The 2 weeks before Christmas are filled with activity as Samantha finishes her homemade presents and makes preparations for visiting relatives.

Samantha's Surprise

Maxine Rose Schur

scholastic

Winner of the 2019 Northern Lights Book Award for Picture Books, All Ages! 
 Marielle the mouse has worked her dressmaking magic for nine days and nine nights to create nine beautiful dresses for Madame Sooree's nine daughters. Finished at last, Marielle goes to bed, but when she wakes up, the dresses are gone! With no time to lose, Marielle must overcome her fear of heights to take a wild ride with her friend Pierre the pigeon to recover the missing party dresses, which have been scattered across Paris.

Marielle in Paris

Pomegranate

A young boy in turn-of-the-century rural Russia learns that appearances are often deceiving after he steals and then tries to return a dreidel to the traveling peddler Shnook

The Peddler's Gift

Children's Books

Kimberly Bulcken Root

Literature & Fiction

Dial Books

The two weeks before Christmas are filled with activity as Samantha finishes her homemade presents and makes preparations for visiting relatives.

Samantha's Surprise : A Christmas Story

Perfection Learning

When a clever prince has a beautiful maze garden constructed and decrees that he will marry the princess who can find her way out, forty-three princesses try without success

The Marvelous Maze

Stemmer House Pub

Samantha has high hopes for the best Christmas ever. Things start to go wrong when her Uncle Gard announces he is bringing the beautiful Cornelia home for the holidays. The household goes into a dither, and in all the confusion, no one pays much attention to Samantha and her private wish for the beautiful doll in the window at Schofield's Toy Store. Samantha blames Cornelia for ruining the holidays. But when Christmas morning finally comes, Samantha has more than one surprise waiting for her.

Samantha's Surprise (American Girl Collection)

Pleasant Company Publications

Samantha : An American Girl [Unabridged Library Edition]

Valerie Tripp

Susan S. Adler

Recorded Books,LLC

The Story Of Ruth

Here is the story of Ruth as you have never heard it before. Told with poetry and depth, this retelling by Maxine Rose Schur evokes the authenticity of its time and place and captures a beautiful love story as well as the strength of two legendary women. A treat for children ages four to eight. A powerful story of friendship and commitment for a young audience.

The Story of Ruth

Gwen Connelly

Religion & Spirituality

Kar-Ben Publishing ®

Samantha Story Collection Plus Mini Doll (American Girl, Samantha Story collection (contains Meet Samantha; Samantha Learns a Lesson; Samantha's Surprise; Happy Birthday, Samantha; Samantha Saves the Day!; and Changes for Samantha)

American Girl

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