Storybook Advent Calendar has been programmed specifically for iBooks in this Special Edition. Included are 24 heartwarming stories for Christmas, both secular and religious, plus music and lyrics for 20 classic Christmas Carols performed in the British tradition.
Additional sections include the key Christian concepts like the Beatitudes and Seven Deadly sins as well as some interesting Christmas Traditions from around the world.
Merry Christmas!
Stories include:
What is God, Mommy? by Lewis Brech;
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost;
The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen;
Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow;
The Cobbler’s Guest by Anne McCollum Boyles;
The Foolish Fir-tree by Henry Van Dyke;
Matthew, Mohammed and Micah (Christmas, Eid and Hanukkah) by Lewis Brech;
The First Journey with Reindeer by L Frank Baum;
On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity by John Milton;
Thomas & the Christmas Orange by Lewis Brech;
The Christmas Spirit by Louisa May Alcott;
While Humble Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady;
The Perfect Christmas Candy by Lewis Brech;
The Three Trees by Lewis Brech;
Giving by Khalil Gibran;
Ring Out Wild Bells by Alfred, Lord Tennyson;
Marmion by Sir Walter Scott;
Christmas at Fezziwig’s Warehouse by Charles Dickens;
Finding Christmas by Lewis Brech;
A Strawberry Christmas Tree by Lewis Brech;
Anna: Mother of Mary by Khalil Gibran;
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore;
The Nativity Story by The Apostles Matthew and Luke;
A Christmas Prayer by Robert Louis Stevenson;
Christmas Carols include:
As with Gladness Men of Old,
Away in a Manger,
Boars Head Carol,
Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella,
Coventry Carol,
Gaudete,
Good Christian Men, Rejoice,
In Dulci Jubilo,
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly,
In the Bleak Midwinter,
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear,
Joy to the World,
O Little Town of Bethlehem,
Once in Royal David’s City,
Patapan,
Snowy Flakes are Falling Softly,
Sussex Carol,
The Brightest and the Best of the Sons of the Morning,
The Holly and the Ivy,
We Wish You a Merry Christmas,
While Shepherds Their Flocks by Night Watch,
Zither Carol,
and two bonus tracks hidden with the stories.
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"Storybook Advent Calendar makes me think "Why didn't someone do this before?" It's uplifting, educational, and celebratory for adults and children. I especially like the entry for December 7, which explains the similarities and differences of Christianity, Judaism and Islam in a simple, profound and beautiful way."
-- Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D, psychotherapist and author of 'Money, Sex and Kids: Stop Fighting about the Three Things That Can Ruin Your Marriage (Adams Media 2008)
"I just love the concept and the execution. My grand daughter loved the stories and I can't stop listening to the carols. You deserve every success."
-- Cliff Lague, Spain
"I am awestruck with the book's warmth, its caring and loving sentiment, and totally enamored with the artwork!"
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