When the clock strikes midnight, all the presents under the Christmas tree come to life and start a ruckus. Can Cookie Angel stop the toys from waking the children before Christmas morning? Full color.

Jesse Coleson had one goal...acquire the old inn and keep her real estate firm afloat with the commission. What she wasn't expecting was a car accident, an attractive single father, an interfering guardian angel, and a sudden limit to her time on earth. Luke Benson shut his inn down a year ago with no intention of opening its doors to the public. But when he pulls a mysterious woman from her sunken car, and an old foe reappears, he's forced to question what life and loss really mean. Can they learn the true meaning of life together, or will the past and heavenly forces pull them under?

Helen S. Fletcher has been making pastry dreams come true for over 45 years! As a renowned pastry chef, Helen owned a commercial bakery that provided high-end pastries, cakes and delicacies to fine restaurants and venues for more than thirty years. She has previously authored The New Pastry Cook and European Tarts, sharing her vast knowledge and recipes. Helen has always loved teaching people of all ages and abilities. She has taught her specialized craft at the collegiate level, as a regular on various cooking shows, as a consultant to Cuisinart, as a writer for Bon Appetit Magazine, and as a role model to other pastry chefs. Helen always keeps the baker in mind with clear, detailed and down-to-earth instructions. Pictures of each of the cookies enhance the book and give readers a visual goal for their efforts. Where words alone do not clearly convey the instructions, additional photos are included as a guide. Craving Cookies is a labor of love and her personal journey through the creation of American cookies. Helen invites you into her kitchen as she shares new and classic recipes and techniques gathered from her years baking experience.

The Queen of Culinary Crime, Joanne Fluke, returns with a much-requested, newly updated edition of her New York Times bestselling Joanne Fluke’s Lake Eden Cookbook. This updated version includes all the recipes from the original 2012 cookbook and features title recipes from each of her delectable Hannah Swensen Mysteries that were released after, from Carrot Cake Murder to Pink Lemonade Cake Murder so recipes from the entire series are included. Joanne Fluke invites you to celebrate the holidays with Hannah Swensen and friends at Lake Eden, Minnesota’s annual cookie exchange! It's a picture postcard December in Minnesota. Pristine white snow is glistening in the winter sunlight, and Main Street is brimming with festive holiday decorations. Best of all, it’s the day Hannah’s mother, Delores Swensen, is holding her annual Holiday Cookie Exchange at the Community Center—catered by none other than The Cookie Jar! The whole Swensen clan, their friends, and members of “The Lake Eden Gossip Hotline,” of which Delores is a founding member, have gathered for the delicious event. And as they share their favorite juicy tales of Lake Eden and its residents over coffee and dessert, they also share their favorite scrumptious cookie recipes—plus a mouth-watering menu of luncheon recipes, including: *Kiss My Grits Cookies *Peanut Butter & Jelly Pie *Norwegian Pizza *Minty Marvels *Double Chocolate Puffs . . . plus all the recipes from Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder to Pink Lemonade Cake Murder. Whether this is your first taste of Lake Eden, or you’re back for another helping, you can now bring the irresistible flavors of The Cookie Jar into your very own kitchen!

A mystery unwinds in the idyllic English countryside shortly before Christmas Lori can hardly wait for Christmas this year: lean times are over, the cottage Aunt Dimity willed her is more beautiful than ever, her nine-month-old twins, Will and Rob, are thriving, and she and husband Bill have never been happier. Determined to make this Christmas the best ever, Lori embarks on a round of shopping, holly-cutting, angel-cookie making, and more. When fat snow flakes begin drifting down outside of the window, Lori feels all her holiday wishes are about to come true. But the next day, beneath the lilac bushes now covered by freshly fallen snow, Lori makes a disturbing discovery: the body of a mysterious stranger--a tramp--barely alive. While the nearby village of Finch continues with its seasonal preparations, including rehearsals for the Christmas Eve Nativity play, Lori puts her plans on hold and teams up with Julian Bright--a devilishly attractive Roman Catholic priest--to search out the stranger's identity. Their journey takes them from abandoned World War II airfields to homeless shelters, places where the Christmas star shines dimly, if at all. As Lori unveils the tragic secret that led the stranger to her door, she confronts painful truths about herself and discovers the real meaning of a perfect family Christmas.

Hundreds of ways for kids 8 to 12 to celebrate Christmas including tree decorating, baking cookies and treats making fun & easy holiday crafts ‘Tis the season to bake, craft, and celebrate! This kid-approved big book of Christmas ideas was created by the editors and Test Kitchen chefs at Good Housekeeping and is filled with super fun projects, recipes and activities that will keep kids enchanted (and busy!) all season long. Three chapters highlight holiday essentials —celebrating (Plan a Christmas movie marathon!), crafting (Discover creative gift wrapping and make a gift for everyone on your list!), and dozens of simple sweets. (Cookies for Santa Claus? We’ve got you covered!) Inside the ultimate holiday playbook for kids you'll find: Festive traditions from around the world to share with friends and family (Why do we decorate trees? What’s the story behind St. Nick?) Super-fun activities (Plan a Christmas movie marathon! Make your own advent calendar! Go on a holiday scavenger hunt! Create a Christmas time capsule with the family! ) Cute crafts you can make all on your own like DIY ornaments, garlands, and stockings. Recipes for yummy holiday treats—cookies, cakes, and of course, hot chocolate! This jam-packed book will keep you and your kids entertained this holiday and for many more to come.

Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.