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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