The Ringing of Christmas Bells
Reasons to order Christmas Mosaic now:
- Christmas is only 60 days away
- Advent begins in only 36 days
- The introductory price is only $15.99 (the price will go up in January 2008)
Relax and take a breather. Christmas Mosaic promises you a refreshingly new resource to enjoy with your children this holiday. This book, along with your local library and a couple of cookie sheets, is all you really need to embrace the Christmas holiday. And don't forget to place a nativity setting close by. 
Mortimer the Mouse will need it when he visits your house.
Begin a new tradition with your children. Open this book.
When the children are safely nestled in their beds, it's time for Mom to microwave herself a quick cup of hot cocoa and sit down to enjoy essays by Elizabeth, Alice, Dawn, Jenn, Kathryn, Karen, Margot, and yours truly. There are also poems to savor as well as the beautiful artwork by the gifted Sean Fitzpatrick.
Here's a sneak peek at the Table of Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
How to use this book
Christmas Mosaic book list
Selected Annotations
A Reflection on Sharing Books with Children at Christmas
by Elizabeth Foss
Advent Week 1 (Decoration and Preparation)
A Reflection on Preparation by Alice Gunther
Legend of the Tinsel on the Tree
Cobweb Christmas by Shirley Climo/ Jane Manning
Christmas Cobwebs by Odds Bodkin/ Terry Widener
The Cobweb Curtain by Jenny Koralek/ Pauline Baynes
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
by Susan Wojciechowski/ P.J. Lynch
Waiting for Christmas by Kathleen Long Bostrom/ Alexi Natchev
The Twenty-Four Days before Christmas by Madeleine L’Engle
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote/Beth
Advent Week 2 (Giving, Santa Claus, St. Nicholas)
The Shoemaker’s Dream by Masahiro Kasuya/ Mildred Schell
A Small Miracle by Peter Collington
The Christmas Candle by Richard Paul Evans/ Jacob Collins
Why the Chimes Rang by Raymond MacDonald Alden
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
The First Christmas Stocking by Elizabeth Winthrop/ Bagram Ibatoulline
The Bears’ Christmas Surprise by Bruno Hachler/ Angela Kehlenbeck
The Christmas Coat by Clyde Robert Bulla/ Sylvie Wickstrom (OOP)
A Reflection on Santa Claus by Cay Gibson
Santa’s Favorite Story by Hisako Aoki/ Ivan Gantschev
A Reflection on St. Nicholas by Jennifer Miller
Advent Week 3 (Family, Hannukah)
A Reflection on Family by Dawn Hanigan
An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco
Silent Night by Will Moses
The Christmas Promise by Susan Bartoletti/ David Christiana (OOP)
One Christmas Dawn by Candice Ransom/ Peter Fiore (OOP)
Night Tree by Eve Bunting
A Reflection on Hannukah by Kathryn Faulkner
Toby Belfer never had a Christmas Tree by Gloria Teles Pushker/ Judith Hierstein
Advent Week 4 (Nativity, Angels, Epiphany)
A Reflection on the Nativity by Karen Edmisten
The Christmas Bird by Sallie Ketcham/ Stacey Schuett
The Christmas Bird by Bernadette Watts (OOP)
The Christmas Donkey by Gillian McClure (OOP)
Mortimer’s Christmas Manger by Karma Wilson/ Jan Chapman
Father and Son: A Nativity Story by Geraldine McCaughrean/ Fabian Negrin
The Trees Kneel at Christmas by Maud Hart Lovelace
A Reflection on Angels by Cay Gibson
Bright Christmas: An Angel Remembers by Andrew Clements/ Kate Kiesler
A Reflection on Epiphany by Margot Davidson
Danny and the Kings by Susan Cooper/ Jos. A. Smith (OOP)
Celebrating December Birthdays by Cay Gibson
Let it Snow Supplement
Appendix
Crafts
Recipes
Coloring Pages
Well, now I know the best possible gift for the Catholic homeschooling mothers on my list! I am so excited that this wonderful book is finally almost here!
Posted by: Alice Gunther | October 26, 2007 at 10:02 PM
On my goodness! I can't wait for my book to come!
Posted by: Lisa | October 27, 2007 at 05:16 PM
I just ordered MY copy!!!
Posted by: Alice C | October 31, 2007 at 09:27 AM