Raymond Briggs
22) Father Christmas
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
St. Nick's job isn't as easy as everyone thinks. His preparations for the big night are an exhausting, year-round affair, so the hardest working man in snow biz converts his sleigh into a camper and flies off into the sky for a globe-hopping vacation.
23) Festivals
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[1973]
Language
English
Description
Background information on the origins of the holidays included accompanies stories, poems, and descriptions of festivals for each month of the year from around the world.
25) First up Everest
Author
Publisher
Coward-McCann
Pub. Date
[1969]
Language
English
Description
Describes the last stages of the successful climb to the summitof Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay.
27) All in a day
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Brief text and illustrations by ten internationally well-known artists reveal a day in the lives of children in eight differentcountries showing the similarities and differences and emphasizing the commonality of humankind.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
The snowman: A young boy's snowman comes to life and escorts him on a fantasy dream visit to the North Pole.
Father Christmas: Exhausted from his annual exertions, Father Christmas decides to convert his sleigh to a camper and go on holiday.
30) The snowman
Series
Publisher
Snowman Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A young boy wakes up to find a thick blanket of snow outside. He decides to build a snowman using coal for his buttons and eyes, a tangerine for his nose, and a hat and scarf. Later that night, the snowman comes to life, and the two set forth on a magical journey to the North Pole.
31) Ethel & Ernest
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The life and times of two ordinary Londoners living through extraordinary events." --
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Tilly drops her beloved teddy bear into the zoo's bear exhibit, and a polar bear returns it that night, which makes them friends. Ben watches a TV show about endangered species and later wakes to find his toy train and stuffed dog taking him on a trip around the world saving endangered animals.
33) The Snowman
Author
Language
English
Description
One crisp, winter morning, a young boy wakes up to find a thick blanket of snow has covered the ground as far as the eye can see. Filled with excitement, the boy decides to build a snowman using a tangerine for his nose, coal for his buttons and eyes, and tops him off with a hat and scarf. Later that night, at the stroke of midnight, the snowman comes to life! The young boy and the snowman embark on a magical adventure of discovery where the snowman...
