The Young Oxford Book of Christmas Stories
The Young Oxford Book of Christmas Stories

Author: Dennis Pepper

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780192781697

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Christmas has always been a time for telling stories, and this collection draws on that tradition to create a wonderful mixture of stories for the festive season. It includes stories about presents and surprises; about family quarrels and loneliness; about both happy and sad times - and, of course, about ghosts. It all adds up to a thought provoking and absorbing collection which brings together stories about all the different faces of Christmas, and what it means to us.

The Young Oxford Book of Christmas Stories
The Young Oxford Book of Christmas Stories

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9780192781680

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Christmas has always been a time for telling stories, and this collection draws on that tradition to create a wonderful mixture of stories for the festive season. It includes stories about presents and surprises; about family quarrels and loneliness; about both happy and sad times - and, of course, about ghosts. It all adds up to a thought provoking and absorbing collection which brings together stories about all the different faces of Christmas, and what it means to us.

The Oxford Book of Christmas Stories
The Oxford Book of Christmas Stories

Author: Dennis Pepper

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2009-10-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780192782441

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All those things that matter-friendship, love, trust, happiness, and sacrifice-seem to matter all the more at Christmas time. In this wonderful illustrated anthology for older children such themes are considered through thirty stories, both old and new, to present a wide-ranging view of Christmas and its celebrations.

The Young Oxford Book of Timewarp Stories
The Young Oxford Book of Timewarp Stories

Author:

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780192781673

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A collection of stories about time, exploring all the different ways that we can twist and play with time. The stories take in trips to the future, package holidays to the past, visitors from other times with unwelcome messages, a thief with the power to stop time altogether, a man in lovewith someone who died years before he was born, a star fleet that paradoxically caused its own destruction, and many more. With a sure appeal for everyone who likes an exciting, thought-provoking story, as well as fans of science fiction and ghost stories, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of stories to amuse, amaze, and enthral.

A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story

Author: Brian Wildsmith

Publisher: Eerdmans Young Readers

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0802851738

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Rebecca, a young girl living in Nazareth, accompanies a small donkey searching for his mother to a stable in Bethlehem where they both witness a special event.

The Oxford Book of Christmas Poems
The Oxford Book of Christmas Poems

Author: Michael Harrison

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2009-09-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780192782434

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The winter landscape at Christmas, the story of the Nativity, the celebrations of the season, and the coming of the New Year-these are explored through more than 120 poems, both old and new. Included in this wonderful illustrated collection are poems by Ted Hughes, John Betjeman, W.H. Auden, Thomas Hardy, Michael Rosen, and many more.

The Young Oxford Book of Nightmares
The Young Oxford Book of Nightmares

Author: Dennis Pepper

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780192781802

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This is a collection of stories in which nightmares and bad dreams are an essential part of the plot. In some stories the nightmare parallels or predicts events in waking life. In others, the nightmare takes over and the dreamer cannot get back to reality. There are also other stories which have a nightmarish quality to them. The characters are trapped and unable to make an escape.

The New Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories
The New Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories

Author: Dennis Pepper

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780192781789

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Tells stories about all kinds of ghosts, including children, snooker-players, ventriloquist's dummies, and warriors.

The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings
The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings

Author: Dennis Pepper

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780192781512

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A collection of 35 stories in which the main feature is the ending, "The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings" features works by Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, E, Nesbit, T.H. White, and many others. Illustrations.