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Holiday reading - Stories, poems and books to seek out at the library or your favorite book store : 'Christmas Wolf'  by Claude Aubry (1965), a tale of a Christmas Eve conversion, translated from 'Le Loup de Noel'. The Animals' Christmas, an anthology of  poems, carols, and stories, collected by Anne Thaxter Eaton (1881-1971), American author, Columbia University librarian and book reviewer. Welcome Christmas! more poems from Anne Thaxter Eaton 'Prairie Christmas' essay by Paul Hamilton Engle (1908-91) American writer, English professor at University of Iowa An Old Fashioned Christmas poetry and essays also from Paul Hamilton Engle 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' (1957) story by Theodor Seuss Geisel better known as Dr. Seuss (1904-91) special Pulitzer prize winner for "special contribution over nearly half a century to the education and enjoyment of America's children and their parents" author of 'Thidwick, the Big-Hearted Moose' (1948), 'Bartholomew and the Oobleck' (1949), 'Horton Hears a Who' (1954) and 'The Cat in the Hat' (1957) Nine Days to Christmas  by Marie Hall and Aurora Labastida (Viking) 1960 Winner of the Caldecott Medal 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King' is a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann, a 19th-century German writer. This is the inspiration for the ballet 'The Nutcracker', with music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky. The Year Without a Santa Claus book by Phyllis McGinley (1905-78) author, essayist and Pulitzer prize winner for poetry in 1961 Since has been made into a very popular clay-mation TV show/video. How Mrs. Santa Claus Saved Christmas also by Phyllis McGinley  published 1963 (Collections of poems include Sugar and Spice (1960) and A Wreath of Christmas Legends (1967); a book of poems:  Merry Christmas, Happy New Year (1958), 'The Long Christmas' by Ruth Sawyer (1880-1970), U.S. writer and storyteller; Newbery Medal winner in 1937 for 'Roller Skates', also Regina Medal winner in 1965 and Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner in 1965 (Other writings:  This Way to Christmas (see the Online Reading Page); Seven Miles to Arden, The Way of the Storyteller; Enchanted Schoolhouse; The Year of the Christmas Dragon; Dietrich of Berne and The Dwarf King Laurin)

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Holiday reading - Stories, poems and books to seek out at the library or your favorite book store : 'Christmas Wolf'  by Claude Aubry (1965), a tale of a Christmas Eve conversion, translated from 'Le Loup de Noel'. The Animals' Christmas, an anthology of  poems, carols, and stories, collected by Anne Thaxter Eaton (1881-1971), American author, Columbia University librarian and book reviewer. Welcome Christmas! more poems from Anne Thaxter Eaton 'Prairie Christmas' essay by Paul Hamilton Engle (1908-91) American writer, English professor at University of Iowa An Old Fashioned Christmas poetry and essays also from Paul Hamilton Engle 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' (1957) story by Theodor Seuss Geisel better known as Dr. Seuss (1904-91) special Pulitzer prize winner for "special contribution over nearly half a century to the education and enjoyment of America's children and their parents" author of 'Thidwick, the Big-Hearted Moose' (1948), 'Bartholomew and the Oobleck' (1949), 'Horton Hears a Who' (1954) and 'The Cat in the Hat' (1957) Nine Days to Christmas  by Marie Hall and Aurora Labastida (Viking) 1960 Winner of the Caldecott Medal 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King' is a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann, a 19th-century German writer. This is the inspiration for the ballet 'The Nutcracker', with music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky. The Year Without a Santa Claus book by Phyllis McGinley (1905-78) author, essayist and Pulitzer prize winner for poetry in 1961 Since has been made into a very popular clay-mation TV show/video. How Mrs. Santa Claus Saved Christmas also by Phyllis McGinley  published 1963 (Collections of poems include Sugar and Spice (1960) and A Wreath of Christmas Legends (1967); a book of poems:  Merry Christmas, Happy New Year (1958), 'The Long Christmas' by Ruth Sawyer (1880-1970), U.S. writer and storyteller; Newbery Medal winner in 1937 for 'Roller Skates', also Regina Medal winner in 1965 and Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner in 1965 (Other writings:  This Way to Christmas (see the Online Reading Page); Seven Miles to Arden, The Way of the Storyteller; Enchanted Schoolhouse; The Year of the Christmas Dragon; Dietrich of Berne and The Dwarf King Laurin)

Last updated on: 28 December, 2005

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