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Katie can’t wait for the holidays. There are so many things to look forward to! Her motorcycle-riding grandma is coming to visit, class 4A is having a Secret Santa grab bag, and it’s almost time for Cherrydale’s annual holiday lights display contest. But even the busy holiday season...

Indigenous Peoples' Day helps us honor those who were here first. Listeners can learn how to celebrate native culture. Pairs with the fiction title Winnie's Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Rosh Hashanah is a day of new beginnings. This audiobook shows listeners how to celebrate the Jewish New Year. Pairs with the fiction title Our Family Celebrates Rosh Hashanah.

Holi is a colorful holiday, and each color has a special meaning. Leveled text allows listeners to join in on the throwing of colors. Pairs with the fiction title Our Family Celebrates Holi.

Many people have soldiers in their family, and on Veterans Day we thank them for their service. Leveled text helps listeners salute our veterans. Pairs with the story Sofia's Veterans Day Project.

Let's celebrate Earth by picking up and keeping it clean. This audiobook teaches listeners how to take care of our home. Pairs with the fiction title Milo's Earth Day.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we celebrate the man who taught us how to respect others. Pairs with the story Jade's Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Red lanterns, red envelopes, red everything—during Lunar New Year, the color red is lucky. Pairs with the story David's Lunar New Year Celebrations.

Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1692. When the first girl fell down screaming, the people of Salem Village thought it might just be silliness. Then a second girl started barking. A third and fourth began to shake uncontrollably. A doctor said “an evil hand” had come upon the girls, and everyone...

Santa Claus, as a baby, is found in the Forest of Burzee by Ak, the Master Woodsman of the World (a supreme immortal), and placed in the care of the lioness Shiegra; but thereupon adopted by the Wood Nymph, Necile. Upon reaching young adulthood, Claus is introduced by Ak to human society, wherein he sees poverty and difficulties. Because he cannot reside in Burzee as an adult, he settles in the nearby Laughing Valley of Hohaho, where the immortals regularly assist him, and Necile gives him a little cat named Blinky.

Against the background of the changing seasons, this Christmas fairy tale tells how the love of three children change the frightened heart of a young pine tree that becomes their Christmas tree.

"The Snowman" is maybe one of the most touching stories by Hans Christian Andersen. It is a tale about unrequited love, and an occasion of reflection on the mysteries of existence and passion. In a small winter garden, a snowman glimpses a stove glowing by the window of the nearby house. He soon falls in love, and longs for the stove's companionship despite the warnings of his friend, the dog, who say the stove's heat would melt him.

On a cold New Year's Eve, a young, poor girl tries to sell matches in the street. She is already shivering from cold. She shelters in a nook and sits down. The girl lights the matches to warm herself. In their glow she sees several lovely visions, including a Christmas tree and a holiday feast. The girl looks skyward and sees a shooting star; she then remembers her grandmother saying that such a falling star means someone is dying and is going to Heaven. As she lights the next match, she sees a vision of her grandmother, the only person to have treated her with love and kindness. She strikes one match after another to keep the vision of her grandmother alive for as long as she can.

"A Kidnapped Santa Claus" is a Christmas-themed short story by American writer L. Frank Baum, the author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"; it has been called "one of Baum's most beautiful stories".The story opens with a quick overview of Santa's castle in the Laughing Valley. Its focus soon switches to the five Caves of the Daemons in nearby mountains. These creatures are pagan daemons rather than Christian demons, in that they are not servants of Satan or necessarily evil.