Little Wolf and his family, living in the White Mountains of Arizona, experience the singing of angels, the bright star, and the special newborn baby that marked the first Christmas.
Little Robin’s generosity is rewarded in this heartwarming holiday tale about the gift of sharing. “A cozy Christmas read.” —Kirkus Reviews One frosty evening, a week before Christmas, Little Robin prepares for the chilly nights to come by washing his seven warm knit vests. But as the days go by, he comes across lots of shivering animals and kindly offers them his vests to wear. By Christmas Eve, Little Robin is cold and alone with no vests left. That is, until a special someone arrives to reward his kindness in this heartwarming holiday tale about the gift of sharing.
Yet another Christmas alone… Reindeer shifter Lukas has had enough of his family’s extravagant Christmas celebrations. As the last unmated Omega in his family, he can no longer take his family’s teasing and decides to spend a quiet Christmas alone in the mountains. As he arrives at the lodge, his perfect plan seems to crumble as things don’t go quite as expected. The biggest surprise of all is the handsome owner of the lodge – a wolf shifter named Raul who makes Lukas’s whole body burn, and a part of him wants nothing more but to run. But it turns out that Raul has a plan of his own – one that will keep the sweet Omega that just walked into his lodge all for himself... A Wolf’s Christmas Deer is a short, standalone gay holiday romance with male pregnancy. Intended for mature audiences only.
Around the world Santa Claus has many names. But in a deep, swampy bayou of Louisiana, he's known as Papa Noël. In such a hot and humid place, there can be no sleds or reindeer, so Papa Noël rides the river in a boat that's pulled by eight alligators, with a snowy white one named Nicollette in the lead. On this particular Christmas Eve, it's so foggy on the river that even Nicollette's magical glowing-green eyes may not be enough to guide Papa Noël. The alligators are tired, grumpy and bruised from banging into cypress trees, and Papa is desperate to get all the gifts to the little children. Well, "quicker than a snake shimmies down the river," the clever Cajun people come up with a solution that saves the day. A colorfully inventive Christmas tale, Papa Noël is a lesson in fast thinking, as well as a witty introduction to a part of America that's rich in folklore and legend.
A subversive and hilarious spin on the well-loved fairy tale. The three little wolves erect first a solid brick house. The big bad pig comes along and when huffing and puffing fails to work, he uses a sledgehammer to bring the house down. Next they build a home of concrete: The pig demolishes it with his pneumatic drill. The three little wolves choose an even stronger design next time round: They erect a house, made of steel, barbed wire, armor plates and video entry system, but the pig finds a way to demolish it too. It is only when the wolves construct a rather fragile house made of cherry blossoms, daffodils, pink roses, and marigolds that the pig has a change of heart ... A great read for children who enjoyed The Wolf's Story by Toby Forward. Kids aged 5 and up will enjoy this hilarious, subversive and brilliant read aloud picture book. Eugene Trivizas's text for The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig is perfectly complemented by Helen Oxenbury's watercolour illustrations. Eugene Trivizas has written over 100 books and is the winner of more than twenty national and international prizes and awards. His work has been adapted for stage, screen and radio. Helen Oxenbury's warm and witty illustrations have charmed children and adults alike for many years. Her version of Alice in Wonderland, published by Walker Books, won the 2001 Kate Greenaway Award, which she first won in 1969 for The Quangle Wangle's Hat. She has also won the Smarties Book Prize three times.
Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.
Connor Rudina plays football for the Alaska Bloodhounds, and he’s hired me to take care of his daughter. I might have a crush on the wolf, but he keeps things strictly professional. Until he asks me to go with them to Sawtooth Forest for Christmas. It will be a tough trip for both of us—Connor lost his mate and it will be his first time home, and I got rejected by my pack. If it wasn’t for this invitation, I would’ve spent the holiday alone. I know I’m just there to help with his daughter, but when get snowed in on a layover before we get to Sawtooth, everything changes. This holiday season, the wolf of Christmas future will show me what forever really means.