Small Display Case: Winter Holidays

New clothes for New Year's day A young Korean girl describes the new clothes that she will be wearing to celebrate the new year.
Hanukkah Moon When Isobel visits her Aunt Luisa at Hanukkah, she not only has a wonderful time, she learns some new things about this special holiday.
The Christmas coat: memories of my sioux childhood Virginia and her brother are never allowed to pick first from the donation boxes at church because their father is the priest, and she is heartbroken when another girl gets the beautiful coat that she covets. Based on the author's memories of life on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.
Hoppy Hanukkah Two young bunnies learn about the customs of Hanukkah from their parents and grandparents before they light the menorah, eat potato latkes, and play dreidel.
N is for Navidad A rhyming book that outlines the preparations for and celebration of the Christmas season, with Spanish words for each letter of the alphabet translated in a glossary.
The Miracle Jar : a Hanukkah story A family in the Old Country hopes to recreate the miracle of the first Hanukkah by making a small jar of cooking oil last long enough to make a treat for each of the eight nights.
My first Kwanzaa book We dress up in African clothes. We light colorful candles. Grandma visits with good things to eat.
The Christmas magic As Santa prepares for the upcoming holiday season, it is the Christmas magic that truly makes everything happen
Christmas tree Having an evergreen tree inside the house and choosing the ornaments to decorate it helps get the family into the magic mood of Christmas.
How the grinch stole christmas The story is a familiar combination of bad boy learns a lesson and Christmas isn t about the stuff but the substance with a dose of Who cuteness added in.
It's Christmas David Christmas has arrived with so many rules to follow that David fears his mistakes will cause Santa to pass him by.
Grandma's gift The author describes Christmas at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem the year she introduced him to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Diego Velazquez's portrait of Juan de Pareja, which has had a profound and lasting effect on him.
Pete the cat 12 groovy days of christmas In this version of the traditional song, Pete and his friends rock and groove while counting down the days to Christmas.
Who's that knocking on Christmas Eve A boy from Finnmark and his ice bear help scare away some hungry trolls so that Kyri and her father can enjoy their Christmas Eve meal.
Olivia helps with christmas As she impatiently waits for Santa's arrival, Olivia the pig tries to help with family preparations on the day before Christmas.
All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah In 1912 New York, Gertie feels left out while Mama and her four older sisters cook Hanukkah dinner, but Papa comes home and asks for her help with an important task.
The Year Without a Santa Claus When Santa Claus announces that he is taking his first vacation, the children of the world decide to give Santa a merry Christmas
The gift of a traveler Seven-year-old Christine spends Christmas Eve helping her great-grandmother decorate her tree and sharing the story of a very special ornament that came from Rumania many years before.
Christmas in the barn Lyrical text relates the birth of a child in a barn among the animals, with illustrations which depict the barn and people of a twentieth-century farm.
Christmas tree farm A boy describes how he, his grandfather, and the rest of his family work on their tree farm throughout the year to prepare Christmas trees.
The spider's gift : a Ukrainian Christmas story Katrusya's family cannot afford Christmas, but they cut a small pine tree in the forest, decorate it with buttons, and, when baby spiders hatch in its branches, they especially enjoy the silvery webs that appear.
Christmas farm Wilma decides to plant Christmas trees with the help of her young neighbor, Parker.
Christmas is coming As a young girl eagerly awaits the arrival of Christmas, she describes to her new baby brother all of the wonderful ways in which her family prepares for this special holiday.
The night before Christmas Saint Nicholas visits a sleeping household on Christmas Eve.
Merry Christmas from the very hungry caterpillar Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar for a celebration of all that is festive during the holiday season.
Granny McFlitter, the knit before Christmas Granny McFlitter is back to save Christmas at the zoo, one lightning-quick stitch at a time!
Who would like a Christmas tree? Describes the flora and fauna that inhabit a Christmas tree farm throughout the year and use the growing trees for a variety of purposes
The latke who couldn't stop screaming : a Christmas story Latkes are potato pancakes served at Hanukah. Lemony Snicket is an alleged children's author. For the first time in literary history, these two elements are combined in one book.
The gifts Mia is ready for Christmas except for a tree but on her way home with one, she stops to help an old man who has fallen, leaving the tree behind, and soon it is too late to find her tree, in a story about the real gifts of Christmas.
An elk dropped in While on a pre-Christmas trial run for the famous man in red, an elk named Mr. Moose crashes through the roof of a house and, while recuperating from a sprain, regales Billy Wagner and his family with stories.
Santa is coming to California The good children of California get a visit from Santa Claus on Christmas eve.
Toot & Puddle : let it snow Toot and Puddle celebrate Christmas and learn that the best kind of present for the best kind of friend is one that shows just how much you care.
Santa Duck When Nicholas Duck, wearing a Santa hat and coat he found on his doorstep, goes looking for Santa to tell him what he wants for Christmas, all the other animals mistake him for Mr. Claus.
The Santa trap Bradley Bartleby has been very bad since the day he was born and finally gets what he deserves after turning his family's home into a fearsome trap for Santa, who has always given him nothing but socks.
Stick Man Stick Man ends up far away from his family tree when he is fetched by a dog, thrown by a child, used as a snowman's arm, and even put in a fireplace, but finally Santa Claus steps in to make sure that Stick Man and his family have a joyous Christmas.
Little Rabbit's Christmas When the Christmas Rabbit makes his wish come true and brings him the beautiful red sled from the store window, Little Rabbit wants it all to himself until he learns that even the best gift is better when shared
Snowmen all year A child imagines what it would be like if a snowman, made of magical snow, could be a companion throughout the year.
The Snowflake sisters Two snowflakes named Crystal and Ivory travel on Santa's sleigh and make their way through the wintry sky until they become part of a snowboy in Central Park.
Snow Party When the first snow of the year falls on the first day of winter, all the snow people have a snow party
Snow Song In this poetic ode to the first snowfall, a little girl and her friends revel in a wintry wonderland and discover the beauty and joys of snow.
Sleep, Big Bear, sleep! As winter comes and Big Bear prepares to hibernate, he keeps thinking he hears Old Man Winter giving him exhausting orders that prevent him from sleeping
Snow As snowflakes slowly come down, one by one, people in the city ignore them, and only a boy and his dog think that the snowfall will amount to anything.
The Snow Day A little rabbit enjoys having a day off from kindergarten and spending time with his mother during a snowstorm, but his father's flight home is cancelled until the snow stops falling.
Wolf in the snow When a wolf cub and little girl are lost in a snowstorm they must find their way home.
Holly's red books Holly wants to play in the snow and needs her red books, so she and her cat Jasper search the house for anything red.
The gingerbread friends Lonely Gingerbread Baby, having set out to find a friend, enters a bakery where he tries to talk to different cookies and other figures, but winds up leading a crowd back to his house on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale. Includes one fold-out illustration and a recipe for gingerbread cookies.
The first day of winter A snowman comes alive as the child building it adds pieces during the first ten days of winter.
Winter eyes A collection of poems about winter, including "Sled," "Icicles," and "Ice Fishing."
Small in the city On a snowy day in a big city, a little boy hops off a streetcar and walks through downtown, between office buildings, through parks and down busy streets. Along the way, he provides helpful tips about which alleys make good shortcuts, which trees to climb and where to find a friendly face. All the while, the boy searches for what he has lost..."--
Snow Celebrates the beauty of a snowfall and its happy effects on children.
Winter Lights: A Season in Poems & Quilts Rich, luminous fabrics. Eleven miles of thread. An uncountable number of stitches. Clear, sparkling words. With these ingredients Anna Grossnickle Hines celebrates the lights that brighten the darkest season of our year. In poems and quilts she captures each heartening glow and flicker, from the moon and aurora borealis to the holiday lights of Santa Lucia, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Chinese New Year to one lone candle and a hidden flashlight in the deep, dark night.
Snow As snow approaches and begins to fall, Moose, Bear, Fox, and other forest creatures prepare for winter.
Here comes Jack Frost One cold morning, a lonely boy wishes for something to do. Then someone who knows what winter is all about comes to play.
Frindleswylde When the mysterious boy Frindleswylde enters Cora and Granny's house in the woods, he steals the light from their lantern. Without it, Granny will not be able to return home from work in the dark. Cora is determined to get the light back, but first she must follow Frindleswylde down a hole in the pond that leads to his magical frozen kingdom...
Owl moon On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
My penguin Osbert in love When Osbert the penguin shows up on a boy's doorstep with several friends, along with an invitation to Aurora Australis' party at the South Pole, the boy decides to transport them there in the helicopter he received for Christmas.
Gingerbread friends Lonely Gingerbread Baby, having set out to find a friend, enters a bakery where he tries to talk to different cookies and other figures, but winds up leading a crowd back to his house on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale.
Snowie Rolie When the sun begins to melt the snow, Olie and Zowie take their snowman friend, Mr. Snowie, to a new home in Chillsville.
Hershel and Hanukkah Goblins On the first night of Hanukkah, a weary traveler named Hershel of Ostropol eagerly approaches a village, where plenty of latkes and merriment should warm him. But when he arrives not a single candle is lit. A band of frightful goblins has taken over the synagogue, and the villagers cannot celebrate at all! Hershel vows to help them. Using his wits, the clever trickster faces down one goblin after the next, night after night. But can one man alone save Hanukkah and live to tell the tale?
Listen for the Fig Tree In spite of her blindness and an alcoholic mother, Muffin, with the help of a kind neighbor, celebrates Kwanza and is able to face the future. A sixteen-year old black girl's first celebration of Kwanza gives her a sense of the past and strength to deal with her troubled mother and her own blindness.
A coyote solstice tale After a little girl, who is dressed like a reindeer, crashes Coyote's solstice party, she brings them to a mall where Coyote has fun shopping--until he realizes he needs to pay for everything.
My true love gave to me : twelve holiday stories Whether you enjoy celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice or New Years, there's something here for everyone. So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy. You have twelve reasons this season to stay indoors and fall in love
Kwanzaa Describes the origins and practices of Kwanzaa, an African-American holiday created to remind African Americans of their history and their cultural origins.
The People Remember This book tells the journey of African descendants in America by connecting their history to the seven principles of Kwanzaa. It begins in Africa, where people were taken from their homes and families. They spoke different languages and had different customs. Yet they were bound and chained together and forced onto ships sailing into an unknown future. Ultimately, all these people had to learn one common language and create a culture that combined their memories of home with new traditions that enabled them to thrive in this new land. This is a story young readers can visit over and over again to deepen their understanding of African American history in relation to their own lives and to social justice movements. By turns powerful and revealing, this is a lyrical narrative that tells the story of survival, as well as the many moments of joy, celebration, and innovation of Black people in America--Description from Amazon.
the christams gift El regalo de navidad When his family has to move again a few days before Christmas in order to find work, Panchito worries that he will not get the ball he has been wanting.

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