I Saw Santa in Kansas City
I Saw Santa in Kansas City

Author: J. D. Green

Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky

Published: 2018-10

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781492668510

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Santa's not planned his vacation this year. Mrs. Claus says, "How 'bout Kansas City, my dear? You always say it's your favorite place, but remember, the children should not see your face." Santa and Mrs. Claus want to go on a vacation--but can someone as famous as Santa stay out of sight? Snuggle up and read what happens when things don't quite go as planned. This Christmas regional series combines a fun and festive story with search-and-find artwork that will have children looking for Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Reindeer amongst Kansas City's most iconic sights!

I Saw Santa in Kansas
I Saw Santa in Kansas

Author: J. D. Green

Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky

Published: 2018-10

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781492668503

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Santa's not planned his vacation this year. Mrs. Claus says, "How 'bout Kansas, my dear? You always say it's your favorite place, but remember, the children should not see your face." Santa and Mrs. Claus want to go on a vacation--but can someone as famous as Santa stay out of sight? Snuggle up and read what happens when things don't quite go as planned. This Christmas regional series combines a fun and festive story with search-and-find artwork that will have children looking for Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Reindeer amongst Kansas's most iconic sights!

Santa Is Coming to Texas
Santa Is Coming to Texas

Author: Steve Smallman

Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky

Published: 2012-10-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781402275128

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A new holiday series that features the Jolly Old Elf heading south from his home in the North Pole and flying to locations around the United States and Canada to deliver presents and good cheer.

Noelle
Noelle

Author: Gregory D. Kincaid

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1524761192

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From the New York Times bestselling author of A Dog Named Christmas comes this heartwarming Christmas story about the power of family and the strength and love that comes from our pets. In this fourth installment of the poignant stories of the McCray family and their lovable canines in rural Kansas, matriarch Mary Ann McCray is determined to shake up Christmas by accepting the role as Crossing Trail's first woman Santa Claus. Mary Ann, always a bit of a rebel, is looking to offer a more progressive voice in the staunchly conservative town at Christmastime and has a few ideas up her red velvet sleeves.

Salina, 1858-2008
Salina, 1858-2008

Author:

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738561813

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Early in 1858, three men walked across the eastern half of Kansas Territory intent on starting a town. Although the volatile conflict between Free State and proslavery forces still simmered, the bloodshed had abated, and Free State factions had gained the upper hand. People turned their interests to more peaceful pursuits, including town building. Armed with a compass and stovepipe hat instead of a tripod, the three young Scotsmen selected and surveyed a town site along the Smoky Hill River, near the confluence of the Saline River in north-central Kansas. The tiny settlement soon became a way-stop for westbound travelers and a hub of activity for hunters, soldiers, land seekers, and surveyors. Now 150 years later, Salina (pronounced with a long i) still thrives as a center for commercial, cultural, civic, and social activity. Voted an All-America City in 1989, Salina is home to nearly 50,000 people who enjoy midwestern living in the heart of America.

Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men
Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men

Author: Phyllis Siefker

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2006-11-27

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 0786429585

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Much of the modern-day vision of Santa Claus is owed to the Clement Moore poem "The Night Before Christmas." His description of Saint Nicholas personified the "jolly old elf" known to millions of children throughout the world. However, far from being the offshoot of Saint Nicholas of Turkey, Santa Claus is the last of a long line of what scholars call "Wild Men" who were worshipped in ancient European fertility rites and came to America through Pennsylvania's Germans. This pagan creature is described from prehistoric times through his various forms--Robin Hood, The Fool, Harlequin, Satan and Robin Goodfellow--into today's carnival and Christmas scenes. In this thoroughly researched work, the origins of Santa Claus are found to stretch back over 50,000 years, jolting the foundation of Christian myths about the jolly old elf.

Christmas Around the World
Christmas Around the World

Author: Chuck Fischer

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2007-10-29

Total Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 9780316117951

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Master pop-up artist Chuck Fischer's most glorious creation yet -- CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD is the perfect holiday gift. Featuring France, Germany, Russia, Latin America, Scandinavia, Great Britain, Italy, and the United States, every spread is packed with delights: a luxurious central pop-up image, plus removable booklets, pullouts, mini pop-ups, and more. The text illuminates unique Christmas traditions, gift legacies, and portraits of mythic figures, such as England's Father Christmas and Italy's Le Befana. Like Christmas in New York, CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD is destined to become a treasured keepsake and a bestseller for years to come.

Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year
Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year

Author: Beth Kempton

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2024-10-29

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1982151862

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Shares strategies for achieving an authentic, meaningful, and stress-free holiday season, providing holistic guidelines for late November through early January for setting and achieving prioritized, mindful seasonal goals.

Eureka
Eureka

Author: Jim Lehrer

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Published: 2009-03-24

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0812975529

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Ever reliable and responsible, Otis Halstead is a father, a husband (one half of a “well-dressed couple of substance”), and the CEO of Kansas Central Fire and Casualty. He has never done anything out of the ordinary. Until now. The change in Otis starts with the acquisition of an antique toy fire truck, the exact model he had pined for at age ten but never received. Next comes a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun. But Otis’s real coup is the purchase of his one true childhood passion: a red 1952 Cushman Pacemaker motor scooter. For his baffled wife, Sally, this is the final straw. She insists that he see a shrink. But when tragedy strikes uncomfortably close to home, Otis decides he wants out of his sensible, safe life in Eureka, Kansas. And so, a few weeks before his sixtieth birthday, Otis leaves town, heading west on old U.S. 56, a corporate CEO riding a forty-year-old motor scooter with a BB gun strapped to the side. One might say he was in for an adventure. Otis would say he was finally about to experience life.