Reporter Emma Collins is given an assignment to interview the finalists in a fruitcake recipe contest and enlists the help of local pilot Oliver Hamilton; but in the weeks before Christmas, Emma finds herself falling for Oliver and meets three women who know a lot about life.

Elmer the patchwork elephant helps the excited youngsters prepare for the Christmas visit of Papa Red.

"A warm uplifting story of an ordinary street and the extraordinary dog bringing all its inhabitants together. In London, an abandoned dog finds a new family in the residents of Christmas Street--a group of people who just might need him as much as he needs them"-- For Sam, a widower recently returned to London, Jack is Christmas Street's unofficial welcoming committee. For Sam's young son, Teddy, the small, scruffy mutt is a confidante, Teddy's...

When Santa falls ill and Christmas may have to be canceled, Pete the cat comes to the rescue.

In this rhyming alphabet book, a mouse family celebrates all the wonderful things about Christmas in their new woodland home.

"It's Christmas time at the Weber Haus mountainside inn, where the official greeter, watcher, and matchmaker of the hotel's resident humans is an adorably mischievous bundle of feline fluff named Snowball. Snowball takes her job very seriously--even if it means being a little more naughty than nice--and she's ready to celebrate her third holiday season by making the purrrrfect match. Most cats have nine lives, but Snowball is one of the very few with...

Lila Vasquez might not be the "fun one" at the service puppy training school she runs with her sisters, but she can always be counted on to get things done. So when her latest client--a sweet little girl named Emily--shows an interest in princess gowns over power suits, Lila puts aside her scruples, straps on the glittery heels, and gets to work. If only Emily's father wasn't such an appealing Prince Charming. Ford's whole life revolves around his...

"A beginning reader book containing three stories in which Frog shares a Thanksgiving feast with his woodland friends, celebrates his first Christmas, and rings in the New Year with a twist on tradition"--Provided by publisher.

With the help of his trusty tool belt, Chico Bon Bon helps friends decorate, turns a pile of junk into a bundle of gifts, and throws an epically awesome party.

Little Whistle, a real guinea pig who lives in a store called Toytown, helps his toy friends write a letter to Santa asking if he made them. [MONTHS OF THE YEAR-DEC.]