It follows a curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them a damaged, brainy troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.

The six horrible Herdman children create mayhem during Halloween. Annotation. The Herdmans plus Halloween have always spelled disaster. Every year these six kids -- the worst in the history of Woodrow Wilson School, and possibly even the world -- wreak havoc on the whole town. They steal candy, spray-paint kids, and take anything that's not nailed down. Now the mayor has had it. He's decided to cancel Halloween. There won't be any Herdmans to contend...

As Christmas draws near, Jack finds himself disconnecting from the holidays, his job, and ultimately his wife. His latest assignment as a journalist takes him to Dallas, but a mysterious photograph draws him to the town of Clearwater, Texas. It is here he discovers the town's life-sized, intricately carved nativity. As Jack delves into the mysteries surrounding the nativity and its creator, he uncovers secrets from his past, reunites with his family,...

Madea gets coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas, but the biggest surprise is what they'll find when they arrive. As the small, rural town prepares for its annual Christmas Carnival, new secrets are revealed and old relationships are tested while Madea dishes her own brand of Christmas Spirit to all. "...a slightly raunchy Yuletide lovefest..."--Entertainment Weekly "...Madea has her groove back,...

A song and dance man leaves showbiz to run an inn that is only open on holidays. A former partner joins him and the two find themselves competing for the affections of the same lovely lady.

Christmas in New Bedford is now how it should be. Grace and her mother have gone to Europe to recover her husband's belongings when war breaks out and they are stranded. Her sister-in-law Toppy is in a tizzy because she is directing the town pageant.

The English village mystery gets a contemporary spin in this deliciously sinister British series that has earned a worldwide following. Bucolic settings harbor macabre crimes and eccentric characters that are no match for DCI John Barnaby and his assistant, DS Charlie Nelson. In A Christmas Haunting, Barnaby and Nelson investigate a stabbing death during a ghost-hunting party at the Morton Shallows manor house.

The dogs of Doverville are in trouble again...but Emma O'Connor is back to save them in a song-filled, seasonal extravaganza. Mean-spirited mogul Finneas James plots to shut down the local puppy orphanage, unless Emma can come up with the money to save it. With the help of some friends, she races against time to put together a musical holiday event that just might save the day.

Love knows no bounds in this tender tribute to the depths of family love. This book extends the saying, "I'll love you till the cows come home" to the humorous extreme and is filled with warm, funny art and rhythmic, romping text. Full color. "'I will love you till the cows come home, from a trip to Mars through skies unknown in a rocket ship made of glass and stone. I will love you till the cows come home.' Love knows no bounds in this ... lullaby,...

With Christmas approaching in New York City, Jessica, an archival historian enmeshed in a declining romantic relationship, is hired to create an exhibition honoring the history of Christmas at The Plaza Hotel. There, she meets Nick, a handsome decorator who's been commissioned to deck out the iconic landmark. When they're paired together to prepare the exhibition, they wind up enjoying a host of holiday traditions together and find themselves falling...