been waiting all year long, and now it's finally Christmas Eve! Is this the year you'll finally catch an elf? Start a new Christmas tradition with this hilarious children's book from the creators of the New York Times best seller How to Catch a Leprechaun! This funny story is sure to become an instant classic, beloved by parents and children for many holidays to come!

A.J. and the gang from My Weird School star in this series of after-school, holiday-themed chapter audiobooks featuring brand-new hilarious stories and games, puzzles, and more. It's Christmas, and you know what that means! Santa Claus is coming to town! Or at least to the local mall. But what happens when kid rapper Cray-Z gives a Christmas concert at the same mall and all his fans go bananas? One thing's for sure - if A.J. and his friends from Ella Mentry School want to save the day, they will need a Christmas miracle.

Der Dezember naht - und für Petronella Apfelmus und ihre Freunde beginnen die Vorbereitungen für das Weihnachtsfest. Wie freut sich die Apfelhexe, als der Poststorch ihr einen magischen Adventskalender bringt, denn hinter seinen Türchen verbirgt sich so manche Überraschung! Auch Lea und Luis sind schon mächtig in Weihnachtsstimmung: Mit ihrer Klasse bereiten sie eine große Aufführung vor.

Leo LOVES Christmas. And this Christmas needs to be absolutely perfect, because it’s the first one without Mum. Only it all keeps going wrong! The fairylights are in a tangle, the tree’s wonky and the Christmas biscuits taste AWFUL. Soon Leo decides he’s had enough – he makes a heartfelt wish that it would all GO AWAY. Then Leo wakes up on Christmas morning – and it’s gone!! All of Christmas! But Leo isn’t going to let it get away that easily. With the help of his best friends, Prisha and Ivan, he sets out on a mission to undo his wish and get Christmas back.

In a quaint village, a hard-working farmer named Thomas becomes enraged when a crow named Cawley steals food from his storage on Christmas Eve. He captures and cages the crow, but his compassionate 13-year-old son, Sam, secretly sets her free. Thomas discovers this and, in a fit of anger, scolds Sam harshly. Heartbroken, Sam runs away, unaware of the severe winter storm approaching.

'Twas the night before Christmas. Ebenezer Scrooge was alone, when suddenly he heard a ghostly moan. A ghost it was, took him back to the past, then to the present and future days in hope that Scrooge would mend his ways.

George and his father are about to spend their third Christmas without George's mother. Since she died, Hugo Bishop has thrown himself into his work and has no time for George - and he definitely has no time for Christmas. It feels like they're living life in black and white. Then, George stumbles across Marley's Curiosity Shop. There he finds a mysterious snow globe, which - though George can't quite understand how - appears to show a scene from George's past. A Christmas in which he and his family were together and happy.

Princess Angelina and Prince Charlie the Cat holidays adventure at Gingerbread Land!

The Christmas Stories by Washington Irving is a delightful collection that brings together the timeless holiday tales penned by the acclaimed American author Washington Irving. This anthology includes some of Irving's most cherished stories, including Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, The Christmas Dinner, and more. Washington Irving, known for his masterful storytelling, invites listeners into the heart of Christmas celebrations in 19th-century America. Through his vivid descriptions and memorable characters, Irving captures the warmth, joy, and festive spirit of the holiday season.

Ten-year-old Carmen settles into her new home in Ettrick, Virginia. It's Christmas and Carmen has a problem: she's bored and conspires against her parents to have a "free day" at the mall without them. A subplot in the story involves adopted brother, Clay, as he continues to wonder about his real parents, and Carmen decides to help him dig into his past. Will her parents find out about their schemes?

This is a story of an Oklahoma family of four visiting their relatives, also a family of four, in Manhattan, New York. A real family adventure, but it is really all about the kids, Ted and Emma, who live in Manhattan and Pete and Annie, twins who visit from Oklahoma. The kids are having great fun. Ted and Emma visit Santa during their mom’s last-minute Christmas shopping, the four children make a wreath and decorating Christmas stockings, a little suspense around the Christmas tree - will there indeed be a Christmas tree, or will they have to forfeit one?

"Новогодняя классика" — это, пожалуй, самые известные и самые любимые рассказы и повести, написанные зарубежными и русскими писателями в жанре святочного рассказа. "Щелкунчик и мышиный король" Э. Т. А. Гофмана и "Ночь перед Рождеством Н. Гоголя, "Девочка со спичками" Г. Х. Андерсена и "Жемчужное ожерелье" Н. Лескова, "Дары волхвов" О. Генри и "Чук и Гек" А. Гайдара... Сказки и были об ожидании чуда в самую волшебную ночь.

On Christmas Eve night, a family has set out cookies and milk for a special visitor while a delightful winter cityscape dazzles outside. Though a city never quite sleeps, the family inside—including the cat—are all snuggled up tight. But when a clatter wakes up one child and they glimpse St. Nick’s sleigh and eight reindeer from the window a magical meeting occurs.