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Story of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, held to celebrate the revolt of the Maccabees against Antiochus and the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago.

A little girl describes the many things she and her family do on their camping vacation.

Contains three Thomas the Tank Engine stories in which Gordon crashes through the wall of Sir Topham Hatt's new station; Toby gets washed downstream by a flood; and Oliver's brakevan goes out of control.

Explains how astronauts train, what they experience in space, how they perform their jobs, and other related topics.

A collection of traditional and modern Christmas poems and carols.

An easy-to-read description of the continuously changing seasons.

Easter Bunny is too sick to dye all the Easter eggs in time, so he creates a machine to help.

A friendly mouse introduces the numbers from 1 to 100.

When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him into his home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside. Unlike the original edition, this version has words.

Cinderella prepares for the masked ball with the help of her animal friends and an old sheet.