The Best of Christmas: 30 Works of Holiday Cheer

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The Best of Christmas: 30 Works of Holiday Cheer

Don't be a Scrooge--get in the holiday spirit with The Best of Christmas, a collection of classic books, poems and stories all centering around the most magical day of the year. Here you will find familiar favorites like A Christmas Carol and "Twas the Night Before Christmas," as well as holiday works by authors as diverse as L. Frank Baum, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, and even Harriet Beecher Stowe. Ranging in length, style, and subject, these works provide a well-rounded Christmas feast, and a host of supplementals you're sure to enjoy.

Included in The Best of Christmas are:

â€¢ The complete text of thirty holiday classics, each elegantly formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your Kindle reader.
â€¢ Links to free, full-length audio recordings of the stories and poems in this collection.
â€¢ An individual, active Table of Contents for each book accessible from the Kindle "go to" feature.
â€¢ Perfect formatting in rich text compatible with Kindle's Text-to-Speech features.
â€¢ A low, can't-say-no price!

30 Tales & Poems of Holiday Cheer!

Two poems and twenty-eight short stories and novellas, all centering around Christmas. Works included:

Poems:
â€¢ 'Twas the Night Before Christmas* with the classic illustrations by F.O.C. Darley!
â€¢ 'Twas the Night After Christmas

Dicken's Christmas Novellas:
â€¢ A Christmas Carol* with original illustrations by John Leech!
â€¢ The Chimes
â€¢ The Cricket on the Hearth
â€¢ The Battle of Life
â€¢ The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

Short Stories and Novellas:

â€¢ The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
â€¢ The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
â€¢ The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen
â€¢ The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen
â€¢ The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
â€¢ Old Christmas by Washington Irving
â€¢ The Elves and the Shoemaker by The Brothers Grimm
â€¢ A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens
â€¢ The First Christmas Tree by Henry Van Dyke
â€¢ The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
â€¢ At Christmas Time by Anton Chekhov
â€¢ Christmas Cuckoo by Frances Browne
â€¢ The Burglar's Christmas by Willa Cather
â€¢ The Story of the Other Wise Men by Henry Van Dyke
â€¢ What Christmas Is as We Grow Older by Charles Dickens
â€¢ Christmas, or The Good Fairy by Harriet Beecher Stowe
â€¢ How the Captain Made Christmas by Thomas Nelson Page
â€¢ The Christmas Wreck by Frank R. Stockton
â€¢ The Christmas Angel by Henry Van Dyke
â€¢ Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe by Elizabeth Harrison
â€¢ A Christmas Inspiration by Lucy Maud Montgomery
â€¢ A Christmas Mistake by Lucy Maud Montgomery
â€¢ Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy

Additional Bonus Features

Also included are special features for any elf or snowmaiden, including:

â€¢ A Christmas Viewing Guide: a recommended viewing list of theatrical and television movies to get you in the mood for Christmas, including family favorites, classic Hollywood films, and stop-motion TV specials.
â€¢ The History of Christmas: a fascinating look into the origins of the holiday, and how it evolved through the ages to become the holiday we know and love.
â€¢ Christmas Around the World: a look at the variety of Christmas traditions around the globe, from making Christmas reservations at KFC in Japan, to leaving a bowl porridge to appease invisible house gnomes in Sweden.
â€¢ Links to free, full-length audio recordings of the books in this collection.

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Maplewood Books
Manufacturer	Maplewood Books
NumberOfPages	849
PublicationDate	2014-08-05
Publisher	Maplewood Books
ReleaseDate	2014-08-05
Studio	Maplewood Books

The Best of Christmas: 30 Works of Holiday Cheer

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