Overview: For generations of his fans, Christmas has been synonymous with Tomie dePaola-after all, it's his favorite holiday! Now, readers will find three of his best-known and beloved Christmas stories together in one handsome volume. Comprised of The Night of Las Posadas, The Story of the Three Wise Kings, and The Legend of the Poinsettia, along with several exquisitely illustrated Christmas carols, Tomie dePaola's. Christmas treasury will become...

"Away for The Holidays is a collection of stories written by veterans in the Veterans Writing Group San Diego. Each shares a story of celebrating holidays-- that time of family, food, friendship and relative safety-- far from those they love. Their stores are heartwarming and heart-rending, funny and frightening as they recall Christmas' spent on the battlefields of World War II, Vietnam or Kandahar. For the civilian reader, these under-the-helmet...

Presents a collection of favorite holiday stories and excerpts including "The Night Before Christmas," by Clement C. Moore; "Little Tree," by e.e. cummings; and "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens.