Storybook Advent Calendar

The Storybook Advent Calendar is a collection of children's stories based upon Kingdom principles, which can be read each night of advent leading up to December 24th. Stories include old favorites 'Twas the Night before Christmas and The Little Match Girl to seven new stories with contemporary themes. Here's just a taste of what you'll discover: Have you ever wondered why Christians don't celebrate Hanukkah? Or why if Islam sees Jesus as a prophet, the faith doesn't go all out at Christmas? Or what really is the dividing line between the three faiths of The Book? The story Matthew, Mohammed and Micah for December 7th and 8th gives you all the details and explores how these three faiths are similar and how we're different.What about the 12-Days of Christmas? Ever wonder what they really mean? Find out on pages 103 to 106!How do you explain to a five-year-old what God is? The first story in the book makes this easy with a little help from 1-Corinthians! If you were Anna, the mother of Mary, how would you describe your grandson Jesus Christ? Kahlil Gibran gives the scoop in Anna, Mother of Mary, pages 76 and 77.Or have you ever asked yourself...Why are candy canes red and white? Why do people put oranges in the stockings? What is the meaning of bells, wreaths, bows and other symbols of the season? All of these questions are answered in the Storybook Advent Calendar through engaging and beautifully illustrated stories you'll treasure sharing for years to come.

Advent is the four weeks leading up to Christmas. The Storybook Advent Calendar includes a number of classic Christmas Stories by many of the most beloved writers in addition to 7 original stories written specifically for this book.

Every day in December, discover with this Advent Calendar Storybook a wonderful Christmas tale! Written by the greatest storytellers (Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen, The Brothers Grimm, Louisa May Alcott, O. Henry...), these 24 traditional stories will keep you waiting until D-day. This collection ends with one of Charles Dickens' most beautiful Christmas tales, the story of Scrooge and the three spirits. Contents: 1st December The Gift of the Magi by O.Henry 2nd December A Christmas Dream, and How It Came to Be True by Louisa May Alcott 3rd December The Fir-Tree by Hans Christian Andersen 4th December Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells 5th December Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy 6th December A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum 7th December Merry Christmas by Stephen Leacock 8th December A Stolen Christmas by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 9th December A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens 10th December How the Captain Made Christmas by Thomas Nelson Page 11th December At Christmas Time by Anton Chekhov 12th December A Christmas Sermon by Robert Louis Stevenson 13th December What Christmas is As We Grow Older by Charles Dickens 14th December What the Bell Saw and Said by Louisa May Alcott 15th December How Christmas Came to the Santa Maria Flats by Elia W. Peattie 16th December Christmas; or, The Good Fairy by Harriet Beecher Stowe 17th December Christmas at Red Butte by Lucy Maud Montgomery 18th December Christmas by Washington Irving 19th December The Last Dream of Old Oak by Hans Christian Andersen 20th December Christmas Jenny by Mary E. Wilkins Free 21st December The Elves and The Shoemaker by The Brothers Grimm 22nd December The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen 23rd December The Night Before Christmas: A Morality by William Dean Howells 24th December A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Advent calendar with 24 books to be used as tree ornaments depicting the events in the Christmas story, set into a board cover with brief text on the flaps and back cover. Each book ornament has a gold cord to hang it on a Christmas tree.

The beloved, bestselling readaloud storybook - a short story for each of the days of December leading up to Christmas. Benjamin Bear cannot wait for Christmas to come. To help the time pass more quickly, his mother tells him that every day when he opens a door on his Advent calendar she'll tell him a story about another little bear and his long, arduous journey to Bethlehem.The little bear, led by a glittering star, meets many others on his travels. His adventures, filled with acts of heroism and kindness and many small miracles, show him the path to the Christ Child. A beautiful book that teaches the true spirit of Christmas. The classic text from Antonie Schneider is beautifully illustrated by the award-winning international artist, Maja Dusikova.

Twenty-four miniature storybooks--that can also be used as Christmas tree ornaments--in the form of an Advent calendar--to be opened in sequence, one per day, during each day of Advent--chronicle the story of Mary, Joseph, and the Nativity. Original.

Celebrate meaning of Christmas with Advent Calendar and book of daily readings and prayers. Features Advent activity plus that day's flap on the calendar and pop-up for the final flap.