Books with title The Crayons’ Christmas

At thirteen, Chrissie can’t wait to take part in her family’s tradition: raising a foal of her own in preparation for the annual yearling auction. On Christmas Day, Chrissie watches the birth of the Thoroughbred colt she expects to be given. But when she finally gets her new horse, she’s in for a surprise. Instead of the horse she expected, Chrissie finds the scraggly newborn colt of a second-best mare. Chrissie names the awkward animal Klutz and claims she can’t wait for the auction that will rid her of this gangly beast. But Klutz seems to know how Chrissie feels. The less Chrissie expects, the harder Klutz struggles to prove himself—until one day Chrissie sees that Klutz has grown into a proud, beautiful yearling. Now Chrissie faces a terrible dilemma: How can she stop her parents from selling the horse she has grown to love?

Christmas for Tommy was never like Christmas for his classmates. His family never had a Christmas Tree or decorations. On Christmas morning there were no new toys, no new clothes, and no bikes. Nothing. Except for a bag of chips, a soft drink, and a bit of candy, Tommy never got anything for Christmas. Santa Clause never visited Tommy and Tommy didn't know why. Maybe it was because he was poor or maybe Santa just didn't like him. But being poor doesn't stop Tommy from having a generous heart and,when this boy who has so little shows compassion to a complete stranger, it leads to a meeting that will teach him the true meaning of Christmas and will change his life forever!

Excerpt: "And now Christmas was coming. Joan had never kept Christmas, and knew nothing about it. But at Aunt Priscilla's farm it was a great day, as it always had been since she could remember. Every relative who could come to the farm was invited weeks beforehand; and nothing else was talked of but Christmas Day. The Sunday evening before it came old Nathan's sermon was all about the shepherds in the field, and how they found the little babe lying in the manger; and he told the story so well that Joan did not go to sleep at all, but sat listening to him with her dark eyes wide open." Hesba Stretton was the pen name of Sarah Smith (1832-1911), an English writer of children's books. Her moral tales and semi-religious stories, chiefly for the young, were printed in huge numbers. She became a regular contributor to Household Words and All the Year Round under Charles Dickens's editorship.

Derik mocks Kelsey for having to go sit on Santa's lap with her baby sisters and gets caught. As punishment, he has to now join them. Derik is not happy at all. He begins to make fun of Santa in any way he can not knowing the mall Santa can hear him. Is the mall Santa real or not? Something turns out to be quite strange with this mall Santa! He gives Derik a can of green goo for his behavior which turns out to wreck havoc on the whole town! Can Kelsey and the crew save Christmas? Read and find out! Book 3 in a series!