The Children's Book of Christmas Stories

Many librarians have felt the need and expressed the desire for a select collection of children's Christmas stories in one volume. This books claims to be just that and nothing more.
Each of the stories has already won the approval of thousands of children, and each is fraught with the true Christmas spirit.
It is hoped that the collection will prove equally acceptable to parents, teachers, and librarians.
Asa Don Dickinson.
(Note.—The stories marked with a star ( ) will be most enjoyed by younger children; those marked with a two stars ( ) are better suited to older children.) Christmas at Fezziwig's Warehouse. By Charles Dickens The Fir-Tree. By Hans Christian Andersen The Christmas Masquerade. By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman The Shepherds and the Angels. Adapted from the Bills The Telltale Tile. By Olive Thorne Miller Little Girl's Christmas. By Winnifred E. Lincoln A Christmas Matinee. By M.A.L. Lane Toinette and the Elves. By Susan Coolidge The Voyage of the Wee Red Cap. By Ruth Sawyer Durand A Story of the Christ-Child (a German Legend for Christmas Eve). As told by Elizabeth Harrison Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas. By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Why the Chimes Rang. By Raymond McAlden The Birds' Christmas (founded on fact). By F.E. Mann The Little Sister's Vacation. By Winifred M. Kirkland Little Wolff's Wooden Shoes. By Francois Coppee, adapted and translated by Alma J. Foster Christmas in the Alley. By Olive Thorne Miller A Christmas Star. By Katherine Pyle The Queerest Christmas. By Grace Margaret Gallaher Old Father Christmas. By J.H. Ewing A Christmas Carol. By Charles Dickens How Christmas Came to the Santa Maria Flats. By Elia W. Peattie The Legend of Babouscka. From the Russian Folk Tale Christmas in the Barn. By F. Arnstein The Philanthropist's Christmas. By James Weber Linn The First Christmas-Tree. By Lucy Wheelock The First New England Christmas. By G.L. Stone and M.G. Fickett The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner. By Charles Dickens Christmas in Seventeen Seventy-Six. By Anne Hollingsworth Wharton Christmas Under the Snow. By Olive Thorne Miller Mr. Bluff's Experience of Holidays. By Oliver Bell Bunce Master Sandy's Snapdragon. By Elbridge S. Brooks A Christmas Fairy. By John Strange Winter The Greatest of These. By Joseph Mills Hanson Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe. By Elizabeth Harrison Big Rattle. By Theodore Goodridge Roberts

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THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF CHRISTMAS STORIES


Edited by Asa Don Dickinson and Ada M. Skinner


PREFACE


(DETAILED) CONTENTS


I. CHRISTMAS AT FEZZIWIG'S WAREHOUSE


CHARLES DICKENS


II. THE FIR-TREE*


*Reprinted by permission of the Houghton-Mifflin Company.


III. THE CHRISTMAS MASQUERADE*


IV. THE SHEPHERDS AND THE ANGELS


ADAPTED FROM THE BIBLE


V. THE TELLTALE TILE*


VI. LITTLE GIRL'S CHRISTMAS


WINNIFRED E. LINCOLN


VII. "A CHRISTMAS MATINEE"*


*This story was first published in the Youth's Companion, vol. 74.


VIII. TOINETTE AND THE ELVES*


IX. THE VOYAGE OF THE WEE RED CAP


X. A STORY OF THE CHRIST-CHILD*


XI. JIMMY SCARECROW'S CHRISTMAS


MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN


XII. WHY THE CHIMES RANG*


XIII. THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS


XIV. THE LITTLE SISTER'S VACATION*


* This story was first published in the Youth's Companion, vol. 77.


XV. LITTLE WOLFF'S WOODEN SHOES


XVI. CHRISTMAS IN THE ALLEY*


XVII. A CHRISTMAS STAR*


* Published by permission of the American Book Co.


XVIII. THE QUEEREST CHRISTMAS*


* This story was first published in the Youth's Companion, vol. 83.


XIX. OLD FATHER CHRISTMAS


J.H. EWING


XX. A CHRISTMAS CAROL


CHARLES DICKENS


XXI. HOW CHRISTMAS CAME TO THE SANTA MARIA FLATS*


XXII. THE LEGEND OF BABOUSCKA*


*From "The Children's Hour," published by the Milton Bradley Co.


XXIII. CHRISTMAS IN THE BARN*


XXIV. THE PHILANTHROPIST'S CHRISTMAS*


This story was first published in the Youth's Companion, vol. 82.


XXV. THE FIRST CHRISTMAS-TREE


XXVI. THE FIRST NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS*


XXVII. THE CRATCHITS' CHRISTMAS DINNER


(Adapted)


XXVIII. CHRISTMAS IN SEVENTEEN SEVENTY-SIX*


XXIX. CHRISTMAS UNDER THE SNOW*


XXX. MR. BLUFF'S EXPERIENCES OF HOLIDAYS*


XXXI. MASTER SANDY'S SNAPDRAGON*


* This story was first published in Wide Awake, vol. 26.


XXXII. A CHRISTMAS FAIRY*


* Reprinted with the permission of the Henry Altemus Company.


XXXIII. THE GREATEST OF THESE*


*This story was first printed in the Youth's Companion, vol. 76.


XXXIV. LITTLE GRETCHEN AND THE WOODEN SHOE*


XXXV. CHRISTMAS ON BIG RATTLE*


* This story was first printed in the Youth's Companion, Dec. 14, 1905.

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Язык

Английский

Год издания

2004-02-01

Темы

Christmas stories

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