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A wordless story with bold, black-and-white illustrations that depicts Santa's delivery of a special gift.

"... tells the story of when the Queen gets a Quokka all the way from Australia for her birthday, and this small new arrival helps her discover the joy of giving gifts!"--Amazon.

"It's Aunt Jane's birthday! The friends bring their gifts to the barn. But there is no gift from Sweet Pea. What if Sweet Pea has no gift? Luckily, her farmyard friends know just what to do!"--Back cover.

Children at a birthday party attempt to guess what is squeaking inside a wrapped package.

"Widowed and recently relocated, Vera Swanson is lonely in her condo-for-one--until little Fiona Albright knocks on her door needing help. With her mother seriously ill and her father out of town, Fiona enlists Vera's help, and when she finds out her new neighbor is a quilter, she has a special request--a Christmas quilt for Mama. Vera will have to get a ragtag group of women together in order to fulfill the request. Between free-spirited artist Tasha,...

Children describe the gifts that they have received from relatives around the world.

While playing hide-and-seek with his babysitter, Mrs. Duck, Bearpeeks at his Christmas presents and feels terribly guilty afterwards.

On her way to her grandfather's house with a bunch of bananas, Beatrice has a series of mishaps with jungle animals who each substitute something new for what she is carrying.

Timothy's family "helps" him create a Birthday Thing that turnsout to be exactly what his mother needed for her birthday.

Simple text and repetition of the letter "g" help readers learn how to use this sound.