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Symbols in Christian Art, an Advent calendar
Berthe Amoss

More Than a Card, 1994

The Adoration of the Magi, a richly decorated circular panel, is one of the finest paintings in the collections of the National Gallery of Art. It presents a splendid vision of the arrival of the Magi, accompanied by a courtly entourage. A 1492 inventory of Lorenzo de Medici's estate possibly identifies this picture as the most valuable in the collection of the powerful Florentine family, and attributes it to Fra Angelico. The Adoration ...

All Aboard Santa's Express: An Advent Activities Calendar

MTC Press/More Than A Card, 2001

Santa's Express is a book-like calendar with activities for children from three to eight years old. Santa's Express is in a train format, one engine and three coaches joined in a zigzag fold. There are 24 windows, each with a pre-Christmas activity (e.g. write a letter to Santa Claus), pictured and identified briefly in words. In the case of an activity which needs instructions or a diagram (e.g. how to make a gingerbread house), there is ...

The Night Before Christmas

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Clement Clarke Moore

More Than a Card, 1989

Jan Brett Night Before Christmas
I LOVE Jan Brett's books! I buy them anytime I see them whether on sale, old ones on Amazon as remainders, or new.. They make great gifts. I have a backup of many to give to children, particularly my granddaughters. The illustrations in this one are so beautiful it is really a keepsake to save as well as enjoy. Give it as a gift and you will make some child very happy and a parent happy,too.

A Cajun Little Red Riding Hood
Berthe Amoss

More Than a Card, 2000

Katine is the Cajun Little Red Riding Hood and she's on her way to her grandmother, Mere's house. Into the swampy woods she goes while M'Sieur Cocodrie slithers through the swamp ahead of her. Katine is bringing Mere some pecans from a tree in her yard so that Mere can make pralines from her secret recipe. But M'sieur Cocodrie has other plans for dessert!

Antique Ship Prints: Gift Box Containing Six Notecards and Envelopes
More Than A Card Inc.

More Than A Card Inc., 1999

envelope size packet containing six notecards and envelopes including three cards of each image, two of the images are "Caravels off the English coast" and "The departure of the squadron". Printed in Hong Kong, publication date actually not stated.

The Night Before Christmas Advent Calendar
Berthe Amoss

More Than a Card, 1990

The Night Before Christmas, originally entitled, A Visit from St. Nicholas, was written in 1822 by Clement Clarke Moore to entertain his nine children. It was first published in The Troy Sentinel, a newspaper in upstate New York, and has since been translated into many foreign languages and illustrated by countless artists. Some historians believe that Moore's description of St. Nicholas is the model for today's Santa Claus. Moore was the ...

The Impressionist Advent Calendar
Berthe Amoss

More Than a Card, 1997

During the 1870s, when the Impressionists exhibited together, their works were considered too avant garde for the general public. Their contribution, Impressionism, became one of the most beloved styles of painting in art history. The Impressionists broke with the conventions of traditional subject matter and painting styles and instead focused on the modern life in Paris and the surrounding cityscapes and landscapes of their time. Often ...

The Old Masters Advent Calendar
Berthe Amoss

More Than a Card, 1993

The Cleveland Museum of Art houses one of the finest collections of European Old Masters in North America. Discover the treasures of the European Old Masters in this stunning 24-window advent calendar. The calendar is illustrated with the Adoration of the Magi (circa 1442) by Giovanni di Paolo on the front. Twelve other paintings, together with words from the Bible of King James (1604-1611), follow the original Christmas story in Advent ...

Hansel and Gretel, an Advent calendar
Berthe Amoss

More Than a Card, 1999

This three-dimensional Advent calendar is based on Engelbert Humperdinck's opera, Hansel and Gretel. Humperdinck's charming story is told behind the 24 windows in words and illustrations by Berthe Amoss, children's book author and illustrator. The opera was first performed in Weimar, Germany, on December 23, 1893. Based on the well-known fairy tale, the opera retelling is far more gentle than Grimm's harsh folk tale. Open the 24 windows, one ...

The Illuminated Alphabet Advent Calendar
Berthe Amoss

More Than a Card, 1995

The hand-written books of the Middle Ages were often decorated lavishly by an illuminator, sometimes a monk working anonymously in a monastery. At the beginning of the text, the artist often painted an enlarged letter called a decorated initial and within that letter might paint a miniature portrait of a saint or a narrative scene from the Bible. Woven into the letter's frame could be jewel-like flowers, intricate vines, and exotic birds - art ...

Angels at Advent, an Advent calendar
Berthe Amoss

More Than a Card, 1998

Angels, those spiritual citizens of Heaven, appear in stories throughout the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. We read of them serving in various roles: as God's messengers or man's guardians, companions, and interceders, and we see them in the paintings of the Old Masters who interpreted them in a variety of ways: as chubby infants, young adults, mature adults, stylized, even bodiless, having little in common with each other save wings. ...

The Christmas Story
Berthe Amoss

More Than a Card, 1996

The story of the first Christmas is told here in the majestic words of the King James Version of the Bible. Behind the 24 windows are some of the world's greatest paintings from the collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Each hidden window, when opened in sequence, day by day, beginning December 1, reveals a different painting and accompanying text telling the Christmas story, from Isaiah's prophecy of a messiah to the ...

Paintings in Light, an Advent calendar
Giovanni di Domenico

More Than a Card, 2000

Stained glass windows have been a major part of European church architecture since the twelfth century. With light shining through their jewel-like panes, the windows, showing symbols and images from religious stories, infuse the dark church with a mystical quality. Executed in Florence circa 1493-1503 by Giovanni di Domenico, The Virgin Annunciate and The Angel of the Annunciation stained glass windows are reproduced in acetate on the face of ...

Journey to Bethlehem: An Advent Calendar

More Than a Card, 1999

The Journey begins with a lamb straying from the fold. Soon it becomes apparent to the anxious shepherd who follows that his lamb is traveling purposefully to a mysterious destination. Who will go with them and what will they find? Others join The Journey, and as you open the 24 windows, one each day beginning December 1, the story unfolds gently. The Journey Advent Calendar is the perfect way to introduce a young child to the meaning of ...

Noah's Ark Birthday Calendar
Berthe Amoss

More Than a Card, 1990

Children love to ask, How many more days till my birthday? Here is a wonderful activity to help them count down the 24 days before this important event. Behind each of the windows (numbered 1-24) on this picture playboard, the child will share Noah's adventures through the amusing illustrations and the rhyming couplets of the biblical classic, Noah's Ark. Of course, you can also open the windows and enjoy the story on your birthday or at any ...

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