The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski is a classic from the '90s and another of my favorite Christmas children's stories. It's the tale of a grumpy wood-carver who is asked to carve Christmas figures for a widow and her son. As he carves the pieces, the widow's son points out the significance …
One Wintry Night By Ruth Bell Graham is one of my all time favorite Christmas books for children. It's a wonderful story set in the Smokey Mountains about a boy who injures his ankle in a wintry storm and finds refuge in a stranger's home. The woman of the house tends to his sprained ankle …
Blizzard by John Rocco For those of us living in Florida, a winter wonderland of snow sounds very appealing, but John Rocco gives us a different perspective in his beautifully illustrated book, Blizzard.The first few days of snowfall don't cause alarm, but after a week of heavy snow, one young boy decides he must take …
I recently went to the library to see what was hot in the Children's section and came across What Happened to Merry Christmas? by Robert C. Baker. The book isn't new, but it is a timely story about a young boy named Sam who's teacher tells him "There won't be any Christmas." Sam 's mother …
When our children were young, one of our favorite activities leading up to Christmas was reading a story through Advent. Each of the four Sunday nights we lit an Advent candle in anticipation of the coming of the Light of the World (Jesus) Jotham's Journey, by Arnold Ytreeide, is one of the four books we …
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