Berthoud Community Library District

"On the first day of Christmas, a gift was sent to me: a parrot in a palm tree! Ahoy mateys--Christmas is coming and even pirates celebrate the holiday! This follow-up to the hugely popular A Pirate's Night Before Christmas offers a witty re-imagining of "The Twelve Days of Christmas"--with a sly buccaneer twist. A brave cabin boy receives marvelously mysterious gifts for each of the 12 days he is left alone to guard the pirate ship: 12 cannons blastin',...

Presents an altered version of Clement C. Moore's classic Christmas poem about an old cowboy who makes his way home and encounters Santa, who helps him remember childhood memories.

Santa has the measles and because of this, Christmas is already five days late. The people of Snow Land devise a plan to help Santa make his annual rounds and not let the children of the world be disappointed.

"P.J. Lynch brings his rich and atmospheric art to the well-loved holiday poem. Children will pore over every cozy detail in these warm, sweeping watercolor illustrations--from snug mice to stockings hung by the chimney with care to toys in the bundle flung over merry St. Nicholas's back. A glowing interpretation of a favorite read-aloud, this is a keepsake volume to cherish and return to year after year." -- Amazon.com.

No snow in ski country for Christmas? Santa's ready to help until he discovers his magical Icicle Star has melted. He needs someone with a pure Christmas spirit to journey into the mountains to find a new one. Can Little Any find Santa's rare Icicle Star in time to give ski country a white Christmas?

In the style of Clement Moore's well-known poem, the firefighters from Firehouse One receive a visit from Ol' Sergeant Nick, who leaves them lots of surprises, including a shiny new pumper truck, while they are putting out a fire on Christmas Eve.

Exhausted from parties and pageants at school but with presents still to buy, teachers are greeted at the mall by an unexpected helper driving a flying schoolbus.

"In this ... twist on the classic poem by Clement C. Moore, Daniel Kirk reimagines the story from a fresh perspective--and readers of Kirk's Library Mouse series may discover a familiar friend, too"--Dust jacket flap.

The well-known poem about an important Christmas Eve visitor is given a Hawaiian setting and some of the words in the poem have been translated into the Hawaiian language.

Presents a turn-of-the-century African-American family's encounter with St. Nick as he delivers his presents before flying off into the night.