Rice, James

Various aspects of western ranch life introduce the letters of the alphabet.

A brother and sister become stranded in the barn on their cattle ranch during a Christmas Eve blizzard.

A history of the cowboy in America from the time the Spanish brought cattle to the New World in the 1500s through the Civil War.

With a team of recalcitrant longhorns pulling his sleigh, "Santy" pays a visit to a family on the Texas prairie, bringing gifts and Christmas cheer.

Gaston the alligator goes to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras and joins in the "courir du Mardi Gras", watches floats being made, participates in the Zulu parade, and sees other typical sights.

In this bilingual version of "The Night before Christmas, " Santa has become Pap? Noel and his reindeer have been replaced with eight burros pulling a cart.

A retelling of the Dickens classic in which a miser learns the true meaning of Christmas from three ghostly visitors who review his past and foretell his future.