Books with title A Very Curly Christmas

Join everyone’s favorite hippo, Fiona, and all her loveable animal friends for their first heartwarming Christmas adventure through the zoo to find the answer to the question, “What’s Christmas?” This fun and whimsical book, with Christmas lights on the cover, is the perfect read-aloud for fans of Fiona (and hippos) everywhere!A follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Fiona the Hippo picture book comes A Very Fiona Christmas!It’s Fiona the hippo’s very first Christmas, and the zoo is sparkling with holiday spirit. When the adorable little hippo asks her friends, “What’s Christmas?” they set out to show her all the wonders and excitement of the season. With each new experience Fiona lets out a snort, wiggles her ears, and asks, “Is THIS Christmas?”Amidst the snow, twinkling lights, mistletoe, and stockings, Fiona ends up meeting a new friend at the zoo who helps her discover the true meaning of the holiday: love. Snuggle up with your little ones and join Fiona and her adorable animal friends for a heartwarming holiday romp through the zoo.A Very Fiona Christmas:Stars the one and only Fiona the hippo, the worldwide internet sensation and star of the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens, who through her spunk and fighting spirit overcame all odds when she was born six weeks prematureFeatures battery-operated Christmas lights on the cover and adorable art by Richard Cowdrey, illustrator of the New York Times bestseller Fiona the HippoIs Fiona’s first Christmas adventure and the perfect holiday book for children and Fiona fans of any age

The Cat in the Hat has just received a special invitation! He and Sally and Nick have been invited to Mervin the Crab's Crab Christmas Ball on Christmas Island. But soon after the Thinga-ma-jigger lands on the island, chaos ensues when Crab Nine (aka Sandy) goes missing. Is Sandy lost or injured? Will the ball go on as planned? Only readers of the book will find out! Loosly adapted from the one-hour prime-time PBS Kids special—The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!—this $3.99 Little Golden Book arrives just in time for the holidays and makes a perfect gift.

Winner of the 2016 Gold eLit Award for Best Holiday Story!When Santa’s workshop is destroyed by a ferocious storm, even the richest man in the world is stumped for a way to save Christmas. Just when everyone seems to give up all hope, the unstumpable Ava Buttons, together with her friends, discover a way to make Christmas wishes come true. Motivated by a desire to help others, Ava converts even her naughtiest friend, Rowdy Meyers, from an enthusiastic getter to a champion giver. This heartwarming, family-friendly story celebrates perseverance, taking initiative and the pure joy of selfless giving. Very Christmas is a refreshing departure from the typical holiday picture book. Featuring a unique design without pagination or chapter numbers, children are encouraged to remember pages based on a memorable font, word, or page color. The characters throughout the book are purposefully not illustrated so readers have the freedom to dream them up and see themselves reflected in the story. There’s no evil character and, in fact, the story is all-inclusive: the lessons throughout apply to every gender, class, race, and age. This book creates opportunities for families and classrooms to talk about diversity, inclusivity, responsibility, activism, generosity, selflessness, and compassion. These are critical universal lessons for the holiday season and beyond. Colorful and captivating, Very Christmas is the perfect addition to an existing holiday tradition or an excellent way to begin a new one that will last all year long.

This year experience Christmas the way a child with a feeding tube would! Allow Nico "Tubie" your guide on Santa's midnight ride, as he tells you all the ways a traditional Christmas would change if Santa had 2 belly buttons. Would Santa fit in a chimney? Could you leave out milk and cookies?What would the reindeer be named? Find answers to these questions and more in this book A Very Tubie Christmas.

A Christmas gathering of ghosts, ghouls, cannibals, and demons guaranteed to make your holidays a real scream. Twisted takes on old classics and sick new favorites to read aloud—or alone—on a silent night. Packed with horror, humor, and howls, “A Very Scary Christmas” delivers the skeletal shivers.A VERY SCARY CHRISTMAS includes…17 brand-new holiday scary stories; plus15 bone-chilling cold weather tales collected from the first six volumes of "They’re Coming For You: Scary Stories that Scream to be Read"; andA very special gift from the new "Welcome to Hell" series.WARNING: this book is NOT for wimps!

After hitting it off in Jacqueline Druga's "The Nerdfly," single parents Joe Slagel and Emily Stevenson decide to spend Christmas together. Unfortunately, they have seven problems standing in the way of their happy holiday: their children. Joe's sons Frank, Jimmy, Hal, and Robbie are enough of a handful, but when Emily's mischievous brood joins the equation, families collide and hijinks ensue. Can the Slagels maintain peace and good will towards their guests, or will this be their most disastrous—and hilarious—Christmas of all time?

With all the excitement of Christmas approaching, it's no surprise that Marley, the lovable pup with a nose for trouble, wants to get in on the action. Anticipating his very first snowfall and Santa's arrival, Marley jumps in to help his family every way he can. But Marley, being Marley, always ends up on the wrong side of right. It's not long before he tears down the twinkle lights, attacks a chain of paper snowflakes, and mistakes the Christmas tree for . . . well . . . his very own indoor bathroom. Will Marley's good intentions ruin everything before Christmas begins? Or will he manage to share some Christmas magic with his family after all?This follow-up to the #1 bestselling Bad Dog, Marley! delivers a heartfelt holiday story with many hilarious Marley mishaps along the way.

A rollicking, laugh-out-loud festive story that combines robots, pirates, and Christmas into one fun taleA crew of scurvy pirates were lurking in the dark, savage as the stormy sea and greedy as a shark. They climbed aboard that flying sleigh and did a dreadful thing. . . They tied poor Father Christmas up with gift wrap and with string!This delightful, twisted Christmas tale sees Father Christmas being captured by scurrilous robot pirates. The pirates then set about stealing the sleigh, pilfering the presents, and generally ruining the holiday. What sort of Christmas morning is in store? Can anyone thwart the pirate Santa and rescue the real Father Christmas? Timothy Knapman’s funny, rhyming text is paired brilliantly with Russell Ayto’s distinctive, atmospheric artwork.

Fuddles—the fat, pampered cat—weathers a wintry wonderland in this holiday story of merry misadventures!The way Fuddles, the overly indulged feline, sees the world, it’s better to receive than give! And what better gift for Fuddles than Christmas? One winter day, he wakes up to the smells and sights of the holiday: a juicy turkey dinner, sweet gingerbread, and a tree decorated with shiny, glittering toys—all for him! But when Fuddles tries to climb the tree, his family chases him away. He runs outside to escape, smack into cold and ice and snow! Will Fuddles ever make it back home in time to celebrate the merriest time of the year?