Winter Reads - JF

While staying at an eighteenth-century inn in Vermont, the Boxcar children become curious about the mysterious "accidents" that keep plaguing the owners. Includes snowy day puzzles and activities.

"The winter sports season is here, and the Aldens are excited about all the snow activities--especially snowboarding. But soon they find themselves in the middle of a mystery surrounding a star athlete and a stolen snowboard"--

The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to Greenland where they discover they've traveled back in time to meet Leif Erikson.

Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are enjoying a visit to San Francisco when Holden, their college-age tour guide, is accused of abducting Miss Chinatown from the Chinese New Year parade and stealing her valuable crown.

At Christmas time a beautiful ballerina doll who longs to dance is discovered in a toy store and coveted by two little girls: Ilyana, who wants to love her, and Mary Jane, who doesn't want Ilyana to get her.

Freddy can't wait for his Christmas presents, but what about the children who are less fortunate than Freddy?

Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to the Arctic, where a polar bear leads them onto very thin ice.

Posey and her family and friends prepare for the holidays.

It is a time of trouble in the Northern Kingdoms because a group of power-hungry polar bears called Roguers has been snatching cubs from their mothers and killing those who resist; but Svenna is not about to relinquish her two cubs to that fate, so she agrees to go with the Roguers and serve Mystress of the Hands if her cubs, who have special powers, are allowed to stay with her cousin--but nobody is truly safe when a way of life is collapsing around...