Catalogue Page for Christmas Stories
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.
By Clement Clarke Moore
Age range: 0 to 2, 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12, Teen Tags: Christmas, Classic, Illustrated, Poem Animals: Reindeer Reading time: 01 - 05 minsRudolph the red-nosed reindeer

Dulce Rodrigues explains the history of the famous story about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all and retells it in her own words.
By Dulce Rodrigues
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Christmas, Classic, True Animals: Reindeer Reading time: 01 - 05 minsThe Christmas Visitor

A family put up a stranded stranger and discover the true meaning of Christmas.
By Sharon Krager
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Christmas, Modern, Original Reading time: 05 - 10 minsSanta’s Helpers

Santa has left for the day and left the elves in charge. But when the wolves come for the reindeer, can little Billy Bo-Bo save the day?