A Kiwi Christmas Story was written by Romaine Kupfer, a geologist, while she and her young family accompanied her husband, a geologist professor, on sabbatical in Wellington, New Zealand. Mrs. Kupfer, quite taken by the kiwi bird and his gentleness, began to romanticize what Christmas would have been like in the land down under. Since her children were young, she wrote the story for thema childrens storyand included a bit of her own poetry at the end.
Twas the night before Christmas and all round the bach, Not a possum was stirring; not one could we catch. Take one Santa dressed in singlet and shorts, and put him on a miniature tractor pulled by eight flying sheep, and you have a Kiwi version of the well-loved Clement C. Moore poem.
Disillusioned with the materialism of Christmas, Santas gone on holiday, to as far from the North Pole as possible New Zealand! When his reindeerless-sleigh crashes and sinks in the waters of an idyllic holiday beach, he is found washed up by 8-year-old Sam and his 12-year-old sister Molly and their newly separated parents. The family discovers who Santa really is and must unite to rescue him from the local Coastwatch who have set out to capture him, and convince him to return to the North Pole in time for Christmas Eve.
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a pukeko in a ponga tree. A wonderful New Zealand adaption of the popular song The Twelve Days of Christmas. Includes an audio CD of the song so you can sing along!
There are just a few days to go before Christmas, and everyone¿s busy putting up decorations, preparing food and getting ready for the big day. Then comes the shock news ¿ Santa¿s cancelled Christmas. Santa had so many disasters last year that he can¿t face it again, and he¿s quit. The elves try everything, but they can¿t get him to change his mind. In this Aotearoa Christmas picture book, the kids come up with a clever plan and amazing gadgets to get Christmas back on and Santa back in the sleigh delivering presents.
When a little boy spends his first Christmas after his parents' separation with his dad, on Dad's new farm, he's worried about what his Christmas will bring. A Christmas story with a difference. Ages: 4+ When a little boy spends his first Christmas after his parents' separation with his dad, on Dad's new farm, he's worried about what his Christmas will bring. Will Father Christmas know where he is? Will Dad remember to give him a present? After all, there doesn't seem to be much evidence of the Christmas spirit - no decorations on a Christmas tree and no reassuring pile of presents underneath. All the things that have meant Christmas to him in the past are missing, and he's very worried. On Christmas morning his worst fears are realised. Nothing with his name on. Nothing in wrapping paper. And Dad even asks him to do chores ...What follows is a wonderful story about the real meaning of Christmas, as with a delightfully Kiwi flavour, a little boy learns how much both his parents love him, and that this will never change.He learns to look around him and discovers the sheer joy and delight of some special time with his dad, and learns that, ultimately, Christmas presents come in all shapes and sizes, and the best ones aren't always from the mall. And when your present is the whole sky full of stars, no wrapping paper would ever be big enough. Beautifully illustrated by Lyn Kriegler, this is a wonderful new and totally Kiwi Christmas story. Ages: 4+
Pull back the curtain of Time and take a peek into heaven as God reveals his plans for the very First Christmas - the angels are in for a surprise or two! An Unexpected Christmas tells the old familiar story from a whole new perspective, with a dash of humor and plenty of warm fuzzies, this story will become a Christmas read-aloud favorite. From the Author, Simone Graham: "I originally wrote this as a Christmas gift for my children; it is illustrated with the children of the world (including my own) as Heaven's angels. I hope you enjoy reading this book as much as I enjoyed imagining it for you." The story was selected to be made into a short film by St Pauls' in Auckland for their Christmas event, where it was an instant hit on YouTube in Christmas 2012. In the past year, people from all over the world have contacted Simone thanking her for writing this beautiful (funny and touching) story. Now you can take it home and read it to your children this Christmas. "They won't be expecting that!" Scragger (from An Unexpected Christmas) (The film can be found on YouTube under the same title, An Unexpected Christmas)
Twas the dawn before Christmas and, down at the beach, Santa was fishing... just one more hed catch. From the creators of the ultimate Kiwi Christmas read-aloud A Kiwi Night Before Christmas comes the prequelA Kiwi Day Before Christmas and Santas got work to do! Luckily his trusty little helpers have been busying themselves in his workshop with all that gift wrapping. But those prezzies wont be going anywhere without Santas reindeer to pull the tractorso where have those sheep got to?
