The Children’s Book of Christmas Stories

About this edition

A treasured collection of Christmas stories for children, families, and all who remember the wonder of the season.

The Children's Book of Christmas Stories brings together a rich treasury of holiday tales filled with kindness, imagination, laughter, mystery, and the old-fashioned magic of Christmas. Compiled by Asa Don Dickinson and Ada M. Skinner, this anthology is a delight for readers over Christmas.

Within these pages are fireside gatherings, snowy woods, humble homes, Christmas angels, generous hearts, enchanted visitors, and children whose simple faith and goodness light the darkest winter nights. Featuring beloved selections from classic writers including Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen, and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, this collection captures Christmas as it has been cherished for generations: a season of wonder, charity, family, and hope.

This illustrated collector's edition includes:

• Original illustrations created exclusively for this edition
• More than a dozen classic Christmas tales in one volume
• Stories suited to reading aloud with young listeners
• A premium presentation designed for the family library

The thirty-five stories in this collection include:

Christmas at Fezziwig's Warehouse, A Christmas Carol, and The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner by Charles Dickens • The Fir-Tree by Hans Christian Andersen • The Christmas Masquerade and Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman • Why the Chimes Rang by Raymond M. Alden • Toinette and the Elves by Susan Coolidge • The Voyage of the Wee Red Cap by Ruth Sawyer Durand • Little Wolff's Wooden Shoes by Francois Coppee • The Telltale Tile, Christmas in the Alley, and Christmas Under the Snow by Olive Thorne Miller • A Story of the Christ-Child and Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe by Elizabeth Harrison • Old Father Christmas by J.H. Ewing • The Legend of Babouscka • The Shepherds and the Angels • A Christmas Star by Katherine Pyle • How Christmas Came to the Santa Maria Flats by Elia W. Peattie • The Philanthropist's Christmas by James Weber Linn • The First Christmas-Tree by Lucy Wheelock • The First New England Christmas by G.L. Stone and M.G. Fickett • Christmas in Seventeen Seventy-Six by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton • Master Sandy's Snapdragon by Eldridge S. Brooks • A Christmas Fairy by John Strange Winter • The Greatest of These by Joseph Mills Hanson • Christmas on Big Rattle by Theodore Goodridge Roberts • and more beloved tales

Ideal for reading aloud, gifting, or returning to year after year, this timeless volume invites readers young and old to step into a world where every story carries the spirit of Christmas.

A beautiful keepsake for the holiday season and a classic addition to any family library.