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Books for the holiday season

Compiled by Vickie Snow

Green Christmas

By Anne Basye, Jennifer Basye Sander and Peter Sander, $7.95

The conveniently small paperback offers ideas for green gifts, decorations, party themes and more in order to combat the extra 2 billion pounds of garbage consumers create weekly from Thanksgiving to Christmas.

The Christmas Chronicles

By Jeff Guinn, $19.95

The 735-page hardcover combines Guinn’s acclaimed stories “The Autobiography of Santa Claus,” “How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas” and “The Great Santa Search.”

The Ultimate Christmas

By Jeanne Bice, $14.95

Bice, the fashion and decorating guru and founder of the Quacker Factory, shares homemade crafts for kids, recipes for edible ornaments and more.

Shante Keys and the New Year’s Peas

Written by Gail Piernas-Davenport and illustrated by Marion Eldridge, $13.25

The children’s picture book tells of the New Year’s tradition of eating black-eyed peas to ensure good luck and of customs in other countries as explained by Shante’s neighbors on the girl’s quest to find peas in time for dinner. Geared to ages 4 to 8, the book also includes a recipe for Grandma Louise’s Hoppin’ John peas.

Merry Fairy Holidays

By Pippa Le Quesne and Kay Woodward, $8.99

Wander into the magical world of sprites with bedtime tales of imagination and celebration.

Sources: Borders.com, barnesandnoble.com and amazon.com
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