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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, B. J. Chute, and others
    Edited by Miriam LeBlanc; Illustrated by David Klein

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    Hardcover gift edition coming October 2021: Twenty tales for the holiday season selected for their spiritual value and literary quality.


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    About The Book

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

    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 tales. Several are by world-famous authors; others are little-known treasures translated from other languages. Selected for their literary quality and spiritual integrity, they will resonate with readers of all ages, year after year.

    With original woodcuts by David Klein

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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

    Selma Lagerlöf

    Selma Lagerlöf, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, was a Swedish storyteller and novelist. Read More

    Ruth Sawyer

    Ruth Sawyer (August 5, 1880–June 3, 1970) wrote fiction and nonfiction for children and adults. 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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