Christmas cheer
Subtitle: a collection of holiday tales
By: by Sally Grindley.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books; Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Christmas stories, American; Children's stories, American; Christmas -- Fiction; Short stories
Genres: Fiction.
Description: A collection of eight new or retold stories, illustrated by various artists, which feature such things as an ill reindeer, an elf who gets locked in the workshop, and a boy who cannot decide what he wants Santa Claus to bring.
Table of contents: title: The reluctant Fairy / illustrated by Ian Beck; title: Good news / illustrated by Michael Foreman; title: Dear Santa / illustrated by Sue Hellard; title: The enormous cake / illustrated by Linda Bronson; title: Almost perfect / illustrated by Barbara Nascimbeni; title: Snowy snowy night / illustrated by José Masse; title: Jesus is born / illustrated by Penny Dann; title: The Christmas mouse / illustrated by Eleanor Taylor.