"If you’re giving one book for Christmas, make it this one." —Jim Trelease, author, The Read-Aloud Handbook


They are some of the warmest childhood memories, those unhurried evenings around the fireplace, Christmas tree, or dinner table, when there was time for a story. Now, with this collection, you can keep the story-telling tradition alive in your family, and pass it on to your children or grandchildren.


Home for Christmas includes twenty time-honored tales. Several are by world-famous authors; others are little-known treasures translated from other languages. Selected for their literary quality and spiritual integrity, they will resonate with readers of all ages, year after year.


With original woodcuts by David Klein

Compiled by: Henry van Dyke