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Experience with your toddler the wonder of Christmas night, when shepherds outside Bethlehem heard angels singing, "Glory to God in the highest". It has interactive flaps to help toddlers learn to recognize shepherds, angels, as well as baby Jesus.

"Joy to the World" - the world's most popular Christmas song - wasn't written for Christmas at all. Isaac Watts wrote it in imitation of Psalm 98. It is about the Messiah who comes in glory to judge the world, and comfort the faithful.

Prepare young children for Christmas by reading aloud these delightful and inspiring stories. Familiar customs such as the Advent wreath and the Christmas tree, traditions from other parts of the world, are woven into charming stories/illustrations.

When a boy loses the wooden nativity set that links him to his deceased father, his mother persuades a reclusive woodcarver to make a replacement. As Christmas approaches and the boy demands more, will the gift be finished in time?

Christmas is the season most difficult to grasp and understand in all its spiritual richness. The sentimentality and commercialism that dominate the season tend to obscure the profound mystery at its heart: the Incarnation.

The joy and hope of Christmas are at the heart of this book intended for the whole family. Starting with the 1st of December (like an Advent calendar) each day has a new story, leading up to Christmas.

The real meaning of Christmas is revealed to very young children in these tender prayers to be said with parents. The simple text and inviting four-color illustrations help convey each prayer, the wonder of the shepherds or the adoration of the magi.

Now in paperback for the first time, Christmas with the Holy Fathers guides readers through Advent, Christmas and Epiphany with the words of Popes past.

In this delightfully illustrated book, children can follow St. Nick as he prepares for Christmas. Amid elves and gifts, bells and candles, children will be surprised and gleeful to find two amazing pop-ups in this festive board book.

One Christmas Eve in a far kingdom, the royal family gathered to open presents—which mainly meant watching the prince open his... So begins a children's story about taking, but also giving—about stubbornness, but also a change of heart.