Classic Christmas stories : 14 stories

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"An anthology of fourteen Christmas stories, both previously published and newly commissioned, by such authors as Louisa May Alcott and William Dean Howells, and illustrated by such artists as Anna C. Leplar and Paolo D'Altan." -provided by publisher.

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ISBN:

9780753479896
9780753478950

Description:

144 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Kingfisher book of classic Christmas stories

Notes:

Previously published as: The Kingfisher book of classic Christmas stories. Boston : Kingfisher, 2004

Contents:

Foreword / by Ian Whybrow
The first Christmas / by Anne Adeney ; with illustrations by Richard Johnson
Old Pierre's Christmas visitors : a French legend / by Fiona Waters ; with illustrations by Paul Hess
The elves and the shoemaker : a German fairy tale / by the Brothers Grimm ; with illustrations by Helen Cann
A very big cat : a Norse legend / by Nora Clarke ; with illustrations by Anna C. Leplar
Becky's Christmas dream / by Louisa May Alcott ; with illustrations by Greg Becker
The nutcracker / by Antonia Barber ; with illustrations by Olwyn Whelan
Christmas every day / by William Dean Howells ; with illustrations by Alastair Graham
The Cratchits' Christmas dinner : (from A Christmas carol) / by Charles Dickens ; with illustrations by Susan Hellard
Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas basket / by L.M. Montgomery ; with illustrations by Suzanna Hubbard
Christmas at Mole End : (from The wind in the willows) / by Kenneth Grahame ; with illustrations by Georgina McBain
A gift from the heart : a Mexican legend / by Saviour Pirotta ; with illustrations by Claire Henley
The legend of St. Nicholas : a Dutch tale / by Ann Pilling ; with illustrations by Sharon Williams
Befana and the three wise men : an Italian legend / by Vivian French ; with illustrations by Paolo D'Altan
The fir tree : a Scandinavian fairy tale / by Hans Christian Andersen ; retold by Jenny Koralek ; with illustrations by Martin Irish

LCCN:

2004007504

Control Number:

3224149

Other Authors:

Whybrow, Ian, compiler, writer of foreword

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