| Description |
95 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
The twelve days of Christmas / Traditional -- Winter days / Gareth Owen -- Winter / Judith Nicholls -- Before Christmas / John Corben -- The children's carol / Eleanor Farjeon -- Gabriel's message / S. Baring-Gould -- Little donkey / Eric Boswell -- Mary's burden / Eleanor Farjeon -- Joseph and the angel / Traditional -- Christmas Eve / Sandy Brownjohn -- In the week when Christmas comes / Eleanor Farjeon -- Christmas morning / Elizabeth Madox Roberts -- Little Jesus, sweetly sleep / translated by Percy Dearmer -- Lullaby, Jesus / from Traditional Polish -- The fir tree / Jane Yolen -- Winds through the olive trees / from Traditional Gascon -- Christmas tree / Laurence Smith -- The Christmas tree / John Walsh -- The Christmas-tree fairy / June Crebbin -- Unable to sleep / Peter Thabit Jones -- Santa Claus / Clive Sansom -- The boots of Father Christmas / Richard Edwards -- Dear Santa... / Rita Ray -- Questions on Christmas Eve / Wes Magee -- The man who steals dreams / Roger McGough - Blue Christmas / Adrian Henri -- My Christmas : Mum's Christmas / Sarah Forsyth -- The wicked singers / Kit Wright. |
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Xmas / Langston Hughes -- Christmas / Gavin Ewart -- Keeping Christmas / Eleanor Farjeon -- Come, see this little stranger / J. Steuart Wilson -- Journey back to Christmas / Gwen Dunn -- Away in a manger / Martin Luther -- Nativity play / Peter Dixon -- It was poor little Jesus / American spiritual -- Room at the inn / Judith Nicholls -- Mice in the hay / Leslie Norris -- In the stable : Christmas haiku / John Corben -- 'I', said the donkey / Anon. -- Cat in the manger / U.A. Fanthorpe -- The Christmas mouse / Daphne Lister -- Oh, who would be a shepherd boy? / Traditional -- Shepherds' song / Charles Causley -- The barn / Elizabeth Coatsworth -- We three camels / Jane Yolen -- Counting sheep / Jane Yolen -- Children of frost / Sue Cowling -- The snow / F. Ann Elliott -- Child's carol / Eleanor Farjeon -- Christmas thank yous / Mick Gowar -- Snowflake / Grace Nichols -- Snowing / Olive Dove -- After Christmas / John Corben. |
| Summary |
A collection of poems celebrating both the religious and secular aspects of Christmas. |
| Subject |
Christmas poetry.
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Children's poetry, English.
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English poetry.
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| Added Author |
Harrison, Michael, 1939-
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Stuart-Clark, Christopher.
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| ISBN |
0192762249 alkaline paper |
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