gifts

Gives instructions for making ten simple items that can be given as presents, including an egg cup, a decorated mirror, and candle holders.

Children describe the gifts that they have received from relatives around the world.

Illustrations by Gennady Spirin accompany the lyrics to the traditional holiday song that describes gifts given on each of the twelve days that lead up to Christmas.

As Chiang-An, a small Chinese dragon, travels the world in search of a special enduring gift for his village, he meets four other dragons, each of whom gives him a song, an unusual gift, and words of wisdom.

A young cat named Thomas gets in trouble when he opens a big pile of presents before Christmas Day.

Rachel's mother sets out to entice Elijah the Prophet to visit their poor home on Passover by making up a special batch of matzo ball soup, but it is Rachel with her unbidden act of kindness who catches Elijah's attention.

Joey sneaks his Christmas present, a toy bear, out of its box before Christmas and is upset when he accidentally rips it.

Pooh, wanting his friends to have special Christmas presents, generously gives away all his jars of honey.

Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, and Roo plan a surprise Mothers' Day party for Kanga, but Roo is unable to find the right present.

Growing up under an assumed identity after accidentally shooting her mother and escaping her abusive father, Liza Barton, still fearful that her past will reclaim her, is shocked when her husband inadvertently buys her childhood home.