It’s 1980-something and all nine-year-old Jake Doyle wants for Christmas is a Nintendo Entertainment System. No Jose Canseco rookie card, no GI Joe hovercraft, no Teddy friggin’ Ruxpin-just Nintendo. But when a hyperactive Shih Tzu is accidentally crushed to death by a forty-two-inch television set and every parent in town blames Nintendo, it’s up to…

As soon as the bells stop ringing, I1m going to carry you home to your mother, back up to the Mountain Dragon’s castle . . . Mimi and the Mountain Dragon is a beautifully poignant and atmospheric Christmas story from War Horse author Michael Morpurgo and illustrated by Helen Stephens, the talent behind How to…

She’s out to save her town from a real-life Scrooge… The small town of Miller’s Point is known across the country for their annual Dickensian Christmas festival. When the celebration is threatened by Clark Woodward, a miserly, big-city businessman, Kate Buckner steps up to save her hometown, their traditions, and her favorite holiday. But, along…

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Christmas Holiday Novel

The Possum King is set in the fictional town of Clayton, South Carolina, in 1974. The story revolves around the Bishop family as they await the return of family patriarch Frank Bishop, a career soldier who has been away at war in Vietnam. The story is told from the point of view of fourteen-year-old Marcus…

“Fill your home with beautiful aromas. Have you ever noticed how a single whiff of a familiar fragrance has the power to carry you instantly back to your childhood?” One of America’s best-loved artists, Thomas Kinkade is known as the “Painter of Light.” In his new book Family Traditions, Kinkade’s beautiful paintings complement his own…