Catalogue Page for Christmas Stories
The Wooden Horse
The dolls have great fun when Santa delivers a wooden horse for Christmas.
By Johnny Gruelle
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Christmas, Classic, Fantasy, Illustrated, Original Animals: Horse Reading time: 05 - 10 minsThe Fairy Christmas
Toddy and Tita learn about the meaning of Christmas when a poor boy shows up on their doorstep.
By Etheldred B. Barry
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Christmas, Illustrated, Instructional Reading time: 01 - 05 minsThe Santa Flower
When the annual Santa Flower doesn’t bloom properly, everyone is worried. Then Annika gets a visit from a famous reindeer and takes a magical trip to the North Pole. Can she help Santa and save Christmas?
By Brian Martin
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Christmas, Modern, Original Animals: Reindeer Reading time: 05 - 10 mins, 10 - 15 minsNaughty Noel
It’s not easy for Noel being the son of Santa, especially when he’s the naughtiest kid in the North Pole.
By Nathan Oser
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Christmas, Illustrated, Modern, Original Reading time: 10 - 15 mins
The Heart of Christmas
It’s Christmas-time, and Santa is tired – too tired to visit all the children of the world. Who can he possibly find to take his place? Can he find someone who understands what it takes to be Santa – who understands the heart of Christmas?
By Brendan Farrell
Age range: 6 to 8 Tags: Christmas, Modern, Original Animals: Bird, Robin Reading time: 05 - 10 mins, 10 - 15 minsThe Night After Christmas
In this poem also by Clement Clarke Moore, we hear about a different visitor on the night AFTER Christmas!
By Clement Clarke Moore
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Christmas, Classic, Funny, Illustrated, Poem Reading time: 01 - 05 minsThe Seagull who couldn’t fly
Flying was impossible for Sammy Seagull. His wings would just not open!
Last to leave his safe nest he had to find food and shelter before Christmas. Does he manage to do this?
By Ann Lang
Tags: Christmas, Illustrated, Modern, Original Animals: Bird, Seagull Reading time: 05 - 10 minsA Christmas Fairy
When Bertie finds out that his friend Tom will be alone for Christmas, he invites him home. But when Bertie’s own plans get disrupted, he learns that a kindness is never wasted.
By John Strange Winter
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Christmas, Instructional, Original Reading time: 05 - 10 minsA Child of Light
A re-telling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Matchseller set in modern times. It is the story of a child without a family who finds an older woman living on the streets and befriends her on Christmas Eve.
By Jan Fenimore
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12, Teen Tags: Christmas, Classic, Modern, Original Reading time: 05 - 10 mins‘Twas the night before Christmas
The famous poem by Clement Clarke Moore about one Christmas eve and the arrival of you-know-who down the chimney.
