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Fiction or Nonfiction Stories in which Gifts Play a Major Part
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December 2003
Compiled by Vicki Novak,
of George L. Campbell Branch Library,
Maricopa County Library District, Phoenix, AZ, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
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The Midnight before Christmas by William Bernhardt
A mystery that incorporates the Christmas theme by a chain of gifts that runs through the narrative. The mystery is....I'm looking for a word like "ordinary" without the negative connotations...a regular mystery,
but there is a vein of humour in a sub-plot that has the protagonist continually getting gifts she doesn't want. A little gift for mystery lovers.
The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau
(children)
The clown of God by Tomie de Paola
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal by Lloyd Douglas
another take on Pay It Forward
The Christmas Candle by Richard Paul Evans
(children)
Gift of the Sacred Dog by Paul Goble
(children)
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
Pay it Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Esther's Gift by Jan Karon
The Present : A Malory Holiday Novel by Johanna Lindsey
Breath of Magic & Touch of Enchantment by Teresa Medeiros
Both are about a 'magic' talisman given to the heroine by her mother
His and hers: the fantasy world of the Neiman Marcus catalog by Stanley Marcus
Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian-Carlo Menotti.
It's an opera, so there are recordings and at least one VHS video [don't know if it's out in DVD yet] and a book.
No Holly for Miss Quinn and The Christmas Mouse by Miss Read
Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story by Cynthia Rylant
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
(children)
The Fourth Wise Man, originally by Henry Van Dyke, adapted by Susan Summers
(children)
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