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"Santa Claus has a surprise just for you!"--P. [4] of cover.

The Coal Man works hard all year, searching dark mines for the coal that Santa Claus drops into the stockings of naughty boys and girls.

"Clark the Shark loves Christmas more than anyone! When Clark's class organizes a Secret Santa exchange, Clark decides to find out who will be giving him a present .

Four animal friends--Bird, Rabbit, Deer, and Squirrel--deliver a package for Santa on Christmas Eve.

"It's Christmas time in Australia, and Reindeer has great fun giving presents to his friends, Cat, Dog and Guinea Pig.

Clementine's life is ordinary in every way except that she is very tiny--a fact that Santa Claus does not seem to understand.

Present at the birth of Jesus, Cricket sings a lullaby, Honeybee presents honey, and Spider wonders what she can give.

A bunch of friends find a big, bright box with a prize for everyone.

Wink the Elf asks the reader's help to get Santa's present ready for Mrs.

Mouse leaves the Christmas preparations in the burrow to find a present for Hare, but she soon comes across a sick swallow stuck in the snow.

The author describes Christmas at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem the year she introduced him to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Diego Velazquez's portrait of Juan de Pareja, which has had a profound and lasting effect on him.

It is Christmas Eve, and all the construction vehicles are finishing up work on the site, and when they leave they find that there is a special present waiting for each of them.

"When Luna Girl steals all the Christmas gifts, it's up to Gekko to ride on her Luna Board to save the presents--and the day! But Gekko has never ridden a Luna Board, and he's nervous.

"When Maria, Juan, and their mother go to the border between California and Mexico to visit their grandmother at Christmas, Maria must devise a way to get Juan's gift over the fence"--Provided by publisher.