Good Stories for Great Holidays

About this eBook

Author

Olcott, Frances Jenkins, 1872-1963

Title

Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Children's Own Reading

Credits

Produced by Mike Lough, and David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Storytelling

Category

Text

eBook-No.

359

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/359

Release Date

November 1, 1995

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS — ARRANGED FOR STORY-TELLING AND READING ALOUD AND FOR THE CHILDREN'S OWN READING
2. 2.By Frances Jenkins Olcott — Index according to reading level is appended.
3. 3.TO THE STORY-TELLER
4. 4.GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS
5. 5.THE FAIRY'S NEW YEAR GIFT — BY EMILIE POULSSON (ADAPTED)
6. 6.THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL — BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (TRANSLATED)
7. 7.THE TWELVE MONTHS — A SLAV LEGEND
8. 8.THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS — BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (ADAPTED)
9. 9.LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY — (FEBRUARY 12)
10. 10.HE RESCUES THE BIRDS — BY NOAH BROOKS (ADAPTED)
11. 11.LINCOLN AND THE LITTLE GIRL — BY CHARLES W. MOORES
12. 12.TRAINING FOR THE PRESIDENCY — BY ORISON SWETT MARDEN
13. 13.WHY LINCOLN WAS CALLED “HONEST ABE” — BY NOAH BROOKS
14. 14.A STRANGER AT FIVE-POINTS — (ADAPTED)
15. 15.A SOLOMON COME TO JUDGMENT — BY CHARLES W. MOORES
16. 16.GEORGE PICKETT'S FRIEND — BY CHARLES W. MOORES
17. 17.LINCOLN THE LAWYER — BY Z. A. MUDGE (ADAPTED)
18. 18.THE COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS — (ADAPTED)
19. 19.MR. LINCOLN AND THE BIBLE — BY Z. A. MUDGE (ADAPTED)
20. 20.HIS SPRINGFIELD FAREWELL ADDRESS
21. 21.SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY — (FEBRUARY 14)
22. 22.A PRISONER'S VALENTINE — BY MILLICENT OLMSTED (ADAPTED)
23. 23.A GIRL'S VALENTINE CHARM — AS TOLD BY HERSELF
24. 24.MR. PEPYS HIS VALENTINE — AS RELATED BY HIMSELF IN 1666
25. 25.CUPID AND PSYCHE — BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY
26. 26.THE TRIAL OF PSYCHE:
27. 27.WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY — (FEBRUARY 22)
28. 28.I. THE CHERRY TREE
29. 29.II. THE APPLE ORCHARD
30. 30.III. THE GARDEN-BED
31. 31.YOUNG GEORGE AND THE COLT — BY HORACE E. SCUDDER
32. 32.WASHINGTON THE ATHLETE — BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL AND FRANCIS E. BALL
33. 33.WASHINGTON'S MODESTY — BY HENRY CABOT LODGE (ADAPTED)
34. 34.WASHINGTON AT YORKTOWN — BY HENRY CABOT LODGE
35. 35.RESURRECTION DAY (EASTER) — (MARCH OR APRIL)
36. 36.A LESSON OF FAITH — BY MRS. ALFRED GATTY (ADAPTED)
37. 37.A CHILD'S DREAM OF A STAR — BY CHARLES DICKENS
38. 38.THE LOVELIEST ROSE IN THE WORLD — BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (ADAPTED)
39. 39.MAY DAY — (MAY 1)
40. 40.THE SNOWDROP 1 — BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (ADAPTED)
41. 41.THE THREE LITTLE BUTTERFLY BROTHERS — (FROM THE GERMAN) 2
42. 42.THE WATER-DROP — BY FRIEDRICH WILHELM CAROVE'
43. 43.THE SPRING BEAUTY — AN OJIBBEWAY LEGEND
44. 44.THE FAIRY TULIPS — ENGLISH FOLK-TALE
45. 45.THE STREAM THAT RAN AWAY — BY MARY AUSTIN (ADAPTED)
46. 46.THE ELVES — AN IROQUOIS LEGEND
47. 47.THE CANYON FLOWERS — BY RALPH CONNOR (ADAPTED)
48. 48.CLYTIE, THE HELIOTROPE — BY OVID (ADAPTED)
49. 49.HYACINTHUS — BY OVID (ADAPTED)
50. 50.ECHO AND NARCISSUS — BY OVID (ADAPTED)
51. 51.MOTHERS' DAY — (SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY)
52. 52.CORNELIA'S JEWELS — BY JAMES BALDWIN 3
53. 53.QUEEN MARGARET AND THE ROBBERS — BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL (ADAPTED)
54. 54.THE REVENGE OF CORIOLANUS — BY CHARLES MORRIS (ADAPTED)
55. 55.THE WIDOW AND HER THREE SONS — (ADAPTED)
56. 56.MEMORIAL DAY — (APRIL OR MAY)
57. 57.BETSY ROSS AND THE FLAG — BY HARRY PRINGLE FORD (ADAPTED)
58. 58.THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER — BY EVA MARCH TAPPAN (ADAPTED)
59. 59.THE LITTLE DRUMMER-BOY — BY ALBERT BUSHNELL HART (ADAPTED)
60. 60.A FLAG INCIDENT — BY M. M. THOMAS (ADAPTED)
61. 61.TWO HERO-STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR — BY BEN LA BREE (ADAPTED)
62. 62.II. THE BRAVERY OF RICHARD KIRTLAND
63. 63.THE YOUNG SENTINEL — BY Z. A. MUDGE (ADAPTED)
64. 64.THE COLONEL OF THE ZOUAVES — BY NOAH BROOKS (ADAPTED)
65. 65.GENERAL SCOTT AND THE STARS AND STRIPES — BY E. D. TOWNSEND (ADAPTED)
66. 66.INDEPENDENCE DAY — (JULY 4)
67. 67.THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE — BY WASHINGTON IRVING
68. 68.THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE — BY H. A. GUERBER 4
69. 69.THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY — BY JOHN ANDREWS (ADAPTED) 5
70. 70.A GUNPOWDER STORY — BY JOHN ESTEN COOKE (ADAPTED)
71. 71.THE CAPTURE OF FORT TICONDEROGA — BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
72. 72.WASHINGTON AND THE COWARDS — BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
73. 73.LABOR DAY — (FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER)
74. 74.THE SMITHY — A HINDU FABLE
75. 75.THE NAIL — BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (TRANSLATED) 7
76. 76.THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER — BY HORACE E. SCUDDER
77. 77.THE HILLMAN AND THE HOUSEWIFE — BY JULIANA HORATIA EWING (ADAPTED)
78. 78.HOFUS THE STONE-CUTTER — A JAPANESE LEGEND
79. 79.ARACHNE — BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY
80. 80.THE METAL KING — A GERMAN FOLE-TALE
81. 81.THE CHOICE OF HERCULES — BY XENOPHON (ADAPTED)
82. 82.THE SPEAKING STATUE — FROM GESTA ROMANORUM (ADAPTED)
83. 83.THE CHAMPION STONE-CUTTER — BY HUGH MILLER
84. 84.BILL BROWN'S TEST — BY CLEVELAND MOFFETT
85. 85.COLUMBUS DAY — (OCTOBER 12)
86. 86.COLUMBUS AND THE EGG — BY JAMES BALDWIN (ADAPTED) 8
87. 87.COLUMBUS AT LA RABIDA — BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
88. 88.THE MUTINY — BY A. DE LAMARTINE (ADAPTED)
89. 89.THE FIRST LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD — BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
90. 90.HALLOWEEN — (OCTOBER 31)
91. 91.SHIPPEITARO — A JAPANESE FOLK-TALE:
92. 92.HANSEL AND GRETHEL — BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (ADAPTED)
93. 93.BURG HILL'S ON FIRE — A CELTIC FAIRY TALE
94. 94.THE KING OF THE CATS — AN ENGLISH FOLK-TALE
95. 95.THE STRANGE VISITOR — AN ENGLISH FOLK-TALE
96. 96.THE BENEVOLENT GOBLIN — FROM GESTA ROMANORUM (ADAPTED)
97. 97.THE PHANTOM KNIGHT OF THE VANDAL CAMP — FROM GESTA ROMANORUM (ADAPTED)
98. 98.THANKSGIVING DAY — (LAST THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER)
99. 99.THE FIRST HARVEST-HOME IN PLYMOUTH — BY W. DE LOSS LOVE, JR (ADAPTED)
100. 100.THE MASTER OF THE HARVEST — BY MRS. ALFRED GATTY (ADAPTED)
101. 101.SAINT CUTHBERT'S EAGLE — BY THE VENERABLE BEDE (ADAPED)
102. 102.THE EARS OF WHEAT — BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (TRANSLATED)
103. 103.HOW INDIAN CORN CAME INTO THE WORLD — AN OJIBBEWAY LEGEND
104. 104.THE NUTCRACKER DWARF — BY COUNT FRANZ POCCI (TRANSLATED)
105. 105.THE PUMPKIN PIRATES — A TALE FROM LUCIAN
106. 106.THE SPIRIT OF THE CORN — AN IROQUOIS LEGEND
107. 107.THE HORN OF PLENTY — BY OVID (ADAPTED)
108. 108.CHRISTMAS DAY — (DECEMBER 25)
109. 109.THE STRANGER CHILD — A LEGEND
110. 110.SAINT CHRISTOPHER — A GOLDEN LEGEND
111. 111.THE CHRISTMAS ROSE — AN OLD LEGEND
112. 112.THE WOODEN SHOES OF LITTLE WOLFF — BY FRANCOIS COPPEE (ADAPTED)
113. 113.THE PINE TREE — BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (TRANSLATED)
114. 114.THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO — BY FRANCES BROWNE (ADAPTED)
115. 115.THE CHRISTMAS FAIRY OF STRASBURG — A GERMAN FOLK-TALE
116. 116.THE THREE PURSES — A LEGEND
117. 117.THE THUNDER OAK — A SCANDINAVIAN LEGEND
118. 118.THE CHRISTMAS THORN OF GLASTONBURY — A LEGEND OF ANCIENT BRITAIN
119. 119.THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE — A LEGEND OF THE MIDDLE AGES
120. 120.THE CHILD
121. 121.HOW THEY CAME TO COLOGNE
122. 122.ARBOR DAY
123. 123.THE LITTLE TREE THAT LONGED FOR OTHER LEAVES — BY FRIEDRICH RUCHERT (TRANSLATED)
124. 124.WHY THE EVERGREEN TREES NEVER LOSE THEIR LEAVES — BY FLORENCE HOLBROOK
125. 125.WHY THE ASPEN QUIVERS — OLD LEGEND
126. 126.THE WONDER TREE — BY FRIEDRICH ADOLPH KRUMMACHER (ADAPTED)
127. 127.THE PROUD OAK TREE — OLD FABLE 11
128. 128.BAUCIS AND PHILEMON — ADAPTED FROM H. P. MASKEL'S RENDERING OF THE GREEK MYTH
129. 129.THE UNFRUITFUL TREE — BY FRIEDRICH ADOLPH KRUMMACHER
130. 130.THE DRYAD OF THE OLD OAK — BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (ADAPTED)
131. 131.DAPHNE — BY OVID (ADAPTED)
132. 132.BIRD DAY
133. 133.THE OLD WOMAN WHO BECAME A WOODPECKER — BY PHOEBE CARY (ADAPTED)
134. 134.THE BOY WHO BECAME A ROBIN — AN OJIBBEWAY LEGEND
135. 135.THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW — BY A. B. MITFORD (ADAPTED)
136. 136.THE QUAILS—A LEGEND OF THE JATAKA — FROM THE RIVERSIDE FOURTH READER
137. 137.THE MAGPIE'S NEST — BY JOSEPH JACOBS
138. 138.THE GREEDY GEESE — FROM IL LIBRO D'ORO (ADAPTED)
139. 139.THE KING OF THE BIRDS — BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (TRANSLATED)
140. 140.THE DOVE WHO SPOKE TRUTH — BY ABBIE FARWELL BROWN
141. 141.THE BUSY BLUE JAY — BY OLIVE THORNE MILLER (ADAPTED)
142. 142.BABES IN THE WOODS — BY JOHN BURROUGHS
143. 143.THE PRIDE OF THE REGIMENT — BY HARRY M. KIEFFER (ADAPTED)
144. 144.THE MOTHER MURRE — BY DALLAS LORE SHARP
145. 145.THE END
146. 146.REFERENCE LISTS FOR STORY-TELLING AND COLLATERAL READING
147. 147.REFERENCE LISTS FOR STORY-TELLING AND COLLATERAL READING
148. 148.NEW YEAR'S DAY — For grades 1-4.
149. 149.LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY — For grades 1-4.
150. 150.SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY — For grades 1-4.
151. 151.WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY — For grades 1-4.
152. 152.RESURRECTION DAY (EASTER) — For grades 1-4.
153. 153.MAY DAY — For grades 1-4.
154. 154.MOTHERS' DAY — For grades 1-4.
155. 155.MEMORIAL AND FLAG DAYS — For grades 3-6.
156. 156.INDEPENDENCE DAY — For grades S-6.
157. 157.LABOR DAY — For grades 1-4.
158. 158.COLUMBUS DAY — For grades 4-8.
159. 159.HALLOWEEN — For grades 1-4.
160. 160.THANKSGIVING DAY — For grades 1-4
161. 161.CHRISTMAS DAY — For grades 1-4.
162. 162.ARBOR DAY — For grades 1-4.
163. 163.BIRD DAY — For grades 1-4.

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