Illustrates the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.

"On the first day of Christmas, a gift was sent to me: a parrot in a palm tree! Ahoy mateys--Christmas is coming and even pirates celebrate the holiday! This follow-up to the hugely popular A Pirate's Night Before Christmas offers a witty re-imagining of "The Twelve Days of Christmas"--with a sly buccaneer twist. A brave cabin boy receives marvelously mysterious gifts for each of the 12 days he is left alone to guard the pirate ship: 12 cannons blastin',...

This beautifully illustrated book containing a Christmas poem written by Massachusetts author Sophia P. Snow, which was first published in 1884, tells the delightful story of two young children on Christmas Eve who had lost their mother and whose father had lost Christmas in his heart.

"This beautiful, giftable Christmas collection features timeless works from well-known authors who invite you to a feast of holiday nostalgia. Perhaps no Christmas novel is more beloved than Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol , and no holiday poem more well-known than Clement Clarke Moore's "'Twas the Night Before Christmas." Together these classic literary masterpieces warm our hearts and remind us of the joy and love to be discovered anew each...

When Father Mouse is awakened on Christmas Eve by a clatter outside his window, he catches a glimpse of the one and only Santa Claus! Father Mouse can hardly believe his eyes as he watches St. Nick come down the chimney with a pack full of toys. In this amusing twist on the classic poem by Clement C. Moore, Daniel Kirk reimagines the story from a fresh perspective-and readers of Kirk's Library Mouse series may discover a familiar friend, too!

Clement Clarke Moore's Christmas classic meets Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice when Mr. Darcy gets his own visit from St. Nicholas. In this parody of the beloved original poem, Santa teaches Darcy the true meaning of the holiday and helps him get what he's always wanted -- a wife! JULIE PETERSEN has fond memories of hiding under her covers at night with a flashlight just so she could finish whatever chapter she was on and a few more after that....

Presents twelve poems celebrating Christmas, covering subjects of interest to children, such as making a Christmas list, performing in the school assembly, and cutting down a tree for the holiday.

A collection of poems that celebrate the spirit of the Christmas holiday.

Playing for Time offers (1) the critical preface Pace, Pacem, advocating the need for poetry to be democratic, inclusive, and empathetic toward all readers, the way Shakespeare, Whitman, and Frost have been; (2) twenty-eight poems in the framework of a play, Coming to Light, An Advent Progress, featuring six engaging "Voices"; and (3) twenty-seven more poems featuring a singular voice that also invites the reader to participate in a progress, that...

Set against the backdrop of a magnificent apple tree, this book uses poetry to cycle through the changes of the four seasons. Beginning with springtime, rhyming couplets take young readers through seasonal activities such as kite flying in the spring, summertime picnicking, fall trick-or-treating, all the way to building snowmen in the winter, before cycling back to spring again. One verse in each season references a major holiday, including Easter...