Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents.

When four people, strangers and family, converge on a fifteen-bedroom house in Cornwall for Christmas, will there be enough room for everyone? Sophia Cleves is seeing things. Her son, Art, is seeing things himself. Winter makes all things visible-- history, memory, art, love.... When four people, strangers and family, converge on a fifteen-bedroom house in Cornwall for Christmas, will there be enough room for everyone?

When Stella gets the sudden idea to go caroling, she has a little trouble getting someone to join her. Her brother, Frank, is not good at spontaneity. The Watsons are very involved in a precarious fruitcake attempt (but happy to send their pig, Mercy, out for the occasion). Eugenia Lincoln declines, a bit rudely, to accompany on her accordion, and Horace Broom is too busy studying planetary movement. Will Stella need to sing by herself--with enthusiastic...

Bestselling author Andrews brings back the lovable characters from "Savannah Blues" and "Savannah Breeze" for a new funny and touching story that offers a little Christmas cheer with delicious Southern recipes throughout.

From 1944 to 1995, the story of three generations of women as they partake of the tradition of catching up on family news once a year with the annual Christmas letter. A close-up of everyday life spanning half a century.

"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres and the New York Times best-selling Last Hundred Years Trilogy, a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals--and a young boy--whose lives intersect in Paris Paras is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. At dusk, one afternoon she pushes open the door of her stall--she's a curious filly--and, after traveling through the night, arrives by chance...

At Christmastime Henry and his dog Mudge enjoy baked treats, visits from relatives, lots of presents, and each other.

As Farmer Brown prepares the house for Christmas, Duck tries to play Santa--but he gets stuck in the chimney, along with all the other animals who try to help.

Middle-schooler Greg Heffley is the prime suspect when it is discovered that school property has been damaged, but when a surprise blizzard hits and school is closed, Greg is stuck indoors with his family, unable to prove his innocence.

When the tailor becomes sick and cannot finish the waistcoat for the Mayor, the mice finish it for him.