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| Place of Publication | Westport, USA : |
| Publisher's Name | Libraries Unlimited, |
| Date of Publication | 2008 |
| Extent | xiv, 244p. |
| Other Details | activities, bibliography, glossary |
| Item Descriptor | These engaging holiday stories from your favourite storytellers will build interest and get listeners actively involved. 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. 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 |
| Formatted Content Note | Sections include - Introduction; Horace the horrible/ Arlean Hale Lambert; A different kind of new year's celebration - Hogmanay/ Norma McKissick Livo; The caterpillar's blues/ Linda Goss and Gretchen Shannon; The great groundhog-day get together/ Larry Johnson and Elaine Wynne; Oni wa soto/ Cathy Spagnoli; White wave/ Diane Wolkstein; The little loyalist/ Teresa Miller; Saint Patrick and the musical leprechaun/ Gail N Herman; The legend of Songkran, the Thai new year/ Margaret Read MacDonald and Supaporn Vathanaprida; A blessing in disguise/ Peninnah Schram; The earth dreamers/ Regina Ress; Why the evergreens keep their leaves in the winter/ Ruth Stotter; The garden rainbow/ Linda Marchisio; Kelly's memorial day parade/ V J Richey; The Buddha's birthday in Thailand/ Wajuppa Tossa; The freedom flag/ Gay Merrill Gross; Fourth of July holiday/ Andrea Bielecki, Teresa Miller and other Patriotic Storytellers; Charity/ Cathy Spagnoli; El Grito de Dolores (cry of the city of Dolores)/ Norma E Cantu; The constitution Jive/ Linda Marchisio; The boy who called the king a fool/ Ruthilde Kronberg; The magic paint box/ Gerald Fierst; The Halloween Pumpkin/ Stephanie Mita; Gluskonba and the maple trees/ Joseph Bruchac; Eleven bells/ Larry Johnson; Rabbit, bobcat, and the wild turkeys/ Fran Stallings, background information by Teresa Miller; Reisele's Hanukkah dream/ Ruthilde Kronberg; Silent night, 1914 or "The Peace Message for Christmas"/ Charles David Kleymeyer; How the squirrel got its stripes/ Laura Simms; and Feasts-a-Plenty/ Kathy Culmer |
| Level Content-Audience | General |
| Subject Entry | Holidays - United States of America Children's libraries - Activity programmes Short stories - American Holiday tales Holiday activities - Children Activity programmes in education |
| Item Record | Status | Return | Accession No. |
| 1. Main | Normal | Available | A0051717 |