Christmas Children Fiction

Princess Hayley has everything a princess could want...except a comet. It’s her only birthday wish. Comets are so sparkly, and they shoot through the sky so fast–who wouldn’t want one? But then Hayley realizes the only way she’s going to get her wish is to catch a comet for herself.

The Christmas Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson is a captivating compilation of holiday tales by the celebrated Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. This anthology includes three cherished stories that beautifully capture the essence of the Christmas season: Christmas at Sea, Markheim, and Winter Time. Robert Louis Stevenson showcases his versatile storytelling skills in these Christmas stories. Through his vivid prose, he invites listeners to explore the magic and wonder of Christmas, as well as the complexities of human nature during this special time of year.

Keir thinks he knows about bad luck. His elven mother is dying of a wasting disease. His human father, severely injured in the war, struggles to walk. A brutal Winterfall clasps his mountainous kingdom in talons of ice. The people are starving. His family, his little sisters, depend on him to see them to Dragonmas Day. They need a miracle. But who believes in miracles anymore?

Set in a world just around the corner from our own, where Santa Claus really exists and uses your neighbors to keep track of your deeds, Billy Barnaby's Twisted Christmas is a sometimes dark but ultimately uplifting story of how a truly good heart can redeem even the most heartless evil. When teenager Billy Barnaby wins a contest to accompany Santa Claus on his Christmas deliveries, he's delighted at the opportunity to try to turn Santa from his Big Brother-like ways.

Der kleine Major Tom, seine Astronautenfreundin Stella und Roboterkatze Plutinchen müssen Weihnachten im Weltall verbringen. Eigentlich war geplant, dass die drei für das Fest auf die Erde reisen, doch dann entdecken Forscher eine Nova. Und weil Tom, Stella und Plutinchen das beste Teleskop im Weltall an Bord haben, erhalten sie den Auftrag, den extrem hellen Stern zu beobachten. Nach anfänglicher Enttäuschung schaffen es die Freunde, trotz allem Weihnachtsstimmung aufkommen zu lassen. Mit einer Frachtrakete sollen ihnen sogar Geschenke geliefert werden.

Grimm und Möhrchen freuen sich auf Weihnachten! Damit die Tage bis dahin nicht zu lang werden, vertreiben sich die beiden Freunde die Wartezeit mit allerlei lustigen Einfällen und teilen sie mit uns in diesem Hörbuch. Hier gibt es zeselige Lieder, Gedichte voller Wortspiele und kuschelige Geschichten, um sich die Adventszeit zu versüßen. Zusätzlich finden sich im digitalen Booklet des Hörbuchs jede Menge Ideen für gestreifte Plätzchen, Wunschzettel schreiben, Weihnachtsdüfte sammeln und vieles mehr.

Spending Christmas vacation on a cruise with her two cousins from hell isn't Holly's idea of a good time. And when, in a moment of seasick-fueled desperation, she lurches into an open suite - she's greeted with an eyeful of pepper spray. The culprit? A gorgeous guy calling himself Nick. But when Holly goes to make her exit, she gets the shock of her life: a corridor crammed with screaming teenage fans. Because Nick just happens to be Dominic Wyatt, drummer for ReadySet - one of the hottest bands in America.

Dito es el juguete preferido de Jack. Ha estado a su lado, en los buenos y malos momentos, hasta que una Nochebuena sucede algo terrible: Dito se pierde. Pero es una noche especial, una noche para los milagros y los casos perdidos, una noche en que los objetos, incluidos los juguetes, pueden cobrar vida. Y el juguete más nuevo de Jack, el cerdito de Navidad (el frustrante sustituto de Dito), ha tramado un plan muy arriesgado. Juntos se embarcarán en un viaje mágico para recuperar y salvar al que hasta ahora ha sido el mejor amigo Jack.

Se acercan las Navidades, pero el mundo entero ha quedado paralizado por la nieve a causa de un temporal de lo más extraño. Aun así, y a pesar del peligro que ello entraña, la pequeña Gabi quiere ver a su abuelita, así que pide ayuda al elfo Noé y a los renos de Papá Noel, que se juegan el pellejo para que ella pueda cumplir su mayor deseo: abrazar a su abuelita por Navidad.

Family Celebration. Is Rudy going to surprise the family with a traditional homemade Christmas dinner, for real? Choose this option if you want to hear Rudy give his family the best Christmas ever!

Sit! Stay! Speak! author Annie England Noblin’s novel takes one woman starting over, adds an aging pug named Teddy Roosevelt, and proves the power of a well-baked dog treat. All she wants is a settled-down life. What she gets is a dog—and a whole new normal . . . There he stood in the...

Mum makes plans for a summer down the coast, fixing up Grandpa’s old place in an effort to make ends meet. The beach, the swirling rockpools and the vast ocean offer new perspective and promise and Matthew as he strikes up a friendship with Bill, an old local who recognises a fellow ‘Saltwater Boy’ – and shows him how to find pippis and catch fish, and even make a few dollars from it. Bill becomes the paternal figure that Dad isn’t – wise and patient – but Bill isn’t welcomed in town, and Matthew begins to witness old rivalries, and buried truths, resurface.

A Texas lawman comes face to face with his past and meets the future: his son… First, someone tries to kill him. Then an achingly familiar beauty from his past drops the bombshell of a lifetime: he has a son. Two years ago, Sheriff Jericho Crockett’s attraction to Laurel Tate became a brief...

Hoffmann's stories are imaginative, wise, and educational, just how children's stories are supposed to be. Some of his characters instill fear, while others overcome it and continue towards their goal in the surreal world of this great storyteller. Hoffmann's world will awaken the imagination of your child.

Emma and her daughter Lucy are the keepers of an old book from 1935, which features a rather special polar bear named 'Mektoub', meaning 'Destiny'. They find themselves called upon by a whimsical Jack Frost and his shy fairy companion, Tweeny Bunting, who are also characters from the old story, and very different from their modern-day counterparts. Together, they must embark on an adventure that tests their courage and determination, revealing their kindness, compassion, and willingness to endorse the tenet that anything is possible if you believe...

No writer is more identified with the modern idea of Christmas than Charles Dickens. In some ways, Dickens helped define the holiday that we now celebrate by immortalizing it as a time of warmth and sharing, with an emphasis on family and friends.

Se ha perdido un saco repleto de juguetes y se ha atascado el trineo... ¿Llegará Santa Claus a tiempo? Historias de duendes traviesos, árboles de Navidad, juguetes, renos y el mismísimo Papá Noel te harán disfrutar de una Navidad inolvidable.

It's nearly Christmas, but seventeen-year-old Hope Novak just can't seem to get into the Christmas spirit. Over the summer she broke up with Shane Culver, the hottest guy at Oakmont High and Shane won't let her go. Everywhere Hope goes, Shane turns up. He finds a way to catch her by surprise, in a place where she can't get away. He tells her they were meant to be together, that he loves her, that if he can't have her . . . no one will.

In this modern take on a holiday classic, high school junior, Kerril, faces her past, present, and future to be reminded of the good in others, and in herself.

Ein zauberhaftes Weihnachtsabenteuer! Glöckchen und die Rentiere fiebern der großen Reise mit dem Weihnachtsmann an Heiligabend entgegen. Da taucht plötzlich das Pony Sternchen am Nordpol auf! Glöckchen freut sich riesig und gemeinsam haben die beiden viel Spaß im herrlich weichen Schnee. Aber Sternchen vermisst ihr altes Zuhause sehr … Als auch noch ein wichtiger Wunschzettel verschwindet, macht sich Glöckchen auf die Suche: Kann er ihn rechtzeitig wiederfinden und das Weihnachtsfest retten? Warmherzige und lustige Geschichte für die ganze Familie.