Mr. Dickens and Mr. Hausleben combined! Christmas fantasy and magic! A classic Christmas tale with a New Jersey twist! A New Jersey Christmas Tale is another Christmas release by the master storyteller on an already long list of Christmas books and seasonal joy! What gift do readers receive when the COVID-19 pandemic locks down the master storyteller during the 2020 holiday season? Another Christmas story penned by Mr. Paul John Hausleben, of course! When Mr. Hausleben takes up his annual Christmas Eve reading of what he feels is the greatest story ever written; then inspiration ignites reading and writing magic. What better Christmas mix than for Mr. Hausleben to join up in writing forces with the author that invented Christmas as we now know it? Paul John Hausleben does not hide his love for his favorite author, Mr. Charles Dickens, and he does not mince words when he heaps praise upon Mr. Dickens’s Christmas masterpiece, A Christmas Carol. Mr. Hausleben proudly states, “I believe it is the greatest story ever written with the most colorful and amazing characters of all time, too. Dickens has no peers; in my opinion, he is the greatest author of all time." Mr. Absalom Steed operates his Steed Lace Factory in Paterson, New Jersey as he lives his life. Stomping over everyone and everything, counting his pennies, obsessed with factory production and numbers and living a miserable life and making everyone around him miserable, too. Steed is obstinate, mean, heartless, and uncaring. Yet, his past haunts him and there are many reasons for his current misery. Somewhere, some place, deep inside, there is good in his soul and Christmas magic in 1974 unlocks the good and it turns his life around. Mr. Hausleben takes the original basic theme of the classic Christmas story, adds touches of fantasy, and holiday magic, adds his own characters, sets the story in his home city of Paterson, New Jersey with a nostalgic mid-1970s setting, and Mr. Hausleben turns the old classic into a new classic. In the author’s notes, PJH adds some commentary on the original story with his usual deep insight and flair. He adds some of his own Christmas artwork within the pages, with his own cover design and his own simple and captivating hand-drawn artwork. All of this makes this book a must-have for your Christmas reading list!

Susan joins her cousin Andy in New Jersey to celebrate Christmas and writes home to tell her parents about what she's seeing and doing in the Garden State, in this fun picture book based on the classic Christmas song. Full color.

The classic Christmas tale with a New Jersey twist! A New Jersey Christmas Carol, Special Edtion of A New Jersey Chrismtas Tale, is another release by the master storyteller on an already long list of Christmas books and seasonal magic! During the Christmas season of 2020, Mr. Paul John Hausleben wrote and published his own version of A Christmas Carol by Mr. Charles Dickens. A New Jersey Christmas Tale became an instant holiday classic. Mr. Hausleben completed a dream; to be able to work alongside his writing hero, Mr. Charles Dickens. Almost from the moment of publication, the question came in from readers and followers. "Paulie, why did you title the book A New Jersey Christmas Tale? Why not A New Jersey Christmas Carol?" The reader's questions and feedback haunted Paul John Hausleben. During Christmas of 2023, Mr. Hausleben completed a university course with coursework of an in-depth study of Mr. Charles Dickens and his masterpiece novella. After another reader asked about the title, and armed with his new knowledge from his studies, the author came up with the idea for a special edition of his own Christmas classic. Mr. Hausleben dug up a commentary that he wrote many years ago on A Christmas Carol and brushed that commentary up. The author added some special notes, added some Christmas fun within the pages, with his not-so-world-famous lists, a touch some of his usual humor, and his own cover design and his own simple and captivating hand-drawn artwork. Of course, he added the title of A New Jersey Christmas Carol. Here it is; a special edition of the master storyteller's Christmas classic! Mr. Hausleben takes the original theme of the classic Christmas story, adds his own characters, sets the story in his home city of Paterson, New Jersey and turns the old classic into a new classic. All of this makes this special edition book a must-have for your Christmas reading list!

Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Garden State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Authors Patricia A. Martinelli and Charles A. Stansfield Jr. shine a light in the dark corners of New Jersey and scare those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From what may lurk in the Ramapo Mountains, to a ghostly little boy who waits on Clinton Road, and the fabled Jersey Devil itself, these stories of strange occurrences will keep you glued to the edge of your seat. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.

A story that helps us see the unique goodness in each person. Every town has its secrets. When it becomes known that Mr. Nicholas, the eccentric owner of the local hardware store, is somehow involved with reindeer, toys, and children, the town becomes more and more suspicious that this man is more than just a clerk on Main Street. JB, a clever, open ten-year-old boy with Down syndrome, is able to figure out the secret from the first time Mr. Nicholas gives him a chocolate deer wrapped in gold foil. JB’s father and mother, both cynical and on the brink of divorce, follow the adventures of JB as he flies on the back of a reindeer, feeds Mister Rogers’s fish, and defines what can be forgotten by those who are too busy to remember the magic of Christmas, cuckoo-clocks, and love.

The definitive guide to everything fans want to know about A Christmas Story shares the inside story behind the film’s production, release, and unlikely ascent to the top of popular culture. From Jean Shepherd’s original radio broadcasts to Bob Clark’s 1983 sleeper hit film and beyond, A Christmas Story has become a beloved Yuletide tradition over the last three decades. In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of its theatrical release, this is the untold story of the making of the film, and what happened afterwards. Ralphie Parker’s quest for a Red Ryder air rifle didn’t end with the movie’s release; the tale inspired massive VHS sales, a Broadway production, and a mountain of merchandise. Complete with rare and previously unreleased photographs, now fans of the movie and film buffs alike can lean all they didn’t know about the timeless classic.

This carefully crafted ebook: “CHARLES DICKENS – The Complete Short Stories: 190+ Christmas Tales, Social Sketches, Tales for Children & Other Stories (Illustrated)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Christmas Novellas A Christmas Carol The Chimes The Cricket on the Hearth The Battle of Life The Haunted Man Short Story Collections Sketches by Boz Sketches of Young Gentlemen Sketches of Young Couples Master Humphrey' Clock Reprinted Pieces The Mudfog Papers Pearl-Fishing (First Series) Pearl-Fishing (Second Series) Christmas Stories Other Stories Children's Books Child's Dream of a Star Holiday Romance Stories About Children Every Child Can Read Criticism Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens The Limitations of Dickens by Henry James The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot by Andrew Lang David Copperfield by Virginia Woolf Biographies Charles Dickens by G. K. Chesterton The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster Dickens' London by M. F. Mansfield Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.