Crowley County Combined Library

Just before Christmas, when Frances sees a sad-eyed organ grinder and his monkey performing near her apartment, she cannot stop thinking about them, wondering where they go at night, and wishing she could do something to help.

The six mean Herdman kids lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the girls) and then become involved in the community Christmas pageant.

Set in London during the 1880s, two well-meaning Veggies--Cavis and Millward (Bob and Larry)--set out to teach the city of London about love by featuring an enormous spectacle of electric lights at a Christmas pageant.

"It's Halloween weekend and Beacon Harbor, Michigan, has a packed schedule of events, including the Pumpkin Pageant, featuring humans and their canine counterparts. For treats, there's plenty of pumpkin goodness from bakery/cafe owner and local lighthouse resident Lindsey Bakewell. But someone wants to spoil the fun with a deadly trick . . . Lindsey prefers to keep her bakeshop's Halloween decor light and autumnal, rather than gruesome and ghoulish....

Pillar of the community, Mary McGill has a finger in every pie, a place on every committee. She's the one the townsfolk can count on when they need help. Everything Mary organizes runs smoothly - apart, that is, from the town's traditional Christmas pageant. For the festivities are rudely interrupted by the discovery of a blood-stained corpse lying in the manger. Cowering beside the body is a small black-and-white puppy. Two local children report...

A wise-cracking boy is recruited to play one of the wise men in the Christmas pageant.

Twelve-year-old Flor faces problems at home while spending a summer working at her parents' store, partnering with former friend Candice for a pageant, and volunteering with a reclusive beekeeper. It's the summer before eighth grade and Flor is stuck at home and working at her family's mattress store, while her best friend goes off to band camp (probably to make new friends). It becomes even worse when she's asked to compete in the local honey pageant....

Come join all the animal families of Lavida as they prepare for the children's Christmas pagaent during which they find the true spirit of Christmas.

It's 1880's London and Cavis and Millward are putting the finishing touches on their first Christmas musical, filled with spectacle and more electric lights than London has ever seen. Unfortunately, a church pageant is opening the same night right down the street, featuring a priceless artifact that hasn't been seen in 80 years! Just how far will Cavis go to make sure his show opens on top?

Not paying attention to his responsibilities for the school Christmas play, a little boy messes up on the big night.