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Holiday
Specially selected from the rich Golden Books archives on the eve of the company's 65th anniversary comes this charming coloring book that evokes the simple joys of Easters gone by. The sweet vintage images, delicate flocking on the cover, and die-cut handle will be sure to delight consumers and collectors of Golden Books.
Just in time for Christmas--Busy, Busy Elves joins the popular Sticker Stories series. The busy elves are up to their little ears helping Santa get ready for his big sleigh ride. Readers can help out, too, using more than 75 full-color stickers just right for the holiday season.
Scenes from Clement Moore's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas inspire twelve elegant and fascinating compositions where readers search for dozens of intriguing hidden objects.The first photograph, The Night Before Christmas, features a gingerbread house, Christmas cookies, candles, bulbs, and more. Visions of Sugarplums is an abstract composition of Christmas confections; and Such a Clatter! is a dynamic explosion of objects. In It Must Be Saint Nick, Santa is shown in shadow; and in A Bundle of Toys, the presents in Santa's sack are revealed as a magnificent jumble. The final photograph, Happy Christmas to All is a beautiful, pastoral landscape, lustrous under new-fallen snow. The original poem is printed on the endpapers. Can You See What
Meet Felicity Witch.
For her entire life Felicity has wanted to turn herself into a cat. But witches may only perform this particular spell when they are 263 years old. Finally (finally) the magical day arrives--Felicity Witch's 263rd birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Poof!
Now Felicity has a sleek coat and a long, graceful tail. She has a soft nose and speedy paws! Felicity loves being a cat. Will she ever be happy as her ordinary witchy self again?
Meow
O! Little Town of Cat Mayhem, what mischiefs among you lie? With a brand-new cover and all the favorite Christmas carols rewritten from the feline point of view, there's plenty of mischief here. Forget peace on earth, forget good will toward men, and discover the true meaning of Christmas: Wreck the Halls, The First Meow, Collar Bells, and more. Each song is accompanied by a playful illustration, and all are familiar tunes, so it's easy to sing along. Selling over a quarter of a million copies to date, Catmas Carols remains the perfect stocking stuffer for cat lovers and caterwaulers alike.
The most celebrated holiday in the Jewish year, Passover commemorates the Exodus of Hebrew slaves from Egypt to freedom over 3,500 years ago. This colorful book explores the many forms that this weeklong celebration takes worldwide. Deborah Heiligman's rich text details the long lavish meals called seders, at which Exodus is recalled in ritual, prayer, song, and story. The historical significance of the food at these Passover feasts is also explained, and delicious recipes encourage readers to experience the full flavors of this internationally observed holiday. Rabbi Shira Stern's informative note provides parents and teachers with a historical and cultural background of the celebration of Passover. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visitâ www.natgeoed.org/commoncoreâ for more information.
Thanksgiving is the original American holiday. When the Pilgrims sat down to give thanks for the hard-won bounty of their new world, they continued a Native American tradition that would become a focal point in the calendar of all generations of Americans to come. The author relates this holiday to the harvest festivals celebrated by thankful believers of many faiths all over the globe. The book's stunning pictures show the celebration in its historical and cultural aspects, and the back matter contains a delicious Thanksgiving recipe, a glossary, and a useful list of holiday references and resources. Dr. Elizabeth Pleck gives readers, parents, and teachers an historical and cultural background to this unique American tradition in her informative note. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
Celebrate the eight nights of Chanukah with the Shammash Bug, the Dizzy Dreidel Bug, and many others. Bugs fans of all ages will get in the spirit and join in the fun with this new holiday pop-up!
A great miracle happened...and now it is time for a great celebration. A CHANUKAH PRESENT FOR: ME! is a playful holiday format that mimics a wrapped gift box. With glitter flocking and an embossed bow, this simple story highlights the most popular Chanukah icons and traditions. From the menorah to latkes to chocolate gelt, A CHANUKAH PRESENT FOR: ME! is the gift that keeps on giving.
In this beloved classic for the whole family, Charlie Brown has to prepare an entire Thanksgiving meal before time runs out! Featuring the antics of Snoopy, Woodstock, Sally, Peppermint Patty, and the rest of the Peanuts(R) gang, this special collector's Miniature Edition, based on the beloved holiday television special, is the perfect kickoff to the holiday season.
This Thanksgiving, be grateful you can take home the entire PEANUTS gang in the timeless classic A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Based on the television special celebrating its 35th Anniversary, Charlie Brown and his friends are back in this loveable story as they search to find out what puts the "thanks" in Thanksgiving. Let your little ones add to the story with stickers and paper dolls to re-create each scene.
One of the grand annual events in Chicago's history is the spectacular Christmas Parade on State Street. Filled with pageantry, these parades showcase amazing floats and displays, often featuring local VIPs along with Hollywood stars. In this companion to Christmas on State Street: The 1940s and Beyond, Robert P. Ledermann continues his celebration of Christmas in Chicago. Over 200 photographs, including 16 pages of full color, lead you on a wonderful trip down memory lane; you will also share the recollections of many famous personalities who participated in the parade. Crowds viewed the famous windows at Marshall Field's and Carson's while awaiting the parade; complete sets of those windows are featured here. Finally, Chicago can be cold in the winter, so to warm up we'll stop in at Miller's Pub and the Berghoff Restaurant.
Inspiring pop-ups from Sabuda's bestselling pop-up book The Christmas Alphabet beautifully form the word Christmas in this stocking-stuffer sized book.
"The Christmas Almanack" is the ultimate guide to celebrating a traditional Christmas. Here in one keepsake volume are all the Christmas essentials: recipes, sheet music, decorating tips, international traditions, poems, and more. This is the big book that families will pull off the shelf every year to satisfy all their Christmas trivia whims--from saying "Merry Christmas" in 30 languages, to cooking Christmas pudding, to playing and singing "The First Noel." The back of the book features a section in which families can record their own unique traditions.
-Newly updated to include sheet music, new recipes, decorating tips, international customs, trivia, and more.
-Perfect keepsake for families.
-Features a beautiful interior with old-fashioned type and illustrations.
-Newly updated to include sheet music, new recipes, decorating tips, international customs, trivia, and more.
-Perfect keepsake for families.
-Features a beautiful interior with old-fashioned type and illustrations.
Look who's getting ready for Christmas! Kids can join the fun, using these 75 full-color, resuable stickers of Christmas trees, cookies, presents, and ornaments to help different families get ready for Christmas in their own special ways.
Sublime and ridiculous, sentimental and searing, Christmas at The New Yorker is a gift of great writing and drawing by literary legends and laugh-out-loud cartoonists. Foreword by John Updike.
A wealthy and depressed man bound for Christmas in Hawaii is abruptly summoned home to North Dakota. He arrives just in time to be trapped there by a blizzard. During his stay, he reaches an epiphany worthy of the season and resolves to simplify his life.