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Books with title The Late Great Christmas

  • Nate the Great and the Crunchy Christmas

    Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Craig Sharmat

    Paperback (Yearling, Oct. 6, 1997)
    Beginning readers are introduced to the detective mystery genre in this Christmas adventure with Nate the Great. Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries! Annie's dog is unhappy. When Fang is unhappy, everyone is unhappy. Especially Nate the Great. So Nate agrees to sniff out Fang's mysteriously missing Christmas mail. It's cold and snowy. But Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, will try to solve this holiday case in time for Fang to have a crunchy, munchy Christmas. Check out the Fun Activities section in the back of the book! Visit Nate the Great and Sludge! NatetheGreatBooks.com “They don’t come any cooler than Nate the Great.” —The Huffington Post
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  • Nate the Great and the Crunchy Christmas

    Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, John Lavelle, Listening Library

    Audiobook (Listening Library, Sept. 16, 2008)
    Beginning learners are introduced to the detective mystery genre in these chapter audiobooks. Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate using logical thinking to solve mysteries! Annie's dog is unhappy. When Fang is unhappy, everyone is unhappy. Especially Nate the Great. So Nate agrees to sniff out Fang's mysteriously missing Christmas mail. It's cold and snowy. But Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, will try to solve this holiday case in time for Fang to have a crunchy, munchy Christmas. Check out the Fun Activities section in the back of the book! Visit Nate the Great and Sludge at NatetheGreatBooks.com. "All the usual characters, Sharmat's wry humor, and Simont's lively, appealing watercolors are packed into this easy reader that's sure to be popular all year long." (School Library Journal) "Nate uncovers some snowy clues to deliver a lip-smacking holiday greeting to Fang and his owner. Simont's loose, humorous chalk and watercolor spots help turn this beginning reader into a page-turner." (Publishers Weekly)
  • The Great Christmas Quest

    Charlie Bannon

    (Storyvision Studios UK, Dec. 23, 2019)
    An exciting, adventurous journey awaits! Santa has disappeared! Join, Mrs. Claus, the Elves, the Light Keeper, Ice Blaster and Snow Tunnelers, as they embark on a perilous Christmas Quest, to rescue Santa in time for Christmas. Will they make it back in time? Come and find out....
  • The Late Great Christmas

    Dan Buzzarde

    eBook (AuthorHouse, Sept. 6, 2006)
    Wanda Fieldmouse was very intelligent, even for a mouse. Now normally, intelligent mice make every endeavor to avoid contact with humans, however intelligent those humans may be. All that changed for Wanda, however, when she awakened Christmas Eve morning.It was the moaning and groaning that caught Wandas attention, but then she saw the headlines in the papers: Santa Sick! and Rudolphs Nose Turns Blue! and Christmas Giving May Be Canceled! Wanda was horrified Christmas without presents?! No! she said. No! This is just not acceptable. Christmas without Santa! No! Everyone was talking about the problem, but no one seemed inclined to do anything about it. Well, for Wanda, it just wouldnt do, so against every judgement she had, including her better one, she went to the humans and told them her plan. Well, by this time the humans were willing to accept help on any level, and mouse or no, they welcomed Wandas willingness to help. Please help us! they wailed. We must have Christmas!Wanda, good-hearted creature that she was, said, Okay, I think I know just what to do. In the case of St. Nick, Ill unbite the snow-tick, and Ill wrap Rudolphs nose with unblue and then everything will be just fine! And with that,she set off to save Christmas . . . for the entire world! Read to find out how a mouse managed to save Christmas . . . even for us humans!
  • Nate the Great and the Crunchy Christmas

    Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Craig Sharmat, Marc Simont

    eBook (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Sept. 25, 2013)
    Beginning readers are introduced to the detective mystery genre in this Christmas adventure with Nate the Great. Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries! Annie's dog is unhappy. When Fang is unhappy, everyone is unhappy. Especially Nate the Great. So Nate agrees to sniff out Fang's mysteriously missing Christmas mail. It's cold and snowy. But Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, will try to solve this holiday case in time for Fang to have a crunchy, munchy Christmas. Check out the Fun Activities section in the back of the book! Visit Nate the Great and Sludge! NatetheGreatBooks.com “They don’t come any cooler than Nate the Great.” —The Huffington Post
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  • The Christmas Cat

    Efner Tudor Holmes, Tasha Tudor

    Hardcover (Crowell, Oct. 3, 2000)
    It is Christmas Eve. An abandoned gray cat shivers alone in the cold, snowy forest. Not far away in a warm and cozy farmhouse, Jason anxiously asks his brother Nate if Santa Claus will be able to come in such bad weather. But soon the bitter wind stops howling and the sound of sleigh bells rings clearly through the woods. Neither the cat nor the boys know it, but a small Christmas miracle is about to occur....Tasha Tudor's radiant illustrations illuminate this story, perfectly expressing the loving spirit that shines through the simple text. Efner Tudor Holmes skillfully combines down-to-earth reality with just a hint of seasonal magic.
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  • The Great Christmas Save:

    Christina Johnson, Nicel T. Amolong

    language (ChristinaJohnsonBooks.com, June 30, 2014)
    JOIN ANIMAL FRIENDS JOE, SAM, & FRED ON A FUN, INTERACTIVE CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE THAT SPARKS THE IMAGINATION!Christmas Eve is near and Santa is nowhere to be found! It's up to you to help decide how to save Christmas, so children everywhere will wake up to gifts under the tree Christmas morning. Will you help Santa with his reindeer dilemma? Deliver gifts with Santa on snowmobiles? Or give the elves a hand making gifts? Create the story as you go in this interactive Christmas adventure that will spark the imagination!LOOK INSIDE for a free preview. Click the BUY button to instantly download this title.More children's books by Christina:Captain Dread's Pirate TreasureA Knight's LifeSearch for the Three Horned RhinoDinosaur Party Adventure"Cluck Cluck?" (A Story About a Chicken Named Bob)Twink & Little Squirrel (A Story About Helping)All the Way to Express My LoveA little more about Joe, Sam, & Fred:Meet Fred the mouse. He's very determined, resourceful, and ambitious. His goal is to build the tallest cheese tower in the world...and then eat every last bite! Fred has two very good friends...Meet Joe the elephant. He's down-to-earth, dependable and a bit stubborn. (Don't ever mess with a stubborn elephant!) He loves to hang out and make new friends any chance he gets!And last (but certainly not least!).....Meet Sam the dog. He's enthusiastic, adventurous, and independent. He just loves to play, play, play!
  • The Christmas Cat

    Efner Tudor Holmes, Tasha Tudor

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Oct. 1, 2002)
    Experience the Magic of Christmas...It is Christmas Eve. An abandoned gray cat shivers alone in the cold, snowy forest. In a nearby farmhouse, a young boy worries that Santa Claus might not be able to come in such bad weather. But soon the bitter wind stops howling, and the sound of sleigh bells rings clearly through the woods. Neither the cat nor the boy knows it, but a small Christmas miracle is about to occur. Beloved illustrator Tasha Tudor's classic style gives this holiday tale a timeless appeal.
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  • The Christmas Cat

    Maryann Macdonald, Amy Bates

    Hardcover (Dial Books, Oct. 17, 2013)
    A cozy Nativity story for those who love Christmas and cats.All babies are beautiful and all babies cry. Jesus was no exception. On the night he was born, nothing Mary, Joseph, or the animals in the stable could do would comfort him. But when a curious kitten wanted its turn to calm the baby Jesus, a loving friendship blossomed on that very first Christmas.This perfect read-aloud was inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of La Madonna del Gatto, which show Mary lovingly holding the baby Jesus who is cuddling a cat.
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  • The Last Christmas

    John E. Bibee

    Paperback (IVP Books, Aug. 3, 1990)
    A Christian Home and School 1990 Top Ten Book! For Barry Smedlowe, Centerville would never be the same. Sloan Favor stole his clubhouse, then stole his party and finally stole his club members themselves. Everythign was falling to pieces. After the Halloween War, even the whole country seemed in turmoil. And the attempts of the ORDER Party to get the nation under control looked suspicious. Were they trying to fix the elections? Why did they put all the people with Spirit Flyers bicycles in jail? With the holidays drawing near and problems getting bigger and more complicated, Barry felt all alone. He could hardly imagine that what seemed like the last Christmas would actually become his first.
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  • The Great Pirate Christmas Battle

    Michael Lewis, Stan Jaskiel

    Hardcover (Pelican, Sept. 15, 2014)
    "Yo ho-ho-ho! Michael Lewis's sea-faring Santa tale is surely the best buried treasure you'll ever uncover! The Great Pirate Christmas Battle is so funny you'll shiver your timbers with laughter and clap your hands! Unless you have a hook for a hand. Then you probably shouldn't do that."—Butch Hartman, voice actor for Family Guy, writer for Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls, and creator of The Fairly OddParentsTake to the high seas with this mordantly witty tale of tinsel and terror. Cap'n McNasty and his rapscallions gleefully plunder children's presents—until Santa Claus and his feisty elves swoop in to put an end to their naughty ways!
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  • The Christmas Cat

    Isabelle Holland, Kathy Mitchell

    Hardcover (Western Publishing ( A Golden Book ), July 15, 1987)
    A homeless cat, dog, and donkey follow a star to see a king and find their lives changing as a result.
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