Holiday Themed Curriculum Resource Titles, Dec 9

Christmas Time is Here! Check out our holiday themed book display in TWU’s Curriculum Resource Centre (CRC).

This specialized education resource library serves Trinity’s School of Education and local educators, and it provides a variety of resources for curriculum planning, research and teaching (including curriculum guides), teacher’s resources, and K-12 student resources.

Click on the link for more information. Learn how to place a Hold though our Holds Pickup. Or visit CRC located on the upper floor of the library and choose from these displayed titles and much more!

Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck and illustrated by Mark Buehner
LT4382.B879 Chh 2002
Rob wants to get his father something special for Christmas this year—something that shows how much he really loves him. But it’s Christmas Eve, and he doesn’t have much money to spend. What could he possibly get? Suddenly, Rob thinks of the best gift of all…

Christmas Cricket by Eve Bunting and illustrated by Timothy Bush
LT4382.B91527 Chj 2002
In a California garden on a rainy night, Cricket feels small and worthless. He hops up some steps and finds himself in a place filled with light and warmth and a tall, sparkling tree. He begins to sing but is scared into silence by two voices, one big and one small. It is then that he makes a marvelous discovery.

A Christmas Tapestry by Patricia Polacco
LT4382.P75186 Cj 2002
When a bad leak ruins the sacristy wall in his father’s church, Jonathan thinks his family’s first Christmas Eve service in Detroit will be ruined, too. But then he and his father find a beautiful tapestry for sale in a secondhand shop. Just the thing to cover the damaged wall. But then, amazingly, an old Jewish woman who is visiting the church recognizes the beautiful cloth. It is her discovery that leads to a real miracle on Christmas Eve.

The Christmas Thingamajig by Lynn Manuel and illustrated by Carol Benioff
LT4382.M3192 Chr 2002
After her grandmother dies, Chloe doesn’t feel like celebrating the holidays at Grandpa’s house because she knows it won’t be the same, but with some reassuring words from Grandpa, Chloe realizes that she needs to move on and, while still remembering the past, establish new traditions for the future.

Merry Christmas, everywhere! By Arlene Erlbach and illustrated by Sharon Lane Holm
LT6010.M547 M47 2002 1-6
Presents Christmas greetings and traditions, with related activities, from around the world including: Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, India, Jamaica, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico and Serbia.

My Penguin Osbert by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel and illustrated by H.B. Lewis
LT4382.K56475 My 2004
Each year at Christmas, Joe writes a letter to Santa. But they’ve had a few misunderstandings in the past.  So this year Joe is really, really careful. On Christmas morning, guess what’s waiting for him under the tree! Santa has brought him a living, breathing, black-and-white penguin named Osbert.

The Star of the Manger by Joni Oeltjenbruns
LT4382.C5276 St 2002
Little people will eagerly watch and listen as baby animals and rhyming verses unfold the mystery behind the star of Bethlehem. A charming Christmas book for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Ideal for ages 3-6.