Mischievous mutt Junior explores the mysteries of the holiday season, from strange visitors named "Carol" that howl at the door to shiny trees that sprout inside his kennel, while trying to hide what he did to his family's "Fangsgiving" turkey.

Veering from the convivial, scene-centered graphic interpretation often associated with this classic, Würbs offers a sparer take, narrowing each scene to softly focused images that are more suggestive than representational. The poem's opening lines are accompanied by an image of a lone candle burning in a brass candleholder, and the sleigh's rooftop landing shows two shadowy reindeer heads emerging from behind a foregrounded stone chimney. Santa's...

Nine-year-old Sumac Lottery considers it her job to make sure none of the Lottery celebrations are forgotten, especially now at Christmas time, and in her large, gay, and multiethnic family there are a lot of occasions for celebration in the house they all call Camelottery--but when a terrible ice storm hits Toronto, one of her dads and her favorite brother cannot make it home from India, and it becomes increasingly difficult to hang on to the holiday...

A lonely, young zombie hopes to find a friend at the Halloween party.

Rhyming text and illustrations assure a child that love is endless, as various animals set off on faraway adventures and return home again at bedtime.

"Bubba Brayna makes the best latkes in the village, and on the first night of Hanukkah, the scent of her cooking wakes a hungry, adorable bear from his hibernation. He lumbers into town to investigate, and Bubba Brayna--who does not see or hear very well--mistakes him for her rabbi. She welcomes the bear inside to play the dreidel game, light the menorah, and enjoy a scrumptious meal. However, after her well-fed guest leaves, there's a knock at the...

Auntie Departed invited all of Ghoulia's friends, and a grouchy cousin she had never met, to a surprise dinner party, but the biggest surprise is that Auntie is missing. Includes instructions on how to write an invitation and how to plant a garden.

Hoppi the bunny wants to win the egg-decorating contest so the Easter Bunny will choose him to help distribute Easter eggs, but instead, while everyone else is working on their decorations, he finds himself guarding an egg that has fallen from a robin's nest.

Bored with another normal, inky evening, bats discover an open library window and fly in to enjoy the photocopier, water fountain, and especially the books and stories found there.

A crafty elf shares all the ways children have tried and failed to catch him.