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Title: The Children's Book of Christmas Stories

Author: Various

Editor: Asa Don Dickinson and Ada M. Skinner

Release Date: February, 2004 [EBook #5061]
Posting Date: March 25, 2009

Language: English

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THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF CHRISTMAS STORIES

By Various

Edited by Asa Don Dickinson and Ada M. Skinner

PREFACE

Many librarians have felt the need and expressed the desire for a select
collection of children's Christmas stories in one volume. This books
claims to be just that and nothing more.

Each of the stories has already won the approval of thousands of
children, and each is fraught with the true Christmas spirit.

It is hoped that the collection will prove equally acceptable to
parents, teachers, and librarians.

Asa Don Dickinson.

CONTENTS

(Note.--The stories marked with a star (*) will be most enjoyed by
younger children; those marked with a two stars (**) are better suited
to older children.)

Christmas at Fezziwig's Warehouse. By Charles Dickens
* The Fir-Tree. By Hans Christian Andersen
The Christmas Masquerade. By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
* The Shepherds and the Angels. Adapted from the Bills
** The Telltale Tile. By Olive Thorne Miller
* Little Girl's Christmas. By Winnifred E. Lincoln
** A Christmas Matinee. By M.A.L. Lane
* Toinette and the Elves. By Susan Coolidge
The Voyage of the Wee Red Cap. By Ruth Sawyer Durand
* A Story of the Christ-Child (a German Legend for Christmas Eve). As
told by
Elizabeth Harrison
* Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas. By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Why the Chimes Rang. By Raymond McAlden
The Birds' Christmas (founded on fact). By F.E. Mann
** The Little Sister's Vacation. By Winifred M. Kirkland
* Little Wolff's Wooden Shoes. By Francois Coppee, adapted and
translated by
Alma J. Foster
** Christmas in the Alley. By Olive Thorne Miller
* A Christmas Star. By Katherine Pyle
** The Queerest Christmas. By Grace Margar