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    Home for Christmas

    Stories for Young and Old


    George Sumner Albee, Madeleine L’Engle, Nikolai S. Lesskov, Pearl S. Buck, Henry van Dyke, Ruth Sawyer, B. J. Chute, Selma Lagerlöf, and others
    Edited by Miriam LeBlanc; Illustrated by David Klein

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    Home for Christmas includes tales by some of the world’s most beloved children’s authors – Selma Lagerlöf, Ruth Sawyer, Elizabeth Goudge, and Pearl Buck – as well as little-known European stories not available in English anywhere else.


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    About The Book

    They are some of the warmest childhood memories, those unhurried evenings around the fireplace, Christmas tree, or dinner table, when there was time for a story... Now, with this collection, you can keep the story-telling tradition alive in your family, and pass it on to your children or grandchildren.

    Home for Christmas includes twenty time-­honored ­favorites including several by world-famous children's authors - Selma Lagerlöf, Henry van Dyke, Ruth Sawyer, B. J. Chute, Elizabeth Goudge, Pearl S. Buck, Nikolai S. Lesskov, Madeleine L Engle, Ernst Wiechert, and Rebecca Caudill; others are little-known European tales not available in English anywhere else. Selected for their literary quality and their spiritual integrity, they will resonate with readers of all ages, year after year. With twenty woodcuts by David G. Klein.

    Jim Trelease, author, The Read-Aloud Handbook
    If you’re giving one book for Christmas, make it this one.

    Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5
    ISBN: 978-0874869248

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    About The Authors

    Elizabeth Goudge

    Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984) was among the most popular British writers of the twentieth century. She wrote short stories, novels, biographies, and children’s books. Read More

    Ger Koopman

    Geert “Ger” Koopman (1912–1983) was born in the Netherlands but after World War II moved to England, where he joined the Bruderhof community. Read More

    Ernst Wiechert

    One of Germany’s literary giants (he wrote sixty books in his sixty-three years), Ernst Emil Wiechert was thrown into Buchenwald concentration camp for publicly backing anti-Nazi pastor Martin Niemöller. Read More

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    • Home for Christmas is a thick book packed with lovely stories. Some of them are slightly comic, some of them have a clear moral lesson, some of them... Read More

      Review of Home for Christmas

      Home for Christmas is a thick book packed with lovely stories. Some of them are slightly comic, some of them have a clear moral lesson, some of them will make your heart swell with happiness, and all of them celebrate truth, goodness, and beauty… This is truly a fine collection, and if you read-aloud from this book you will touch hearts and make memories. Start with any story, snuggle in on the couch with some children, and prepare to have your heart readied for Christmas.

    • This book is a treasure. I am Chaplain at Portsmouth Abbey School and have distributed over 80 free copies of it to my high schools students of all... Read More

      Review of Home for Christmas

      This book is a treasure. I am Chaplain at Portsmouth Abbey School and have distributed over 80 free copies of it to my high schools students of all faiths, who have requested it. As they carry their copies home to family for Christmas vacation, this book will be a wonderful Christian support to their holidays.

    • So thankful for how this book has been expanding the Christmas imaginations of my kids. Finally, a collection of good literature that puts welcoming...

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    Table of Contents

    • Dorothy Thomas The Christmas Lie
    • Jack Schaefer The Riders of St. Nicholas
    • Ernst Wiechert Grandfather’s Stories
    • B. J. Chute The Vexation of Barney Hatch
    • Opal Menius The Empty Cup
    • Elizabeth Goudge The Well of the Star
    • Rebecca Caudill A Certain Small Shepherd
    • Peter K. Rosegger The Carpenter’s Christmas
    • Ruth Sawyer What the Kings Brought
    • Selma Lagerlöf The Christmas Rose

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