Jordan, The Christmas Kitten is a picture book perfect for young readers because it uses easy words that kids will understand and vibrant pictures that help tell the story. In this Christmas story, you will meet a black kitten named Jordan, who along with his siblings and aunt, are excited that it is Christmas Eve, and Santa Claws is soon to come. The kittens contemplate what toys and gifts they will receive on Christmas day. Before Christmas morning, Jordan has a dream that will forever change his thinking about the true meaning of Christmas and the greatest gift of all.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Cats will delight readers with its heartwarming, amusing, inspirational, and occasionally tearful stories about our best friends and faithful companions -- our cats. We are all crazy about our mysterious cats. Sometimes they are our best friends; sometimes they are aloof. They are fun to watch and often surprise us. These true stories, the best from Chicken Soup for the Soul’s library, will make readers appreciate their own cats and see them with a new eye.

The magic of life with a cat! They keep us company, provide unconditional love, share in the ups and downs of our lives, and make every day an adventure. How do cats do it? They brighten our days, act as our therapists, and become our best friends—without saying one word. They’re frequently hilarious, often heroic, and surprisingly human. And we learn so much from them, too. You’ll find yourself laughing a lot, tearing up at times, and nodding your head in recognition as you read these tales, chosen from Chicken Soup for the Soul’s library, about the magical experience of sharing life with a cat. From comical to courageous, mischievous to miraculous, and everything in between, you’ll enjoy a wide variety of entertaining stories in these ten chapters: • Meant to Be • Miracles Happen • My Very Good, Very Bad Cat • Who Rescued Whom? • What I Learned from the Cat • We Are Family • Natural Therapists • Canine Friends • A Cat’s Purpose • Over the Rainbow And your purchase of this book will help support the important work of American Humane, creating a better life for cats everywhere. Chicken Soup for the Soul books are 100% made in the USA and each book includes stories from as diverse a group of writers as possible. Chicken Soup for the Soul solicits and publishes stories from the LGBTQ community and from people of all ethnicities, nationalities, and religions.

Discover the secret world behind the scenes of your favorite cat videos. The Persian cat family knows trouble. MamaGrace was injured and scarred in a car accident last year and will never appear on video again. DaddyAlbert went to France to star in "Puss in Boots," but the movie studio went bankrupt--he's stranded far from home. MamaGrace asks her three kittens if they will act in videos for KittyTube. It's the family's only way to earn a living and to bring DaddyAlbert home. Will Angel become a water cat, a piano cat, a ghost cat, or something new? If her videos go viral, she'll have a chance to become Top Kitten. It carries a cash prize that will easily bring DaddyAlbert home. You'll cheer as Angel opens her eyes for the first time, sees snow for the first time, and studies the craft of acting. What will it take for this tiny kitten to become a star?

The flame of love burns bright in the second book of Sharon M. Draper’s award-winning Hazelwood High trilogy. When Gerald was a child he was fascinated by fire. But fire is dangerous and powerful, and tragedy strikes. His substance-addicted mother is taken from him. Then he loses the loving generosity of a favorite aunt, and a brutal stepfather with a flaming temper and an evil secret makes his life miserable. The one bright light in Gerald's life is his little half sister, Angel, whom he struggles to protect from her father, who is abusing her. Somehow Gerald manages to finds success as a member of the Hazelwood Tigers basketball team, and Angel develops her talents as a dancer, despite the trouble that still haunts them. And Gerald learns, painfully, that young friends can die and old enemies must be faced. In the end he must stand up to his stepfather alone in a blazing confrontation. In this second book of the Hazelwood High trilogy, Sharon M. Draper has woven characters and events from Tears of a Tiger in an unflinchingly realistic portrayal of poverty and child abuse. It is an inspiring story of a young man who rises above the tragic circumstances of his life by drawing on the love and strength of family and friends.

Love Often Comes in Surprising Packages A Christmas Blessing Widowed Jessie Adams was about to give birth, and she needed help—fast! Unfortunately, the closest ranch in her small Texas town belonged to her late husband’s brother, Luke, who didn’t know a thing about delivering babies. And though this charismatic rancher was her only hope, he was the last person Jessie wanted to be stranded with in her time of need. Natural Born Daddy Jordan Adams proposed a marriage of convenience to single mom Kelly Flint because he thought it was time they each settled down with a perfectly compatible, always dependable partner. After all, they’d both learned the hard way that love only leads to heartache. But to his surprise, Kelly made it clear marriage would be anything but platonic, and her young daughter kindled fond feelings of fatherhood in his heart. Now he had to convince Kelly that he was not only a natural born daddy…but also the perfect husband she’d been waiting for all her life.

Widowed Lady Margery Fortescue has suffered through several wretched Christmases and intends for this one to be better. Then her cottage roof caves in. Forced to accept a house party invitation, she is mistaken for a maid at an inn on the way—by a decidedly handsome rogue, Lord Reckford. Who proceeds to show up at the holiday gathering, as unrepentant as ever. Regency Romance by Rosemary Stevens; originally published by Fawcett Crest