Tag Archives: Advent

Richterkessing – Time of Christmas

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Richterkessing

Personal Author:
Richterkessing, Sue.
Title:
The time of Christmas / written by Suzanne Richterkessing ; illustrated by Susan Morris.
Publication info:
Appleton, WI : Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, c2005.
Physical description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
General Note:
“22361A N7-05″–Cover p. [4].
General Note:
“Mouse Prints journey through the church year.”
Subject term:
Advent–Fiction.
Subject term:
Epiphany–Fiction.
Subject term:
Mice–Fiction.
Subject term:
Christmas–Fiction.

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Hochstatter – Sammy’s Tree-Mendous Christmas Adventure

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J263.91 S

Personal Author:

Hochstatter, Daniel J.

Title:

Sammy’s tree-mendous Christmas adventure : finding the true meaning of Christmas / by Daniel J. Hochstatter.

Publication info:

Nashville TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, c1993.

Physical description:

unpaged: col. ill.

Summary:

A shepherd boy describes how his family celebrates Christmas and recounts Bible stories about the birth of Jesus. The reader is challenged to find a lamb and other things in the illustrations.

Personal subject:

Jesus Christ–Nativity–Juvenile literature.

Subject term:

Bible stories–N.T.—Juvenile literature.

Subject term:

Christmas–Juvenile literature.

Subject term:

Picture puzzles–Juvenile literature.

ISBN:

0840792344

Tags:

activities, Advent, Bible stories, children, Christmas, Holiday: Christmas, juvenile, puzzles, seek and find

 

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Greene – Waiting for Christmas

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J263.91G

Greene

Personal Author:

Greene, Carol

Title:

Waiting for Christmas: Stories and Activities for Advent / by Carol Greene.  Illustrated by Elizabeth Swisher.

Publication info:

Minneapolis, MN:  Augsburg Publishing House, c1987

Physical description:

32 p.:  col. ill.

Summary:

A collection of stories, activities, prayers, poems, and songs for use during Advent, the time of waiting before the celebration of Christ’s birth at Christmas.

Subject term:

Advent—Stories & Activities—Juvenile literature.

ISBN:

0806622644

Tags:

activities, advent, children, Christmas,  family time, poetry, prayers, songs

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Wangerin – Probity Jones and the fear not angel

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Wangerin

Personal Author:
Wangerin, Walter.
Title:
Probity Jones and the fear not angel / written by Walter Wangerin, Jr. ; illustrated by Tim Ladwig.
Publication info:
Minneapolis : Augsburg, c1996.
Physical description:
32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Summary:
Probity Jones is too sick to take her role in the Christmas pageant and her new jacket was stolen by some tough kids.  Her mother is too poor to buy another one. After the family leaves for the pageant, she is alone, miserable her part as the angel who tells Mary to “fear not” will be played by someone else.  To her amazement, a real angel appears at the window, wraps Probity in her soft shawl, and whisks her to the scene of the Nativity pageant, where she can appreciate her brother’s performance, and then flies her up to the heavenly host before bringing her back home. Did the angel really come? Probity has the shawl to prove it.
Personal subject:
Jesus Christ–Nativity–Juvenile fiction.
Subject term:
Angels–Juvenile fiction.
Subject term:
African Americans–Juvenile fiction.
Added Entry-Personal Name:
Ladwig, Tim.
ISBN:
0806629924 (alk. paper)

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Facklam – Only a star

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Facklam

Personal Author:Facklam, Margery.

Title:Only a star / written by Margery Facklam ; illustrated by Nancy Carpenter.

Publication info:Grand Rapids, MI : William B. Eerdmans, c1996.

Physical description:1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Summary:A poem describing the star that was present at the first Christmas.

Personal subject:Jesus Christ–Nativity–Juvenile poetry.

Subject term:Star of Bethlehem–Juvenile poetry.

Subject term:American poetry–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:Children’s poetry, American.

Subject term:Christmas poetry.

Added Entry-Personal Name:Carpenter, Nancy.ISBN:0802851223

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Berger – Donkey’s dream

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Berger

Personal Author:

Berger, Barbara, 1945 Mar. 1-

Title:

The donkey’s dream / by Barbara Helen Berger.

Publication info:

New York : Philomel Books, c1985.

Physical description:

32 p. : col. ill.

Summary:

A donkey has fantastic dreams while crossing the desert, and at the end of the day the lady who has been riding on his back gives birth in a cave to a very special baby, the baby Jesus.

Personal subject:

Jesus Christ–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Children’s stories, American.

Subject term:

Donkeys–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Dreams–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

0399212337

Tags:

Advent, children’s, children’s literature, Christmas, donkeys, dreams, holidays, Jesus, Mary, Nativity, nativity story, picture book, religion, solstice, spiritual

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Wilner – B is for Bethlehem

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Wilner

Personal Author:

Wilner, Isabel.

Title:

B is for Bethlehem : a Christmas alphabet / by Isabel Wilner ; illustrated by Elisa Kleven.

Publication info:

New York : Dutton Children’s Books, c1990.

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.

Summary:

Rhyming verses introduce the letters of the alphabet and the events surrounding the birth of Jesus.

Personal subject:

Jesus Christ–Nativity–Juvenile poetry.

Subject term:

Children’s poetry, American.

Subject term:

Christmas poetry.

Subject term:

Alphabet rhymes–Juvenile literature.

ISBN:

0525446222

Tags:

ABC, Advent, alphabet, alphabet book, children, children’s, Christian, Christmas, holidays, Nativity, picture book, preschool, primary, religion, religious

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Logan – Jesse tree activity book

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J263.91L

Logan

Author: Logan, Anna.

Title: The Jesse tree activity book / by Anna Logan and illus. by Ed Koehler.

Publisher: St. Louis, MO : Concordia Publishing House, c1991.

unpaged : col. illus.

ISBN: 057003197X.

Subject: Christmas–Activities–Juvenile Literature.

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Tazewell – Littlest angel

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Tazewell

Personal Author:
Tazewell, Charles.
Title:
The littlest angel / by Charles Tazewell ; illustrated by Paul Micich.
Publication info:
Nashville, Tenn. : Ideals Children’s Books, c1991.
Physical description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Summary:
The classic 1946 tale of a little angel’s difficult adjustment to heavenly life until the birth of Jesus.
Subject term:
Angels–Juvenile fiction.
Added author:
Micich, Paul.
ISBN:
0824985168

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L’Engle – Twenty-four days before Christmas

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L’Engle

Personal Author:
L’Engle, Madeleine.
Title:
The twenty-four days before Christmas : an Austin family story / Madeleine L’Engle ; illustrated by Joe DeVelasco.
Variant title:
24 days before Christmas
Publication info:
Wheaton, Ill. : H. Shaw Publishers, c1984.
Physical description:
48 p. : ill.
Summary:  Vicky Austin’s family does one special thing each day of December to prepare for Christmas. This year, they’re also preparing for the birth of a new brother or sister, due after the New Year. Vicky is worried that the baby will come early—what kind of Christmas Eve would it be without Mother to help them hang up stockings and sing everyone to sleep with carols?  At the same time seven-year-old Vicky prepares for her role as an angel in the Christmas Pageant.  This classic story of an old-fashioned Christmas is accompanied by merry illustrations by Jill Weber.
Subject term:
Children’s stories, American.
Subject term:
Families–Juvenile fiction.
ISBN:
0877888434 : 8.95

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