The Christmas Journey

The Christmas Journey
Author: Donna VanLiere
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2010-10-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429945532

The eighty-mile journey of a common carpenter and a simple peasant girl is one of the most powerful stories in history. As books go out of print and stories fade from memory, the journey of Joseph and Mary and her delivery inside a common barn continues to bless and inspire hope in people around the world. Accompanied by moving and beautifully rendered illustrations throughout, Donna VanLiere's retelling shows that the story of the Nativity is alive in our modern world.

A Christmas Journey

A Christmas Journey
Author: Brian Wildsmith
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2014-10-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0192739735

The story opens with a familiar Biblical image-of Mary being visited by the angel Gabriel. In Brian Wildsmith's imagining of this scene, Mary is shown with her cherished cat and dog. When Mary and Joseph set out for Bethlehem, her pets are left behind. But the cat and dog miss their mistress and decide to make the journey to find her. Along the way, they stop to help various other animals who join them on the road to Bethlehem. Arriving at the stable, the animals share in the joy of the birth of Jesus. Mary is delighted to be reunited with her pets and be able to present her new baby to them. This appealing story from one of our most internationally acclaimed picture-book writers and artists has deservedly become an enduring favourite with children at Christmas time.

God Bless Your Way

God Bless Your Way
Author: Emily Freeman
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781590388068

Elderly Micah, a childless widower from Nazareth, receives gifts of a blanket and food as he seeks shelter for the night in Bethlehem, but the greatest blessing comes after he is reunited with two kindly traveling companions and their newborn son in a stable. Accompanying CD contains the song on which the story is based, two additional original songs, and two other Christmas songs.

A Christmas Journey for Jesus

A Christmas Journey for Jesus
Author: Susan Jones
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1680996770

A charming Christmas picture book that teaches the joy of giving and points to Jesus, the greatest gift of all Badger tells the animals that he has a very special way to celebrate Christmas Day this year. He asks them to pack up the finest foods they can find and some special gifts—they are going to journey to another area of the forest for a celebration. But when they arrive, the animals are confused why they can’t begin tearing open gifts and enjoying all the foods . . . until Badger introduces them to the neighboring animals who live there and they experience the joy of sharing with those who don’t have as much. A Christmas Journey for Jesus is the follow-up to the heartwarming Christmas storybooks, A Birthday Party for Jesus, Everyone Is Invited to Christmas, and A Christmas Pageant for Jesus. Beautifully illustrated by Lee Holland, this picture book will offer young children a fun, relatable story of forest friends who discover that it is truly more blessed to give than to receive.

Journey Into Christmas and Other Stories

Journey Into Christmas and Other Stories
Author: Bess Streeter Aldrich
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1985-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780803259089

Contains twelve short Christmas stories about reunited families, fellowship, and restored faith including 'I Remember,' a story about the author's childhood in Iowa.

The Perfect Gift: A Jingle Jangle Story

The Perfect Gift: A Jingle Jangle Story
Author: Lyn Sisson-Talbert
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593203909

Inspired by the major Netflix original live action musical, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, this picture book will follow Journey as she shows Buddy 3000 the meaning of Christmas and learns that family is the perfect gift. Journey, Jessica, and Jeronicus are back again with one of their greatest inventions yet, Buddy 3000. Journey is prepared to have a magical Christmas with Buddy. But while she is introducing him to the small wonders of the world, she panics and realizes she forgot to get him a gift. Journey scours the town looking for the perfect thing until she learns she may have had it all along . . . In this sequel to The Square Root of Possible, we follow Journey as she shows Buddy the true meaning of Christmas, doing it with her family by her side. A delightfully illustrated holiday picture book story brought to you by Lyn Sisson-Talbert and David E. Talbert, inspired by the Netflix original holiday film starring Forest Whitaker, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Keegan-Michael Key, Ricky Martin, and introducing Madalen Mills.

Busy Santa Bb

Busy Santa Bb
Author: Fiona Watt
Publisher: Usborne Books
Total Pages: 10
Release: 2011-09-20
Genre: Christmas stories
ISBN: 9781409536574

Beautifully illustrated with a pull back Santa in his sleigh. Fun for little ones at Christmas time.

Jeremy's Christmas Journey

Jeremy's Christmas Journey
Author: Scott A. Johnson
Publisher: Sweetwater Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781462111220

For Jeremy, Christmas is just another reminder that he'll never be able to enjoy the things that come so easily to other children. Then one night he has a dream that will change everything. Accompanied by stirring music, this story of finding faith and discovering the power of the Master Healer is sure to be cherished at Christmas-time and all year long.

A Christmas Journey

A Christmas Journey
Author: Hans Wilhelm
Publisher: C.R. Gibson Company
Total Pages: 24
Release: 1993-12-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780837858784

Two mice who have left home in search of food witness the birth of Christ.