A treasury of stories, some traditional, some by modern authors such as Laurie Lee and Sue Townsend, and many specially written for this book.
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"This fresh collection will appeal to a variety of age groups... (A) fine collection of examples of the storytelling art."--School Library Journal
"A stimulating and unhackneyed collection."--San Jose Mercury News
"An excellent anthology of both old and new...This book will prove a constant joy to children and all the family at Christmas."--Library Materials Guide
"These funny and irreverent tales are aimed at adolescents, who should enjoy them... There are even a couple of holiday ghost stories. Cool."--St. Paul Pioneer Press
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About the Author
Dennis Pepper is also the compiler of A Book of Tall Stories and The Happy Birthday Book, both published by Oxford.
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Roman Ghosts and A Typically English Christmas,
By leslie jane harrelson (Dalton, GA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: An Oxford Book of Christmas Stories (Hardcover)
I love this book. It is not the Christmas Carol/Night Before Christmas/ Twelve Best-Loved Carols Collection, but a thoughtful, joyful selection of stories that reveal the best about a living Christmas in modern Britain. This book is like a cup of tea on a snowy evening in London as the lamps go on across the road and late shoppers hurry by outside. If you like England and Christmas you will enjoy this book. Most appropriate for young adults and adults.
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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This is a book aimed at older children. I was aghast.,
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This review is from: An Oxford Book of Christmas Stories (Hardcover)
Most Christmas stories should be heartwarming and enjoyable. This ghastly collection was horrific and depressing. Thank goodness I did not read it to my children. In one story called Christmas Morning there is a drunken father who returns home. In Christmas in the Floods, the grandmother dies and in another short story the snow is coming down like tracer bullets. I will be very leary of any collection by Oxford Press henceforth.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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A unique and wonderful collection,
By Adam Verheyen "Adam" (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Oxford Book of Christmas Stories (Paperback)
An absolutly wonderful book filled with a wide assortment of festive tales. Both old and new, happy and sad, heartwarming and bone chilling. The illustrations are fantastic, and I highly recommend this to anyone.
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