A Very Crazy Christmas

Everyone's favorite first grader and shark lover is back in a Christmas adventure!Merry Christmas, Freddy! Freddy's cousins, twin sisters Kasey and Kelly, are coming for the holidays. Things are always more fun when the twins are around -- but they're also a lot more crazy! Freddy can't wait to find out what trouble the girls get into this time.

The images in We Wish You A Crazy Christmas were chosen from our vast collection of Victorian and Edwardian Christmas cards and postcards. Those eras produced millions of cards, for this a strong time for both mailed correspondence and Yuletide greetings. Most had traditional or religious imagery, but a substantial minority were - to our minds - malapropos, such as cow in a field, a tree blossoming in spring, a sandy beach. A smaller number goes beyond irrelevancy to weirdness, and these we have decided to share with our adventurous customers. They offer the opportunity to ponder, laugh, or to simply wonder "Why?"

This hilarious picture book is the perfect festive treat! After visiting earth one Christmas day, an alien decides to recreate the festivities on his home planet. Zobble takes notes and collects everything he will need. However, as the spaceship spins through the sky on his way home his notes get muddled up. Zobble tries to remember what goes with what but - of course - gets everything mixed up. Cue socks and pants stuffed with holly, a donkey in a fairy costume, and a bemused Santa in pursuit of his missing reindeer.

Grandma. Nana. Gammy. Mimi. Grammy. Busia. Gigi. Yaya. There are so many names to call a grandma, but Construction Cousins call their grandma Gaga. The Construction Cousins, five little diggers who have a very special relationship with their grandparents, are back again! When they are getting ready for Christmas, one of the special gifts from Gaga breaks. Can the diggers find the spirit of Christmas and give something of themselves?

"Sweet, romantic, and suspenseful, Manchester Christmas is an unexpected gift." --Richard Paul Evans #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Christmas Box A young writer is drawn to a small New England town in search of meaning for her life. Soon, she encounters kindness, romance, and is pulled into a mystery centered on an old, abandoned church and the death of a special girl. Are the images that only she can see in the church's stained-glass windows a warning, or is someone trying to reach her, to help heal this broken community? Manchester Christmas illustrates how God often uses the most unlikely among us to spread grace and healing in a wounded world. Full of love, hope, and forgiveness, this debut novel from an Emmy-winning writer will touch your heart and have you longing for Christmas in Manchester.

Written for everyone who loves and is simultaneously driven crazy by the holiday season, Christmas: A Candid History provides an enlightening, entertaining perspective on how the annual Yuletide celebration got to be what it is today. In a fascinating, concise tour through history, the book tells the story of Christmas—from its pre-Christian roots, through the birth of Jesus, to the holiday's spread across Europe into the Americas and beyond, and to its mind-boggling transformation through modern consumerism. Packed with intriguing stories, based on research into myriad sources, full of insights, the book explores the historical origins of traditions including Santa, the reindeer, gift giving, the Christmas tree, Christmas songs and movies, and more. The book also offers some provocative ideas for reclaiming the joy and meaning of this beloved, yet often frustrating, season amid the pressures of our fast-paced consumer culture. DID YOU KNOW For three centuries Christians did not celebrate Christmas? Puritans in England and New England made Christmas observances illegal? St. Nicholas is an elf in the famous poem "The Night Before Christmas"? President Franklin Roosevelt changed the dateof Thanksgiving in order to lengthen the Christmas shopping season? Coca-Cola helped fashion Santa Claus's look in an advertising campaign?

The Veggies are counting down the days till Christmas in this new lift-the-flap book! The Veggies can't believe Christmas is almost here! On each page of this lift-the-flap board book, favorite VeggieTales characters are preparing for Christmas -- from decorating the house to donning crazy Christmas sweaters to assembling the Nativity scene -- while counting down the 10 days until Christmas. Each scene has multiple flaps to lift, revealing surprises and story elements; and counting exercises reinforce the countdown throughout. The bright, colorful artwork features Junior Asparagus, Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber, Laura the Carrot, and other favorite VeggieTales characters. This humorous, festive book will add to the anticipation of Christmas and will delight VeggieTales fans of all ages. Ages 2-5.

From Newbery Honor-- and National Book Award--winning author Polly Horvath comes another magical novel featuring a time machine, money, food and lots of family. Ten-year-old Rupert Brown comes from an ordinary family. They live in a small house in the poorest section of Steelville, Ohio, and have little money or food. So when Rupert inadvertently finds himself spending Christmas at the house of Turgid River -- the richest boy in town -- he is blown away to discover a whole other world, including all the food he can eat and wonderful prizes that he wins when the family plays games, prizes he hopes to take home to his family so they can have Christmas presents for the very first time. But this windfall is short-lived when Rupert loses it all in one last game and goes home empty-handed. Each member of the Rivers family feels guilty about what happened and, unbeknownst to each other, tries to make it up to Rupert in their own unique way, taking him on one unlikely adventure after another.