The Story Of Chris Moose

Ugly the Moose has many animal friends because of his kindness, in spite of the way he looks, until one Christmas when he lets himself be decorated instead of a tree.

In The Story of Chris Moose, Chris, a moose who is at first thought to be a pest, is on a quest to find out more about the Christmas season. He not only gets to hear some Christmas stories, he discovers a new friend.

This is a story that happened long ago in a land called Christmas. This is a story about a little white moose that wanted to help Santa deliver toys to all the boys and all the girls. The moose grew big and strong and was able to help Santa deliver the toys when a giant snowball rolled down the hill and destroyed Santas sleigh. This book teaches children patience and understanding. It also encourages them to help others and to never give up on a dream.

Meet little Chris Moose, the girl Moose who accidently stumbles upon Santa Claus and his team of Reindeer. After the initial shock of it all, she speaks to the Reindeer name Dasher. Amazed by what she sees, little Chris Moose tells Dasher that she would like to grow up to pull Santa's sleigh. The big Reindeer quickly crushes her hopes by saying: "I'm sorry. But you can't. First, because you are a Moose and not a Reindeer. Look at the differences between us. We are considered superior and it has always been that way. And second, you are a little girl. Only boys are allowed to pull Santa's sleigh. Not little girls. Not ever. Now go home."Upset, confused and even angry at the obvious and unfair discrimination, little Chris Moose does go home. More determined than ever to become the first girl...and...first Moose to pull Santa's sleigh. With her best-friend in life Penelope - an arctic Bunny who was bullied in Baby Animal School because she wears thick glasses and loves to learn - Chris Moose heads off in an adventure filled journey to the North Pole to change outdated traditions, break a few barriers, and make Christmas history in the process. And with the help of Mrs. Claus, she may just accomplish her goal.

From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes the age-old tale of a boy and his moose . . . Wilfred is a boy with rules. He lives a very orderly life. It's fortunate, then, that he has a pet who abides by rules, such as not making noise while Wilfred educates him on his record collection. There is, however, one rule that Wilfred's pet has difficulty following: Going whichever way Wilfred wants to go. Perhaps this is because Wilfred's pet doesn't quite realize that he belongs to anyone. A moose can be obstinate in such ways. Fortunately, the two manage to work out a compromise. Let's just say it involves apples. Oliver Jeffers, the bestselling creator of Stuck and The Incredible Book Eating Boy, delivers another deceptively simple book sure to make kids giggle.

Two ten year old boys, Waino and Ivar, returned from hunting one cold winter's day and skied back to the livery stable where Ivar's father boarded horses and mules. As Waino pinged his air rifle at a fence he dreamed about the moose he could have shot. All at once there was a very sad sound. It went "Haawwnnk -- hawnk -- hawnk -- haawwnnkk!" The two boys dropped everything. "What do you think that is?" Ivar asked. "Maybe it was a moose," Waino replied softly. And it was a moose -- though it was a while before Ivar's father or Mr. Ryan, the policeman, or the Mayor or any of the townspeople believed it. But what do you do with a moose? What can you do with a moose? Honk was hungry. He ate about a ton of Ivar's father's expensive hay. Then he went to sleep. Something had to be done, but Honk was naturally such a sad moose, you couldn't help feeling sorry for him. With perfect humor and understanding -- of small boys and a problem moose -- the author and artist have created a favorite children's classic. Honk the Moose won distinction as a Newbery Honors Book in 1936, the Lewis Carol Shelf Award in 1970, and was listed in Cattermole's 100 Best Children's Books of the 20th Century.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. This is the unforgettable story of how Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die. "It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." —Entertainment Weekly McCandess had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Not long after, he was dead. Into the Wild is the mesmerizing, heartbreaking tale of an enigmatic young man who goes missing in the wild and whose story captured the world’s attention. Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and, unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild. Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled McCandless. When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding—and not an ounce of sentimentality. Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.