The Legend had been passed down through the generations along with the precious Christmas Mouse ornament. Every Christmas Eve, Father followed family tradition and told his children the legend of the Christmas Mouse. They loved hearing the story, almost as much as they loved receiving Christmas presents. The Legend of the Christmas Mouse is the first book in the Christmas Mouse Series and tells how the Christmas Mouse came to be.
One special night, something incredible happens! A little mouse who is being chased by a cat scurries to safety and ends up inside a home, eventually gazing at a beautifully decorated Christmas tree. As the mouse pokes through the gifts, he comes upon a book and falls into it. To his surprise, he finds himself in the stable where Jesus has just been born. He watches as shepherds come to worship the baby and tell Mary and Joseph how the angels appeared to them. This beautifully illustrated story helps children experience the nativity in all its glory through the eyes of an endearing observer!
A little mouse living in the church of an Austrian village assuages his hunger by feasting on the organ bellows and causing the priest and the organist to quickly compose a song for Christmas Eve mass, the now famous "Silent night, holy night."
A little mouse who is teased for being the smallest and for playing an acorn drum is singled out to give a gift to the very special child who has been born in a nearby stable.
This wonderful little story will warm your heart, make you laugh, and maybe even cry. It is the story of a young boy, tossed aside and unwanted by his parents, grows up self condeming himself at every turn, feeling worhtless. He finds a new family and friends who help him see his own self worth and save the town who once rejected him in the process.
A new story for every single day of the year! Each book contains a special story for each month.These entertaining stories are short enough to be read just before bedtime or to take a break anytime of the day.With popular as well as never-heard-of tales from around the world and great illustrations, every book in this series is a must have.
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.
