Round About The Christmas Tree

Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure. This edition is introduced by Ned Halley and features charming illustrations by Alice Ercle Hunt. Round About the Christmas Tree is the perfect Christmas gift for booklovers as all facets of the festive season are represented here in one gorgeous volume. This anthology shows what an inspiration Christmas was for so many famous writers, whether it be a time for celebration, for family, or a chance to remember those in hardship. There are heart-warming stories from Charles Dickens and E. Nesbit, comic fun from G. K. Chesterton and Saki, touching whimsy from Hans Christian Andersen, and even crimes to solve from Arthur Conan Doyle.

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Round About the Christmas Tree is the perfect Christmas gift for book lovers as all facets of the festive season are represented here in one gorgeous volume. This anthology shows what an inspiration Christmas was for so many famous writers; whether it be a time for celebration, for family, or a chance to remember those in hardship. There are heart warming stories from Charles Dickens and E. Nesbit, comic fun from G. K Chesterton and Saki, touching whimsy from Hans Christian Anderson and even crimes to solve from Arthur Conan Doyle. Edited by Becky Brown with an introduction by Ned Halley

A collection of traditional and modern Christmas stories by a variety of authors.

All of the fun and excitement of a traditional Christmas is wrapped up in this delightful collection of 16 short stories for young readers. A marvelous mixture of the traditional, the funny and the magical with contributions from favorite authors.

What's your favourite thing about Christmas in the Caribbean? Do you know what's Anansi's favourite Christmas treat? Have you ever tried stilt-walking? Eaten green carrot cake? Picked sorrel 'til your fingers turned red? In 'Round My Christmas Tree you'll find a little bit of everything that makes Christmas Christmas in the Caribbean. Stories, poems, recipes, and art that range from the sacred to irreverent and from heart-warming to just down-right funny. This collection of work features artists from many regions of the Caribbean, from seasoned authors such as Joanne C. Hillhouse of Antigua and Barbuda and newcomers such as Jamie Gangoo from Trinidad and Tobago.

'Some Roundabout Papers' is a collection of essays penned by William Makepeace Thackeray. Here, he shares his thoughts on plenty of topics, and the book includes titles such as the following: 'On Screens in Dining-Rooms', 'On a Peal of Bells', 'On Alexandrines', and 'On Half a Loaf'.