Full Description
Share stories about popular holidays, from New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and President's Day, to Indian Heritage Month, Christmas, and Kwanzaa with stories from some of our most renowned and beloved storytellers—Laura Simms, Diane Wolkstein, Ruth Stotter, Joseph Bruchac, Margaret Read MacDonald, and many others. These stories, presented chronologically according to the holidays, come with instructions for how to get your audience involved, plus reading connections, activity ideas and holiday background information. This collection will help educators, librarians, and storytellers create holiday-based story programs from January to December; and it is a wonderful resource for enhancing learning units, filling in empty moments, and loosening up an audience. Most of all, it gives you some great ways to share important times together.
Contents
Foreword by Laura Simms
Introduction
January
Horace the Horrible (New Year's Day) by Arlean Hale Lambert
A Different Kind of New Year's Celebration: Hogmanay (New Year's Day) by Norma McKissick Livo
The Caterpillar Blues (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) by Linda Goss and Gretchen Shannon
February
The Great Groundhog-Day Get Together (Groundhog's Day) by Larry Johnson and Elaine Wynne
Oni Wa Soto (Setsubon, Japanese New Year) by Cathy Spagnoli
White Wave (Valentine's Day) by Diane Wolkstein
March
The Musical Leprechaun and St. Patrick (St. Patrick's Day) by Gail N. Herman
April
The Legend of Songkran (Thai New Year) by Margaret Read MacDonald and Supaporn Vathanaprida
A Blessing in Disguise (Passover) by Peninnah Schram
The Earth Dreamers (Earth Day) by Regina Ress
Why the Evergreens Keep their Leaves in Winter (Arbor Day) by Ruth Stotter
May
The Garden Rainbow (May Day) by Linda Marchisio
Kelly's Memorial Day Parade (Memorial Day) by V.J. Richey
The Buddha's Birthday in Thailand (Buddha's Birthday) by Wajuppa Tossa
June
The Freedom Flag (Flag Day) by Gay Merrill Gross
July
Fourth of July Holiday (Fourth of July) by Teresa Miller & Andrea Bielecki
September
Charity (Ramadan) by Cathy Spagnoli
El Grito de Dolores (Cry of the City of Dolores) (Mexican Independence Day) by Norma Cantû
The Constitution Jive (National Constitution Day) by Linda Marchisio
The Boy Who Called the King a Fool (International Peace Day) by Ruthilde Kronberg
October
The Magic Paint Box (United Nations Day) by Gerald Fierst
The Halloween Pumpkin (Halloween) by Stephanie Mita
November
Gluskonba and the Maple Tree (American Indian Heritage Month) by Joseph Bruchac
Eleven Bells (Veterans Day) by Larry Johnson
Rabbit, Bobcat, and the Wild Turkeys (Thanksgiving Day) by Fran Stallings
December
Reisele's Hannukah Dream (Hannukah) by Ruthilde Kronberg
Silent Night 1914, or the Peace Message of Christmas (Christmas Eve) by Charles David Kleymeyer
How the Squirrel Got Its Stripes (Christmas Day) by Laura Simms
Feasts-a-Plenty (Kwanzaa) by Kathy Culmer
Partial Glossary by Ruth Stotter
Bibliography of Holiday Books
