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Publisher
A360 Media, LLC
Language
English
Description
Bah, humbug! Those two words both reject the magic of Christmas and also serve as a harbinger for joy and transformation. They first appear together in A Christmas Carol, the evergreen gem from Charles Dickens—first published in 1843—that will forever be associated with the most wonderful time of the year. Widely regarded as the most famous work from the Dickensian canon, Carol was an instant bestseller upon release and its redemption narrative
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Series
Lucy Stone volume 20
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Lucy Stone normally loves the holidays, but this year, Tinker's Cove has fallen on hard times. The story's not so bleak at Downeast Mortgage, whose tightfisted owners, Jake Marlowe and Ben Scribner, are raking in profits from everyone's misfortune. Half the town is in their debt, so when the miserly Marlowe is murdered, the mourners are few and the suspects are many. Can Lucy solve the case and deck the halls before the killer strikes again?
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge is a cranky old mouse who is only concerned with his business and making money. Scrooge thinks Christmas is just a waste of time. But on the night of Christmas Eve, he is visited by three ghosts who take him on a journey through his past, present, and future. His experience could change him forever and teach him the true meaning of Christmas!
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
The darkest, most ghostly version of this story ever made stays true to the original feel of the Charles Dickens story while turning up the creepiness. A range of well-known Irish and English actors makes up the cast. On the anniversary of his business partner's death, Ebenezer Scrooge finds unwelcome company in the form of three spirits from Christmases Past, Present, and Yet to Come.
Author
Language
English
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge is a selfish, miserable miser. The only thing he cares about is making money and keeping it. He despises the poor and needy, and more that anything he hates Christmas ... until one Christmas he gets a rude awakening to just how shallow and sad his life really is.
Publisher
PorchLight Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
#1: When Annie is elected president of the Drama Club, her desire to make a profit blinds her to the true meaning of Christmas. #2: Zach and Annie collect canned goods for a local shelter. When Plato relaizes that the kids are more concerned about taking credit for their good deeds rather than actually helping people, he spins a story about true generosity.
Author
Series
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Harcourt Brace and Company
Pub. Date
[1995?]
Language
English
Description
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future; and includes narratives and excerpts from related stories and a biographical sketch of the author.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late. Includes featurettes, and deleted scenes.
