What child is this Who is born here Where the oxen Stomp and peer . . . When Christmas in the Barn was first published in 1952, it demonstrated all of Margaret Wise Brown's mastery at skillfully fashioning a truly childlike interpretation of the Nativity story. For this larger, full-color edition, Caldecott Honor artist Diane Goode has created a new tableau of visitors to the barn that will delight generations of new readers.

Life is hard enough in Appalachia in the Depression, but when 12-year-old Roxie's house burns down just before Christmas, she and her family come to know what it takes to survive, and what strength really is. Based on the author's own family experience.

"An affectionate, informative, and thoroughly moving holiday tale." Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW "A homemade, homey Christmas story for animal lovers." -Kirkus Reviews This new Christmas story from the creators of the New York Times-bestselling book The SheepOver will warm your heart this holiday season! When the Old Pine Tree cracks and falls after an autumn storm, Farmer John knows just what to do. He will give the farm animals a very special present for Christmas. He draws up a plan, and piece by piece, a structure is built, while the farm animals--sheep, dogs, chickens, geese, ducks, and some alpacas--look on in wonder at what it will be! Join all the animals on Moonrise Farm as they watch Farmer John prepare his Christmas gift for them!

In a poem inspired by the classic "Night Before Christmas," an array of squabbling farm animals must put aside their differences in order to help a stranded Santa Claus deliver presents on Christmas Eve.

After Santa loses his reindeer mid-flight on Christmas Eve, he improvises by seeking the help of some barnyard animals to complete his trip. Full color.

Taffy’s all set for a warm and cozy Christmas with her family, but then she’s notified on Christmas Eve that they’ve got to move out of their house by midnight. Don’t worry! Taffy, her two daughters, and their twelve animals—an unusual and closeknit family—won’t let the bad news get them down. Trekking back and forth across the snowy landscape, they move all of their belongings into an abandoned barn. And in the true spirit of the season, they clean up the barn, light the woodstove, hang their stockings, and put up their tree. It turns out to be a Christmas they’ll never forget.

This holiday, e-artnow presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas classics and the most beloved animal tales to warm up your heart and rekindle your holiday sparkle: The Tailor of Gloucester (Beatrix Potter) The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter) Black Beauty (Anna Sewell) The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) The Wonderful Wizard of OZ (L. Frank Baum) The Adventures of Reddy Fox (Thornton Burgess) The Adventures of Johnny Chuck (Thornton Burgess) The Adventures of Peter Cottontail (Thornton Burgess) The Old Mother West Wind (Thornton Burgess) The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Hugh Lofting) The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (Hugh Lofting) The Story of a Nodding Donkey (Laura Lee Hope) Little Bun Rabbit (L. Frank Baum) The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams) The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (E. T. A. Hoffmann) The Story of a Stuffed Elephant (Laura Lee Hope) Peace on Earth, Good-Will to Dogs (Eleanor Hallowell Abbott) Kittyboy's Christmas (Amy Ella Blanchard) The Naughty Reindeer (Amelia C. Houghton) Miss Muffet's Christmas Party (Samuel McChord Crothers) The Animals' Christmas Tree (John Punnett Peters) The Mouse and the Moonbeam (Eugene Field) The Cricket on the Hearth (Charles Dickens) The Christmas Cuckoo (Frances Browne) The Silver Hen (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman) The Sparrow and the Fairy (Georgianna M. Bishop) The Wonderful Bird (Georgianna M. Bishop) The Little Mud-Sparrows (Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward) The Little Gray Lamb (Archibald Beresford Sullivan) How Freckle Frog Made Herself Pretty (Charlotte B. Herr) Cat and Dog Stories (Walter Crane)