18 books like The story of the other wise man
The Christmas Mystery
Joachim discovers a magic Advent calendar which contains the story of a little girl who traveled through time to be present at the birth of Jesus.
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Fear Street Super Chiller - Silent Night
Fear Street Super Chiller
Spoiled rich girl Reva is in for a not-so Merry Christmas when someone begins stalking her.
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Merry Christmas, Strega Nona
Big Anthony plans a surprise Christmas party for Strega Nona.
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The Complete Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
From the book:Have you heard of the great Forest of Burzee? Nurse used to sing of it when I was a child. She sang of the big tree-trunks, standing close together, with their roots intertwining below the earth and their branches intertwining above it; of their rough coating of bark and queer, gnarled limbs; of the bushy foliage that roofed the entire forest, save where the sunbeams found a path…
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The Nutcracker and the King of Mice
Young Marie Stahlbaum falls in love with the handsome nutcracker Godfather Drosselmeier gives her family as a Christmas gift, and has adventures with him as he faces the monstrous, seven-headed Mouse King.
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The gifts of the child Christ
The moving story by George MacDonald, here retold for modern audiences by Michael Wilhelm. A young girl, devoid of the love and affection such a one needs on Christmas day, has a transcendental experience that changes all of those around her.This story, simple, and beautiful in its telling, is one that will leave you with that ever-illusive spirit of Christmas.
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The Nutcracker
After hearing how her toy nutcracker got his ugly face, a little girl helps break the spell and watches him change into a handsome prince.
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The Tricksters
While gathered together for the Christmas holiday, a large New Zealand family and their various guests and hangers-on find their lives suddenly invaded by three fascinating but rather sinister brothers and by New Year nothing is the same again.
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The Father Christmas letters
A collection of illustrated letters from Father Christmas recapping the activities of the preceding year at the North Pole. The letters were written by the author to his children.
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A Christmas Carol
A retelling of the story about a miser whose life is changed by Christmas.
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Dragon's Merry Christmas (Dragon Tales)
Dragon has a merry time in the Christmas season, decorating a tree outdoors, making a chocolate candy wreath, and sharing his Christmas gifts with needy animals.
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Hans Christian Andersen's The Fir Tree
The life of a little fir tree who, when discarded, recalls with nostalgia its two glorious moments--being a beautiful fir and being a brightly-lit Christmas tree.
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The Cricket on the Hearth
One of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books
John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the family. One day a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and takes up lodging at Peerybingle's house for a few days.
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In His steps
What would Jesus do? For the first time in their lives, the Reverend Henry Maxwell and his congregation are forced to consider this question and its consequences. Deeply shaken by the appearance of a mysterious stranger in town and his impassioned pleas for the poor and downtrodden, the minister and five influential parishioners begin a year long experience in Christianity. Each has resolved to…
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Christmas in Camelot
On Christmas Eve, Jack and Annie's tree house transports them to King Arthur's castle at Camelot, where they undertake a quest to the castle of the Otherworld.
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The Tailor of Gloucester
When the tailor becomes sick and cannot finish the waistcoat for the Mayor, the mice finish it for him.
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War Game
Based on a true account of a soccer game played between the German and English troops in no-man's land on Christmas Day in 1914 during World War I, this book tells the story of four young men who have recently enlisted and have found that war is not as glamorous as they had once thought. The young men get to realize their dream of playing soccer for England when the English and German sides hold…
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Short Stories -- Classic, Modern, Contemporary
Amidst the turbulent backdrop of a manufacturing town in the grips of the Industrial Revolution, Elizabeth Gaskell penned the timeless passion of Mr. Thornton and Margaret Hale. A mixing of contemporary and Victorian, this short story anthology by twelve beloved authors considers familiar scenes from new points of view or re-imagined entirely. Capturing all the poignancy, heartbreak, and romance…
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