Owl Be Home for Christmas

Author: Donna Andrews
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250305330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews returns with another Meg Langslow mystery written "firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie's Christmas books" (Toronto Globe and Mail). The 26th book and the sixth Christmas mystery in the Meg Lansglow series, Owl Be Home for Christmas is yet another wonderfully merry and funny book from New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews. It's a few days before Christmas, and Meg's grandfather is hosting a scientific conference on owls at the Caerphilly Inn. Most of the family are there, helping out in one capacity or another, including Meg's grandmother, Cordelia--invited by Grandfather in rare gesture of peace-making, to share her expertise on rehabilitating large birds, including owls. An unexpectedly severe snow storm traps the conference-goers in the hotel, and one of the visiting ornithologists is murdered. Even if Caerphilly is able to clear the roads in time, Chief Burke doesn't want the various suspects to scatter to half a dozen continents before he identifies the killer, so there's a very real possibility that none of them will make it home for Christmas . . . at least not unless Meg comes to the rescue. Full of intrigue and snow, this Christmas mystery will take readers home to Caerphilly for Christmas.

Home for Christmas

Author: Jan Brett
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399256539
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
A warm, fun-loving Christmas picture book for families to share and love and laugh over together. A grumpy little troll runs away from home because he doesn't want to do his chores. Rollo tries living with various woodland animals, but he finds out that there is no place like home, and returns to his family just in time for "the best Christmas ever." Among the animals who take him in are an owl family, a mother bear and two rambunctious cubs, some playful river otters, a hungry lynx and a friendly moose family. Jan Brett creates an irresistible, mischievous character that kids will recognize in themselves. Jan transports us to a glorious Scandinavian landscape where a beautiful fall turns into a magnificent snowy winter. Her signature borders depict the troll family missing Rollo, and animals as appealing as those found in The Mitten.

The Christmas Owl

Author: Gideon Sterer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780316299121
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
"The story of a little owl who is found inside the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, her curiosity about what the holiday means, and her time spent healing with the woman who saved her life"--

Izzy the Christmas Owl

Author: "Father Owl"
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 148089267X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24

Book Description
Izzy is just like all the other young owlets. He likes to go out at night and wants to be wise. He loves learning important things like how to turn his head all the way around, swoop, and close one eye. Despite all he knows already, Izzy wants to learn even more! One evening when Izzy is out for a fly, he happens upon a synagogue, swoops through an open window, and finds a scroll penned by Isaiah. After returning for many nights to read and learn, Izzy excitedly tells all his owlet friends about the biblical stories. When they make fun of him, Izzy flies far away to a cave where he decides to perch on a high ledge and rest for the night. But little does he know that he is about to witness the birth of Jesus and rescue his Savior from a dangerous predator. Izzy the Christmas Owl is an imaginative retelling of the greatest birth in history through the eyes of a young owl seeking wisdom.

Toot & Puddle

Author: Holly Hobbie
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316186775
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Meet Toot and Puddle--two small, endearing pigs who are friends and as different as different can be. While Toot likes to travel to places unknown, Puddle prefers to stay home and revel in the joys of everyday life. Whimsical postcards capture the excitement of Toot's travels, while scenes of Puddle celebrate mundane moments spent in familiar confines. Full color.

The Further Adventures of the Owl and the Pussy-cat

Author: Julia Donaldson
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763690813
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
someone steals the wedding ring from Pussy-cat' s tail, and the newlyweds must travel far from the safety of the Bong-tree glade to search for the thief.

How Winston Came Home for Christmas

Author: Alex T. Smith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1667200992
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
Join Winston the mouse on another holiday adventure in this charming sequel to How Winston Delivered Christmas! With five days until Christmas, Winston has a fuzzy memory of a song and someone important to him who is lost—but who could it be? With the help of his friends, Winston sets off on an adventure to find this very special someone. Along the way, Winston meets delightful new friends that help him get closer to solving the mystery. How Winston Came Home for Christmas is an illustrated book written in twenty-four-and-a-half chapters, one to be read each night in December in the countdown to Christmas. Each chapter is accompanied by a festive activity for readers to enjoy, including holiday decorations, crafts, recipes, and so much more, and the book includes a ribbon bookmark to mark your page. This heartwarming holiday adventure is sure to become a Christmas classic to be enjoyed each year.

Little Owl and the Star

Author: Mary Murphy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406301861
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
On a silent night, Little Owl, some shepherds, camels, and traveling men follow a star to see a baby in a manger.

How Winston Delivered Christmas

Author: Alex T. Smith
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1529083583
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
Join a brave little mouse on a big Christmas adventure! This is the chapter book edition of Alex T. Smith's modern Christmas classic How Winston Delivered Christmas, with gorgeous black and white illustrations from the author throughout – the perfect festive gift for newly confident readers. Winston is on a Very Important Mission. On Christmas Eve, he finds a letter to Father Christmas that did not make it to the post box – so, with no time to lose, he sets out to deliver it himself in time for Christmas Day! He has a lot of Very Exciting Adventures on his Very Important Mission and makes some wonderful friends along the way. Will he find Father Christmas in time? How Winston Delivered Christmas is a heartwarming illustrated story by Alex T. Smith, bestselling author of the Claude series.

Not Home for Christmas

Author: John Meurs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781934193310
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 542

Book Description
When author John Meurs was a nine-year-old schoolboy living in Nazi-occupied Holland, an American B-17 bomber crashed behind his house near the village of Apeldoorn. The date was Sunday, November 26, 1944. Meurs always wanted to know more about what happened in the air on that Thanksgiving Sunday. So, more than sixty years later he started researching "his" B-17. He quickly found that the bomber was part of the 8th Air Force Air Combat Command. Meurs' findings intrigued him and after discovering many interesting facts, Meurs focused his research on the 34 heavy bombers of the Mighty Eighth that were lost that day. He collected the personal stories of veterans who lived through it, families of veterans lost, and witnesses of the crashes. These first-hand recollections, captured in this book, provide a compelling and terrifying account of the reality of war. Thanks to the noble men of the Mighty Eighth who "would not be home for Christmas" in 1944 and their comrades in arms, ma