| Description |
160 pages : illustrations ; 24cm |
| Contents |
My Christmas holidays / Noel Streatfield -- Christmas day in New Zealand / Margaret Mahy -- St Francis, my great aunt Emily and you, or how to make a Christmas crib / Rumer Godden -- Last bus for Christmas / Patricia Lynch -- Coco the clown / Nicolai Poliakoff -- The legend of the Christmas Rose / Selma Lagerlöf -- The wild white horses / Joyce Stranger -- The prayer of the donkey / Rumer Godden -- The camel / Rumer Godden -- The stowaway / Richard G. Robinson -- The Christmas cherries / Chretién De Troyes -- A shower of snow / Helen Cresswell -- The lady of the lake / Godfried Bomans -- A handful of dates / Tayeb Salih -- The veiled lodger / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- What happened to Pauline, Petrova and Posy / Noel Streatfeild -- Miss Teazle and the white elephants / Margaret J. Baker -- Christmas / John Betjeman |
| Summary |
An anthology of stories and poems written by renowned authors that have the feel of Christmas to them |
| Analysis |
Children's stories in English, 1900- Texts |
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Children's stories in English, 1900- Texts |
| Notes |
Children's stories in English, 1900-. Texts (BNB/PRECIS) |
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Includes the much demanded conclusion to "Ballet shoes" |
| Audience |
For children aged 8-12 |
| Subject |
Children's stories.
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Christmas stories -- Juvenile fiction.
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Christmas -- Juvenile literature.
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Christmas -- Literary collections -- Juvenile literature.
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Christmas -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Author |
Silcock, Sara.
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Streatfeild, Noel.
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| ISBN |
0460058495 |
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