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(0)Phyllis McGinley
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 810L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once upon a time just as his helpers were about to load the sleigh, Santa Claus announced that he was not going to deliver presents that year because he needed a holiday. What consternation this caused among boys and girls all over the world! Then one boy had an idea--a very good one. This poem tells what it was, how it was carried out and what happened.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1964.
Language
English
Description
Sharing with readers here experiences, problems and joys of the domestic life, the authr divides her material into three parts: The wife, The house, and The family. Phyllis McGinley discusses such subjects as higher education for women, thrift, domestic help and how not to kill your husband.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The year without a Santa Claus: When Santa decides to take Christmas off, two elves go to find children to convince Santa to come back, but first they have to get past the Heat Miser and the Snow Miser.
Nestor the long-eared Christmas donkey: An outcast donkey escorts an expectant couple to Bethlehem.
Rudolph's shiny new year: Father Time asks Rudolph to find the missing New Year baby.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everyone at the North Pole is merrily preparing for Santa's yearly sleigh ride. Everyone, that is, except Santa. Feeling forgotten by the children of the world, he decides to take a vacation. Mrs. Claus and two companion elves set out to see where all the season's cheer has disappeared to. With the help of a magical snowfall, they reawaken the spirit of Christmas in children's hearts-- and put Santa back in action.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
The year without a Santa Claus: Weary St. Nick foregoes his gift-giving journey leaving Mrs. Claus and two elves to reawaken the Christmas spirit in Santa and the world's children.
Rudolph's shiny new year: The brave red-nosed reindeer is drafted by Father Time to recover the missing New Year Baby.
Nestor the long-eared Christmas donkey: A gentle outcast donkey is chosen for the important task of escorting a certain expectant couple to Bethlehem....
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The Grinch attempts to ruin Whoville's holiday; leprechauns help a cabin boy protect his ship's gold from a banshee; Aaron and his friends must get their bells back from the Romans so they can announce Jesus' birth; a miser is visited by ghosts of the past, present, and future; when Santa becomes ill, two elves work Christmas Eve instead; Rudolph and his friends search through time to find Baby New Year; outcast Nestor finds a very special stable...
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Everyone is excited as can be about Christmas, except for Santa Claus. He believes that children no longer care about Christmas, so he decides to stay home. Also includes the Rankin/Bass specials "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" and "Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey."
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A day on the farm follows Farmer Brown and his family through a typical day on the farm. A name for kitty has a boy trying to decide on a name for a kitten. The farmyard animals don't help him decide on a name. And in The jolly barnyard, on his birthday, Farmer Brown gives each of the animals on his farm what it likes best to eat. In turn, each animal tells what it will do for Farmer Brown.
