Christmas Children Fiction

Strange, scary rumors are flying about the tiny, snowy town below the mountains. Some say a tiger sprang loose from a circus train and roams the snowy meadows. Some say it stalks in the wintry forests. Some say it’s a monster.

""Funny, relatable fiction for anyone who thinks they're above the fray but still want to read all about it.""—People ""Heavenly hilarity for readers.""—Good Housekeeping A whip-smart, satirical romp through the minefield of modern motherhood, in the vein of Where’d You Go...

Eleven-year-old Sam Brattle is already having the worst Christmas ever - his dad's bakery is going bankrupt and his mom is spending the holidays with her new family. To make things worse, Nickel Bay Nick, the anonymous Good Samaritan who leaves hundred dollar bills around Nickel Bay at Christmastime, is a no-show, so this year the rest of the town is as miserable as Sam. When he stumbles upon the secret identity of this mysterious do-gooder, Sam is stunned to learn that he might now be his town's only hope.

Det är julafton och Jenna och Pedro är mitt uppe i julklappsutdelningen. Då hörs ett svagt surrande från himlen. Utanför familjen Johnsons hus i Kurremölla landar en besättning främmande varelser med sitt rymdskepp. Julafton bleknar jämfört med det äventyr som väntar Jenna och Pedro. Snart är de på väg till både Kurremöllas chokladfabrik och FN-högkvarteret i New York. Ett viktigt uppdrag vilar på deras axlar. Livet på jorden kan förändras för alltid - om bara barnens listiga plan lyckas.

Investigating a cold case could have fatal consequences. Single father Patrick Craft’s world is shaken when his son, Tristan, is abducted…after learning Tristan’s mother was the victim of a cold case serial killer. Someone is targeting Patrick and his son—but who? Could it be the...

Here is a collection of some of the best-loved Christmas stories from around the world, accompanied by the magical singing of the Cardigan Choir school.

Will they risk taking the plunge from friendship to forever? Oliver Klein’s wife and oldest daughter were lost at sea—a tragic mystery that left the small coastal town of Port Serenity reeling. Three years later, surrounded by the wild Alaskan waters that claimed them, the grieving...

FOURTEEN-CARAT FORTUNE It’s like a page ripped from her diary when Christine Briscoe finds herself dancing with Gavin Fortunado at his sister’s wedding. It’s like a scene from her dreams when the flirtatious attorney asks her to be his—pretend—girlfriend. But there is nothing...

Oje! Leentjes sprechender Papagei ist gestorben. Sie ist ganz krank vor Kummer. Aber zum Glück weiß der gute, alte Doktor van der Tholen, was zu tun ist: Ein neuer Papagei muss her und zwar schnell. Aber bis Weihnachten sind es nur noch zehn Tage. Und wer traut sich schon, trotz der wilden Winterstürme mit dem Boot nach London zu fahren, um so einen sprechenden Papagei zu besorgen?

“A gorgeous, different, and completely engrossing book. Burian’s writing is transporting -- and exactly what I needed right now.” — Jessica Valenti, author of Sex Object: A Memoir In rural West Virginia, Joanie and her foster siblings live on a farm tending a mysterious plant called the...

A charming, deeply imaginative debut novel about a young girl who is immortalized in her father’s illustrated books containing clues to their family secrets. Romilly Kemp and her eccentric painter father have happy but sheltered lives in a ramshackle mansion in the English countryside. When...

Three accomplished, globe trotting siblings in crisis take refuge in the last place they would ever expect—back home in Chicago, with one another—in this razor-sharp debut for readers of The Nest, Commonwealth, and Imagine Me Gone “A vivid literary thrill ride . . . Take the journey. The...

“A gem of a novel.”—Elle “A winning debut.”—The New Yorker “Caoilinn Hughes is a massive talent.”—Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See WINNER OF THE COLLYER BRISTOW PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE BUTLER LITERARY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR...

Sometimes we’re allowed to glimpse the beauty within the brokenness . . . Savannah Barrington has always found solace at her parents’ lake house in the Berkshires, and it’s the place that she runs to when her husband of over twenty years leaves her. Though her world is shaken, and the...

Life has always been tough for May and Gus Lavender. Their father went away to sea never to return, and then their mother falls victim to the typhus sweeping through Liverpool. Regarded as orphans by the authorities, May and Gus are sent to the Brownlow Hill Workhouse. Like all workhouses, Brownlow is the last resort for the poor and the destitute. May and Gus will have to rely on each other more than ever if they are to survive the hardships to come....

Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen, is one of literature’s most beloved stories of love, marriage, and sisterhood. For Elinor Dashwood, sensible and sensitive, and her romantic, impetuous younger sister Marianne, the prospect of marrying the men they love appears remote. In a world ruled by...

When aliens threaten Christmas, Frankie and his friends must save the world, but they will need a bit of help from a guy in a red suit! Frankie knew this Christmas would be different. Perhaps, it was the snow or the presents, or maybe, it was the flying saucers floating above him. Awkward, clumsy, and goofy, these aliens are a lot like Frankie, but that doesn’t mean he likes them; not at all!

Naughty week...that time between Christmas and New Year’s when Santa goes on vacation and kids are allowed to be as naughty as they want to be. Or is it? For Harrison and his brother Max, it most certainly is because they found the travel itinerary that proves it. When one of Santa’s misfit elves arrives to collect the evidence, she further fuels the boys’ naughty adventures. But when Harrison takes Naughty Week too far with a literal cat burglar and hatches a plot to “fake rob” a bank, things spiral out of control.

Princess the cat discovers that the new neighbor may be her worst enemy yet - and the most powerful. She receives a secret message from a spy, a friend goes missing, and she uncovers a traitor in her own domain. Can Princess defeat an enemy with unheard of powers and strength?

Wie bitte?! Mama fällt Weihnachten aus? Und wer kümmert sich jetzt um Adventskalender, Plätzchen, Geschenke und Weihnachtsbaum? Natürlich Karlchen! Mit ihr als Weihnachtsmann und Opa als Wichtel wird Weihnachten der Hammer. Unglücklicherweise läuft schon das Befüllen des Adventskalenders nicht ganz nach Mamas Geschmack, und Karlchen und Opa werden von Mama gefeuert. Noch vor dem zweiten Advent! Doch Karlchen wäre nicht Karlchen, wenn sie nicht schnell eine neue Weihnachtsaufgabe finden würde. Ja, sie findet sogar ihre wirklich wahre Weihnachtsmission.