Holiday Nonfiction

Carefully leveled text engages young listeners in learning about why and how we celebrate Halloween. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions help build nonfiction learning skills.

In this Hanukkah manual for the contemporary Jewish family, holiday history and rituals provide tools for creating meaningful family moments in the light of the menorah. The book includes brief reflections to read aloud before reciting the candle-lighting blessings on each of the eight nights of Hanukkah.

"It was Christmas, and Alice had promised to stay in bed until 7 am." Alice doesn’t end up keeping her promise. She fully intends to, but a strange sound wakes her up on the night before Christmas...how can a junior detective resist the lure of trying to catch Santa doing his job? Except...Santa is nowhere to be found. Armed with her smarts and a new friend, Alice has a mystery to solve!

On a chilly evening, the wind was whistling through the trees. Quietness rushed through a sleepy town called Bethlehem; an amazing baby was to be born. The thing was he wasn’t born in a hospital - like you and I. His parents were on a long journey home, and they could not find a place to stay, there was no room in any of the town people’s homes; no one in the town would allow them to stay with them. They searched and searched, but nobody wanted to help them.

Feiert man Weihnachten in jedem Land anders? Heißt der Weihnachtsmann auf der ganzen Welt Weihnachtsmann? Gibt es auch eine Weihnachtsfrau? Oder einen geheimnisvollen Brauch? Nola will es wissen und saust wie immer schnell wie der Schall um die Welt. Island, Spanien, USA, Chile, Russland, Schweden... Es ist erstaunlich, welch unterschiedliche Weihnachtsbräuche Nola hier und in vielen anderen Ländern begegnen.

You and your child will enjoy this cute Christmas audiobook full of fun stories and funny Christmas jokes. This is an excellent listen for early and beginning learners. Perfect for listening aloud during the holidays with friends and family!

You and your child will enjoy this cute Christmas audiobook full of fun stories and funny Christmas jokes. This is an excellent listen for early and beginning readers. Perfect for listening aloud during the holidays with friends and family.

Your child will enjoy this cute Christmas audiobook full of fun stories and Christmas jokes. This is an excellent audiobook for early and beginning learners. These stories are great for quick bedtime stories and cute tales to be listened to aloud with friends and family!

This is the story of the Granger family and their two children, Gabby and Grant. December 1 is here, and they are officially counting down the days until Christmas day! Each and every day from the 1st to the 25th is full of excitement. Gabby and Grant do everything from choosing a Christmas tree to hanging decorations to fun-filled activities at school and home with friends and family. They count down each day in anticipation for the big day. But in their countdown, Grant is having a hard time finding a gift for his mom.

Christmas is almost here, and the excitement is all around! The twinkling Christmas lights and the aroma of freshly baked cookies fills the air. You and your child will enjoy these special Christmas stories for kids. Each story is fun and entertaining. This also includes hilarious Christmas jokes!

Listen to these fun Thanksgiving stories for kids from the best-selling author Arnie Lightning! These Thanksgiving short stories are fun and entertaining to listen to and enjoy. Each story has a special lesson and gives a reason to show gratitude. The Thanksgiving jokes offer lots of laughs, too!

Reindeer Tales is a fun and festive storybook about Santa's reindeer. Inside you will find five short stories about Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen, and others! Also included are some funny and hilarious Christmas jokes for kids.

Your child will enjoy this cute Thanksgiving audiobook full of fun stories and Thanksgiving jokes for kids. This is an excellent audiobook for early and beginning learners. Learn values and morals from these cute stories. What are you thankful for?

Christmas is the most magical time of year, especially for a kid. There are so many fun activities to do: choosing a Christmas tree, decorating, snow sledding, caroling, Christmas parties, baking cookies, wrapping presents, and spending time with loved ones. Join in on all the Christmas fun, and share the magic of a fun Christmas story with your child.

A strong wind blows, and you begin to shiver. You see a shadowy figure in the dark. Chills run up and down your spine. Your heart is racing. Your palms are sweating. You feel the fear inside your bones. If you like Goosebump books, you will love the Haunted Halloween series by Arnie Lightning. These spooky ghost stories are great for listening aloud with friends and family. You will scare the living daylights out of your friends with these bone-chilling stories.

There was a heavy snow right before Easter. How will the Easter Bunny deliver Easter baskets to all the children of the world? Find out what happens. Also includes some funny Easter jokes for lots of laughs. Listen to this audiobook and spend some quality time with your child!

Every year Santa is so busy delivering presents to all the boys and girls around the world. In fact he is so busy that he overlooks Marshmallow the snowman and all the woodland animals deep in the forest. Berry the Cardinal comes up with a plan to get Santa's attention. All the forest animals and snow people team up to make this a very unforgettable Christmas.

Are you looking for a fun book to keep the kids entertained and happy? This funny joke book for kids is excellent for early and beginning readers. Laughing and jokes have been proven to have positive mental and physical effects on the body! This book is especially great for long trips, waiting rooms, and reading aloud at home with friends and family! Funny and hilarious Christmas jokes for children of all ages, teens, and adults.

In this fun holiday audiobook, children are reminded of Christmas in children's terms. Perfect for beginning learners in pre-K, kindergarten, and early elementary school. Provides the perfect opportunity to help young children explore and find their own reminders for Christmas.

Acclaimed author Joyce Sidman has received multiple awards for her books of poetry, including a Caldecott Honor for Red Sings from Treetops. Itself a Newbery Honor, Book, Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night features several spellbinding poems about “the feast of sound and spark” that awakens with the raccoons, snails, owls, and crickets each night after sunset.