Now ten of Maitland's favourite Christmas stories are being given new life in this Christmas gift book for the whole family. Fireside Al's Treasury of Christmas Stories includes:
Each with a very different take on the theme of seasonal love and joy. And there are more delectable treats in store from Fireside Al's Christmas cupboard.
The treasury gains special lustre from the magnificently detailed and richly coloured paintings of Alan Daniel, Canada's best-loved illustrator of children's books. Above all the package is completed by a bound-in CD of Alan Maitland's reading of the ten stories included in the book.
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Francis P. Church
The Errors of Santa Claus
Stephen Leacock
Christmas at Sea
Robert Louis Stevenson
To Make a Christmas Cake That Will Keep Until Easter
Anonymous
Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas
Stephen Leacock
The Santa Claus Trap
Margaret Atwood
The Gift of the Magi
O. Henry
The Trapper's Christmas Eve
Robert W. Service
The First Christmas Tree
Eugene Field
A Tribute to Alan Maitland
Barbara Brown
Alan Daniel
Daniel's art is notable for its fine draftsmanship, humour and versatility of style. He is the illustrator of numerous children's picture books and has been nominated, with his partner Lea Daniel, for both Mr. Christie and Governor General Awards. Alan's previous books for Red Deer Press include Eh! To Zed and Roundup At the Palace. Alan works from his home studio in Kitchener Ontario.
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