Great Reading: Bookmark It!

Volume 31, Number 2, December 2003

Sara Catherine Howard

Holidays and Celebrations!
Gr. 6-12

Chicken soup for the soul Christmas treasury for kids: A story a day from December 1st through Christmas for kids and their families. Jack Canfield. Health Communications, 2002. $14.95. 0-7573-0038-3. “Chicken soup” fans will find the expected true stories, quotes and poems within this volume dedicated to Christmas.

Hanukkah treasury. Eric Kimmel. Holt, 1998. $19.95. 0-8050-5293-3. Bible and traditional stories, music, poems, recipes and crafts make up this varied and informative collection about Hanukkah that has appeal to people of any faith. Includes source notes and permissions.

1621: A new look at Thanksgiving. Catherine O’Neill Grace and Margaret Bruchac. National Geographic Society, 2001. $17.95. 0-7922-7027-4. This book of photographs shows actors in authentic dress as they portrayed Thanksgiving at an event held at Plimoth Plantation. The authors give a vast amount of information about the Wampanoag territory, colonization and explain why many Native Americans do not view this as a holiday for celebration.

World holidays: A Watts guide for children. Heather Moehn. Rosen, 2000. $25.55.
0-531-11714-6. More than 100 holidays are described here, from religious to seasonal to secular, including Chinese New Year, New Year’s Day, Christmas and Full Moon Day. An explanation of calendars from around the world and an interesting holiday calendar through 2005 are included, as well as a glossary, bibliography, index and picture credits.

Sara Catherine Howard: Adjunct instructor, Department of Library Science, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX.
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