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Compared to recent years, publishers have shown a little restraint this season when it comes to December holiday books. Never fear, though, because there are still more than 50 Christmas [...]

Anyone looking for Christmas picture books shouldn't be disappointed by the plethora of offerings this year. The story of the Nativity is told from just about every perspective imaginable, and [...]

MATTESON, George & Adele Ursone. The Christmas Tugboat: How the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Came to New York City. illus, by James E. Ransome. 48p. CIP. Clarion. Nov. 2012. RTE [...]

MUNCASTER, Harriet. The Biggest Smallest Christmas Present. illus. by Harriet Muncaster. 32p. Putnam. Jun. 2016. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9780399164323. PreS-Gr 1--Clementine is an ordinary little girl except for one thing--she [...]

ROSE, Nancy. Merry Christmas, Squirrels! photos by Nancy Rose. 32p. Little, Brown/Megan Tingley Bks. Oct. 2015. Tr $17. ISBN 9780316302579. LC 2015003705. PreS-Gr 1--When Mr. Peanuts the squirrel receives an [...]

COCCA-LEFFLER, Maryann. A Homemade Together Christmas. illus. by Maryann Cocca-Leffler. 32p. Albert Whitman. Oct. 2015. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9780807533666. PreS-Gr 1--When Luca's family decide to give one another only homemade [...]

BAILEY, Linda. When Santa Was a Baby. illus. by Genevieve Godbout. 32p. Tundra Books. Oct. 2015. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781770495562. PreS-Gr 1--From the time he was born, Santa is a [...]

WALLACE, Adam. Only YOU Can Save Christmas!: A Help-the-Elf Adventure, illus. by Garth Bruner. 32p. Sourcebooks. Oct. 2017. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781492641360. PreS-Gr 2--It's the day before Christmas, and head [...]

SWERTS, An. Santa, Please Bring Me a Gnome. tr. from Dutch, illus. by Eline Van Lin denhuizen. 32p. Clavis. Sept. 2017. Tr $17.95. ISBN 9781605372754; pap. $9.95. ISBN 9781605373898. PreS-Gr [...]

JENNINGS, Patrick. Naughty Claudine's Christmas. illus. by Suzanne Kaufman. 32p. Random. Oct. 2017. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781101937341. PreS-Gr 1--Young Claudine is not fond of Santa's snooping ways and his habit [...]

ALLEN, Nancy. Down-Home Twelve Days of Christmas, illus. by Apryl Stott. 32p. Pelican. Sept. 2017. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781455622986. K-Gr 2--Southern gal Cyndi Lou lives in a double-wide with her [...]

* PREUS, Margi. West of the Moon. 224p. Abrams/Amulet. Apr. 2014. Tr $16.95. ISBN 9781419708961. LC 2013023250. Gr 5-8--Astri is 13 when she is sold by her aunt and uncle [...]

GLIORI, Debi. Pure Dead Magic. 192p. CIP. Knopf/Borzoi. Sept. 2001. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-375-81410-8; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-375-91410-2. LC 00-067780. Gr 4-6--Ever since Signor Luciano Strega-Borgia disappeared three weeks ago, [...]

IBBOTSON, Eva. Dial-a-Ghost. illus. by Kevin Hawkes. 195p. CIP. Dutton. Aug. 2001. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-525-46693-2. LC 00-052287. Gr 3-6--When a perfectly respectable family of ghosts finds itself homeless, its [...]

PIERCE, Tamora. Street Magic. 300p. (The Circle Opens Series). map. glossary. CIP. Scholastic. 2001. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-590-39628-5. LC 00-057404. Gr 5-8--In this second book of the quartet, 14-year-old Briar [...]

ROWLING, J. K. Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them: By Newt Scamander. 42p. ISBN 0-439-29501-7. ea vol: illus. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. 2001. pap. $3.99. LC number unavailable. Gr [...]

--. Quidditch through the Ages: By Kennilworthy Whisp. 56p. ISBN 0-43929502-5. ea vol: illus. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. 2001. pap. $3.99. LC number unavailable. Gr 4-8--These slim paperbacks are made [...]

GRIFFIN, Peni R. The Ghost Sitter. 128p. Dutton. June 2001. Tr $14.99. ISBN 0-525-46676-2. LC number unavailable. Gr 4-6--Susie, 10, can't understand why her parents moved out of the house [...]

ELLIOTT, David. The Transmogrification of Roscoe Wizzle. 115p. CIP. Candlewick. 2001. RTE $12.99. ISBN 0-7636-1173-5. LC 00-031227. Gr 3-5--When a well-known hamburger chain establishes a franchise in Roseville, 10-year-old Roscoe [...]

COLFER, Eoin. Artemis Fowl. 288p. Hyperion/Talk Miramax. May 2001. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-7868-0801-2. LC number unavailable. Gr 5-8--Twelve-year-old genius Artemis Fowl decides to reinvigorate his family fortunes by kidnapping a [...]

JACQUES, Brian. Castaways of the Flying Dutchman. illus. by Ian Schoenherr. 327p. CIP. Philomel. Mar. 2001. Tr $22.95. ISBN 0-399-23601-5. LC 00-059822. Gr 5-8--This novel has a split personality. It [...]

*IBBOTSON, Eva. Island of the Aunts. illus. by Kevin Hawkes. 281p. Dutton. 2000. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-525-46484-0. LC number unavailable. Gr 4-6--It isn't easy taking care of an entire island [...]

PULLMAN, Philip. The Amber Spyglass. 544p. (His Dark Materials Series). Knopf/Borzoi. Oct. 2000. Tr $19.95. ISBN 0-679-87926-9. LC number unavailable. Gr 6 Up--This book starts where The Subtle Knife (Knopf, [...]

MAGUIRE, Gregory. Four Stupid Cupids. illus. by Elaine Clayton. 184p. (Hamlet Chronicles Series). CIP. Clarion. Oct. 2000. Tr $15. ISBN 0-395-83895-9. LC 99-89385. Gr 3-6--In the fourth book in the [...]

OLDER, Effin. My Two Grandmothers. illus. by Nancy Hayashi. unpaged. CIP. Harcourt. 2000. RTE $16. ISBN 0-15-200785-7. LC 99-6092. K-Gr 2--Lily has two grandmothers, Bubbe Silver and Grammy Lane. They [...]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (unabr.). 12 cassettes or 17 CDs. approx. 20 hrs. Listening Library. 2000. cassette, ISBN 0-8072-8258-8: $39.95; CD: $69.95. Gr 4 Up--Harry Potter is [...]

VANSICKLE, Lisa. The Secret Little City. 230p. CIP. Palmae. 2000. Tr $15.95. ISBN 1-930167-11-3. LC 99-76242. Gr 5-8--Mackenzie, 11, isn't thrilled about moving from San Francisco to tiny Deschutes, OR, [...]

ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. illus. by Mary GrandPre. 734p. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. 2000. Tr $25.95. ISBN 0-439-13959-7. LC 00-131084. Gr 4 Up--Harry is [...]

PIERCE, Tamora. Magic Steps. 264p. (The Circle Opens Series, Bk. #1). CIP. Scholastic Press. 2000. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-590-39588-2. LC 99-31943. Gr 5-8--Lady Sandrilene fa Toren, known to readers of [...]

MCGRORY, Anik. The Christmas Fox. illus. by Anik McGrory. 32p. Knopf. Oct. 2016. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781101935002. PreS-Gr 1--A bluebird, a lamb, the stars in the sky, and a few [...]

+ GEORGE, Kallie. The Lost Gift. illus. by Stephanie Graegin. 40p. Random/Schwartz & Wade. Oct. 2016. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9780553524819. PreS-Gr 1--A quartet of young woodland animals are staying up [...]

PRINEAS, Sarah. Summerkin. 262p. HarperCollins/Harper. 2013. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-192106-3. LC 2012026751. Gr 4-6--In this sequel to Winterling (HarperCollins, 2012), Fer discovers that being the daughter of the deceased Lady [...]

BECKHAM, Andrew. The Lost Christmas Gift. illus, by author. 40p. CIP. Princeton Architectural Pr. Oct. 2012. Tr $29.95. ISBN 978-1-61689-102-2. LC 2012008798. Gr 4 Up--The narrator, an old man named [...]

ROSEN, Michael J. Chanukah Lights. illus. by Robert Sabuda. unpaged. Candlewick. 2011. Tr $34.99. ISBN 978-0-76365533-4. LC number unavailable. K Up--Readers of this intricate pop_ up book are taken from [...]

DIAMAND, Emily. Flood and Fire. Bk. 2. 351p. (Raiders' Ransom Series). CIP. Scholastic/Chicken House. 2011. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-545-24268-4. LC 2010023544. Gr 5-8--In this follow-up to Raiders' Ransom (Scholastic, 2009), [...]

YEP, Laurence. City of Ice. Bk. 2. 369p. (City Trilogy). bibliog. Tom Doherty Assoc/Starscape. June 2011. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-7653-1925-8. LC number unavailable. Gr 5-8--In this sequel to City of [...]

BOORAEM, Ellen, Small Persons with Wings. 304p. CIP. Dial. Jan. 2011. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-8037-3471-5. LC 2010008400. Gr 5-7--When 13-year-old Mellie Turpin was very young, her best friend was a [...]

WHITEHOUSE, Howard. Bogbrush the Barbarian. illus, by Bill Slavin. 184p. Kids Can. 2010. Tr $17.95. ISBN 978-1-55337-701-6. LC C2010-900208-3. Gr 4-6--Bogbrush is a mighty warrior of the well-muscled but small-brained [...]

JENNINGS, Sharon. A Chanukah Noel: A True Story. illus, by Gillain Newland. unpaged. CIP. Second Story, dist. by Orca. 2010. Tr $15.95. ISBN 978-1-897187-74-6. LC number unavailable. K-Gr 2--When Charlotte [...]

BONWILL, Ann. Pocket's Christmas Wish. illus, by Russell Julian. unpaged. Barron's. 2010. Tr $12.99. ISBN 978-0-7641-6352-4. LC 2010922862. PreS-Gr 1--A small bunny goes in search of the meaning of Christmas, [...]

* LAIRAMORE, Dawn. Ivy's Ever After. 311p. CIP. Holiday House. 2010. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-0-8234-2261-6. LC 2009043288. Gr 4-6--Princess Ivory has grown up in the isolated kingdom of Ardendale as [...]

SINGER, Isaac Bashevis. The Parakeet Named Dreidel. illus. by Suzanne Raphael Berkson. 32p. Farrar. 2015. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9780374300944. K-Gr 3--In this picture book version of a story first published [...]

SAUNDERS, Katie. The Big Book of Christmas. 18p. Little Bee. 2015. Tr $12.99. ISBN 9781499801613. Toddler-PreS--This large board book presents, on eight spreads, all the familiar objects of Christmas (and [...]

NEWMAN, Tracy. Hanukkah Is Coming! illus. by Viviana Garofoli. 12p. Kar-Ben. 2015. Board $5.99. ISBN 9781467752411; ebk. $5.99. ISBN 9781467788373. LC 2014028831. Toddler-PreS--In this board book, a rhyming couplet on [...]

KNAPMAN, Timothy. A Very Pirate Christmas. illus. by Russell Ayto. 32p. Jelly Pie/Egmont. 2015. Tr $10.99. ISBN 9781405265041. PreS-Gr 1--Santa has barely started his annual Christmas sleigh ride when he [...]

JAMES, Helen Foster. Grandma's Christmas Wish. illus. by Petra Brown. 32p. Sleeping Bear. 2015. tr $15.99. ISBN 9781585369188. LC 2015001568. Toddler-PreS--Like the author's previous Grandma Loves You (Sleeping Bear, 2013), [...]

BAUGH, Helen. Rudy's Windy Christmas. illus. by Ben Mantle. 32p. Albert Whitman. Oct. 2015. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9780807571736. K-Gr 2--After Rudy the Reindeer eats all of Santa's Bnissels sprouts during [...]

LISS, David. Randoms. 496p. S. & S. Aug. 2015. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9781481417792; ebk. $10.99. ISBN 9781481417815. Gr 5-8--Sixth-grader Zeke Reynolds is a second generation science fiction geek, so when [...]

MYKLUSCH, Matt. The Lost Prince. 400p. (Seaborne, Bk. 1.) Egmont USA. May 2015. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781606845257; ebk. $16.99. ISBN 9781606845264. Gr 5-8--Thirteen-year-old orphan Dean Seaborne has been a spy [...]

MCCOY, Chris. Scurvy Goonda. 324p. CIP. Knopf/Borzoi. 2009. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-375-85598-6; PLB $19.99. ISBN 978-0-375-95598-3. LC 2008039290. Gr 5-8--In the first of a two-part series, 14-year-old Ted has had [...]