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A joyful Christmas, a treasury of new and classic songs, poems, and stories for the holiday, compiled and illustrated by James E. Ransome

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non fiction

A joyful Christmas

428895703

compiled and illustrated by James E. Ransome

a treasury of new and classic songs, poems, and stories for the holiday

"Filled with new and beloved poems, stories, songs, and more, here is a beautiful collection of prose and verse that celebrates the Christmas season. You'll find the classics here, such asSilent Night, Deck the Halls, andThe Twelve Days of Christmas, as well as new stories by the talents of Pam Munoz Ryan, Joseph Bruchac, Katherine Paterson, Nancy Willard, and others. This evocative treasury depicts the holiday season in all its warmth and glory."--Jacket

A time of angels / Joyce Hansen ; Silent night / Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber ; The friendly beasts (traditional) ; Maybe in Bethlehem / M. Hillert ; A carol for the shepherds / Nancy Willard ; The blind ox / Tony Johnston ; We three kings of orient are / John Henry Hopkins ; What you gonna name that pretty little baby (spiritual) ; What can I give him / Christina Rossetti ; Long, long ago ; There was no snow on Christmas Eve / Pam Muñoz Ryan ; On a Christmas night / Langston Hughes ; Joy to the world / Isaac Watts, George Frideric Handel ; History of Christmas / Deborah Hopkinson -- December / Aileen Fisher ; How I know / Margaret Hillert ; We wish you a merry Christmas (trad.) ; Visit from Saint Nicholas / Clement C. Moore ; Dear Santa / Heidi E.Y. Stemple ; Jingle Bells / James Pierpont ; Christmas Eve at Indian Lake / Joseph Bruchac ; Once there was a snowman ; Day before Christmas / Marchette Chute ; Christmas gift / M. Hillert ; A Christmas gift / Cedric Williams ; Twelve days of Christmas (trad.) ; Ms. MacAdoo's Christmas guests / Gloria Houston ; Deck the halls (trad.) ; Christmas in a shoebox / Ella Joyce Stewart ; Miracle at midnight / Katherine Paterson