The beautiful sounds of Christmas music delight us each year anew, as we celebrate the Season with time-honored Christmas carols and songs. The eight early-elementary to elementary arrangements in this compilation will both please and motivate younger piano students, who always love to play melodies they are familiar with. Each solo features a single note melody, and is complete in itself. For a fuller, richer sound, the duet part for the teacher may be added.

Strange things begin to happen the minute young Kay Harker boards the train to go home for Christmas and finds himself under observation by two very shifty-looking characters. Arriving at his destination, the boy is immediately accosted by a bright-eyed old man with a mysterious message: “The wolves are running.” Soon danger is everywhere, as a gang of criminals headed by the notorious wizard Abner Brown and his witch wife Sylvia Daisy Pouncer gets to work. What does Abner Brown want? The magic box that the old man has entrusted to Kay, which allows him to travel freely not only in space but in time, too. The gang will stop at nothing to carry out their plan, even kidnapping Kay’s friend, the tough little Maria Jones, and threatening to cancel Christmas celebrations altogether. But with the help of his allies, including an intrepid mouse, a squadron of Roman soldiers, the legendary Herne the Hunter, and the inventor of the Box of Delights himself, Kay just may be able rescue his friend, foil Abner Brown’s plot, and save Christmas, too. At once a thriller, a romp, and a spellbinding fantasy, The Box of Delights is a great English children’s book and a perfect Christmas treat.

- Sixteen blocks and six quilt patterns can be combined in a variety of ways- Fun motifs include a toy soldier, nutcracker, gingerbread house, and Santa in his long johns- Oversized characters are presented on pullout pattern sheets for sewing ease

Christmas is murder-- when you're stranded in East Sussex with a killer. When guests at a secluded Victorian hotel start dying, all hopes for a jolly holiday are dashed.

Lawrence hates being teased about his dimples, but nothing he does seems to make any difference. Joe goes right on teasing him, and the teasing gets meaner and meaner. Finally, Lawrence notices something about his friend Stewart that may provide the tool he needs to tease-proof himself once and for all.

Wheeler presents a collection of tender and inspiring stories to remind readers that only a Christ-filled Christmas has any meaning at all. Illustrations.

Christmas is two days away, but Frances and her little brother Peter, who recently moved with their father to a lighthouse on an isolated island, fear that they will have no treats, no music, and no visit from Santa. Includes facts about the Flying Santa Service. Full color.