title: The First Noel: A Child's Book of Christmas Carols To
author:  DK Publishing 
description: Thirteen Christmas carols in simple arrangements for piano, guitar, and voice are displayed in picture-book format. The carols are illustrated with high-quality reproductions of paintings from a variety of historical periods--from the Renaissance to the Victorian era to the present--which makes for a nicely diverse presentation. Such traditional religious favorites as "Silent Night" and "O Come All Ye Faithful" are here, along with a few lesser-known carols, such as "The Holly and the Ivy." The collection concludes with "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." Like the perennially popular illustrated songbook <i>Go in and out the Window</i> (1978), this is both practical to use and inviting to browse. Adults will be as interested as young musicians. <i>Susan Dove Lempke</i>
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  Father Christmas
  
  By Barbara Metzger
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright 2011 by Barbara Metzger
  
  Cover Copyright 2011 by Dara England and Untreed Reads Publishing
  
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  First published in print by Ballantine Books, 1995
  
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