{"product_id":"fireside-als-treasury-of-christmas-alan-maitland-9780889953826","title":"Fireside Al's Treasury of Christmas Stories [With CD]","description":"\u003cbr\u003eFor five decades, Alan Maitland was celebrated for his resonant mellow CBC radio voice - and perhaps, most famously, for the stories he read over the airwaves in his alter ego of Fireside Al. For 19 years, Fireside Al read his favourite stories to a devoted radio audience and even though Alan Maitland died in 1999, his voice has been captured for posterity in a highly valued set of sound recordings of these magnificent performances. \u003cp\u003eNow ten of Maitland's favourite Christmas stories are being given new life in this Christmas gift book for the whole family. \u003ci\u003eFireside Al's Treasury of Christmas Stories\u003c\/i\u003e includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe familiar words of O. Henry's celebrated short story, The Gift of the Magi\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlong with Francis P. Church's famous Christmas editorial: \"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The Santa Claus Trap\" by Margaret Atwood \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStephen Leacock's gentle seasonal wit in \"The Errors of Santa Claus\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Louis Stevenson's poem \"Christmas at Sea\" and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Service's \"The Trapper's Christmas Eve\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach with a very different take on the theme of seasonal love and joy. And there are more delectable treats in store from Fireside Al's Christmas cupboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe treasury gains special lustre from the magnificently detailed and richly coloured paintings of Alan Daniel, Canada's best-loved illustrator of children's books. Above all the package is completed by a bound-in CD of Alan Maitland's reading of the ten stories included in the book. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Maitland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0889953821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889953826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Deer Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.48h x 9.12w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2009 pg. 176 - Recommended, Satisfactory","brand":"Alan Maitland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48852493107455,"sku":"9780889953826","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fireside-als-treasury-of-christmas-alan-maitland-9780889953826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}