Holiday Stories All Year Round Audience Participation Stories and More

Subjects:

• Library & Information Science » Children's & Young Adult School Services -- Storytelling & Folklore
• Library & Information Science » Children's & Young Adult Programs & Services -- General

Reviews:

• "The 30 stories contained in this volume include contributions from such luminaries as Diane Wolkstein, Peninnah Schram, Laura Simms, and Joseph Bruchac, as well as others who have devoted their lives to bringing story to others through the powerful medium of oral narration. The selections themselves cover a broad range of holidays, including those that might be expected–New Year's Day, the Fourth of July, etc.–as well as lesser-known celebrations, such as the Thai New Year. Ways for the audience to participate in the tellings are included with each tale, with uneven success. A stirring refrain or even a brief brainstorming session may indeed provide the kind of 'mutual ownership' Miller describes in her introduction, but random questions interjected into a story often serve only to interrupt the narrative flow or break a mood that otherwise might have been created. There are a great many selections about peace, a good thing in and of itself, but most of them are so message driven that they don't always stand as stories. There is useful background information at the end of each tale, but suggestions for Internet sites rely heavily on Wikipedia. Activities suggested are unexceptional, often relying on mundane cut and paste. Still, storytellers in need of material specifically related to holidays should find sufficient fodder here to warrant purchase."
  —School Library Journal 5/1/2009

Table of 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

PDF Catalogs:
LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf	LU School Library Spring 2008.pdf