Tripp Horner likes to refer to himself as a pilgrim poet with a guitar. He’s also a singer, songwriter, storyteller, and in his early days, a wandering balladeer. He loves to write and tell stories to those who will listen and to sing with those who sing along. He loves to tell stories of the legends of folklore and its heroes and heroines of American history. His favorite character of all is, of course, Santa Claus. The story you will be reading is his first, and from it has sprung others. There’s the story titled Bartholomew to the Rescue and Ollie the Yodeling Elf. Others tell about life at the North Pole. In them, you will get to know Miss L. Toe, Rissabelle the Ice Princess, and many others. Folklore and fairytales have been handed down long before the printed word was published. Generation to generation retell and pass along deeds of great men and women throughout history. Every country and every culture has their own stories and legends passed along in this way. Santa Claus is one legendary icon who is known by just about every culture on the planet. He may go by other names, but the person is the same. He may bring gifts to some on other days than Christmas Eve. Long ago, there was a part of the world that considered Santa Claus to be a woman. The one common bond is that the person we know as Santa Claus brings happiness and joy to all the good children and their families throughout the world. There are those who do not believe, and that’s just fine. Nobody has to believe anything if they don’t want to. My stories are for those who do believe. I hope you enjoy what I have written and will look out for the continuing stories to follow. Thank you. One last thing, as for me and my family, we believe in Santa Claus.

(Expressive Art (Choral)). Grab your cameras! We're makin' a movie about the one and only Santa Claus but what style of movie fits the greatest elfin hero of all time? Thanks to a little help from Cecil B. DeGrille, Alfred Pitchfork, Steven Reelberg and a few other illustrious filmmakers, a young group of aspiring directors experience movie-making like never before, from Epic Extravaganza and Film Noir to Spaghetti Western and Super-hero-adventure film. Watch out, Hollywood! This musical offers options for a simple or elaborate production, including the choice of two endings and suggestions for producing your very own movie. We'll even show you how! Either way it will be a blockbuster! This 40-minute musical features six original songs and connecting script with over 50 speaking parts. The Teacher Edition includes piano/vocal song arrangements and choreography, script, helpful production guide and teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song. For added value, the ready-to-use student books include songs and script, and will enhance the musical experience for your young aspiring actors/singers! Available separately: Teacher Edition, Singer 5-Pak, Preview CD (with vocals & dialog), Preview Pak (1 singer book and 1 Preview CD), Preformance/Accompaniment CD, and Performance Kit/CD (Teacher, 20 Singer books and P/A CD). Approximate Performance Time: 40 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.

Ali Caldwell figures her fifteen minutes of fame have expired, and she is ready to ditch the TV cameras. That’s hard to do when she has to spend Thanksgiving with her mother in Malibu, where they’ll be filming the Christmas special for their reality show. Then her little brother disappears while she’s in charge of him, and and everyone in the world is watching and blaming her, including her mother. Ali is determined to find him make everything right, but life is ever that simple.

Action, action, yet more action. No action film worthy of genre would be caught dead without its fair share of red-hot lead and no-holds-barred fisticuffs, high-octane pursuits and gravity-defying gymnastics. Then again, nonstop action soon wears thin absent a rooting interest in Last Man Standing First Woman to Cross Finish Line. Rooting interest inheres not in overt action, no matter how artfully choreographed or breathtakingly executed. Rather, rooting interest comes from empathy for the protagonist and, more precisely, from the dramatic action embodied by the protagonist's struggle to accomplish a worthy goal opposed by a formidable foe. Action is a double-edged blade, overt action being a necessary but insufficient condition to sustain viewer interest, which soars and ebbs to extent that dramatic action intersects with-injects meaningfulness into-gunplay and fistfest, acrobatics and pyrotechnics. Lights! Camera! Action! spotlights the essential elements of action comedy, action romance, and action adventure. It underscores the crucial distinction between overt and dramatic action, which a screenwriter must weave together in order for an action script to hum and shimmer, pulsate and zing.

MAKE MOVIE NIGHT EPIC Invite friends over, mix some drinks, press play and drink, drink, drink every time Lights Camera Booze tells you to. It’s 80-proof fun in front of the big screen when this book turns your favorite movies into drinking game parodies, including: • Hand-drawn game boards • Rules on when to drink • Themed cocktails for each flick • Post-movie sobriety challenges

The classic children’s characters are taking the graphic novel world by storm! Reads L to R (Western Style). Full-color pages. Poopity poop! Mr. Bump is stuck inside his TV! With every change of the channel, he finds himself in the middle of a different show. Whether he's dancing with the Little Misses, surviving on a desert isle, or ghost hunting, Mr. Bump is must-see TV! But will he ever get home again?

Cassidy Barnett is not your average twelve- (almost thirteen!-) year -old. While most other girls her age are worries about school and clothes and boys, Cass has spent most of her life traveling the world with her travel TV-show-host parents. She gets to visit fabulous places and loves connecting with people via her popular blog. But when the producers of the show decide that they want to feature Cass on camera, all of that starts to change. Now she's got to think about what she says, how she looks, and what the world is saying about her. Because like it or not, it's LIGHTS, CAMERA, CASSIDY! In this first episode, the show's producers arrange for Cassidy to be shown around Valencia, Spain, by a local teen (and a cute one at that!). Things are going well - until Cass unwittingly catches a criminal in the act on her video blog, and she's thrust into the spotlight. To top it all off, her old friend Logan returns to the show. He's older now and . . . well, cuter. As things with the blog start to heat up, Cassidy finds that she doesn't know who is a friend, who is a crush, and who just wants her story for the tabloids!

This book pays tribute to my father, Alvin Charles Copeland, Sr. My father was a great man with a great heart for people. He loved life and winning in life. He was successful because he prioritized people and family over materialistic things. He was a winner that lived for a challenge. As the eldest son, I am proud and humbled to have the opportunity to continue his legacy and fulfill the tasks he left behind. I am honored to endorse this book as a motivational tool for anyone who may be facing a challenge, setback, or obstacle in this life. My father never gave up on life in spite of disappointments; he was relentless about making the best of any situation. During his battle with cancer, my father never gave up. He was a born leader, motivating father, and a man of influence. As you read the pages of this book, I know you will be encouraged to live your life to the fullest. I know that something in my fathers life will help motivate you to face every circumstance, or setback with a winning attitude. Today I challenge you to take on the attitude of a champion. Champions are determined risk-takers that are often the center of attraction. Champions never die; they just live out their lives through others once they pass away. Thank you for helping me pay tribute to a true champion, Al Copeland, Sr.

Santa's the one on the naughty list this year! When Cole Benson agrees to play Old Saint Nick at a Boston-area mall, the former actor is desperate to regain his career. What he doesn't count on is his seeing his ex, Stephanie Taylor, working as one of the elves. The fire that once simmered between them is lit all over again, and Cole begins to wonder if maybe he can bring about a second chance this Christmas. He doesn't realize that Stephanie is hiding a big secret, one that will put this Santa in a compromising position, and make him wonder whether he did the right thing leaving town all those years ago. Stephanie takes a chance on falling for the playboy again, even if it means waking up alone on Christmas morning. Is Santa here to stay this time? Will he become the family man Stephanie needs? Or will he hop in his sleigh as soon as the holiday is over? *Special bonus material: Recipes written by the characters inside!*