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Good stories for great holidays : arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading

  
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TO THE STORY-TELLER
  
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
CONTENTS
  
ILLUSTRATIONS

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GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS
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LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY [FEBRUARY 12]
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SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY [FEBRUARY 14]
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WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY [FEBRUARY 22]
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RESURRECTION DAY [EASTER] [MARCH OR APRIL]
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MAY DAY [MAY 1]
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MOTHERS' DAY [SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY]
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MEMORIAL DAY [APRIL OR MAY] FLAG DAY [JUNE 14]
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INDEPENDENCE DAY [JULY 4]
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LABOR DAY [FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER]
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COLUMBUS DAY [OCTOBER 12]
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HALLOWEEN [OCTOBER 31]
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THANKSGIVING DAY [LAST THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER]
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CHRISTMAS DAY [DECEMBER 25]
  
LITTLE PICCOLA AFTER CELIA THAXTER
  
THE STRANGER CHILD A LEGEND BY COUNT FRANZ POCCI [TRANSLATED]
  
SAINT CHRISTOPHER A GOLDEN LEGEND ENGLISHED BY WILLIAM CAXTON [ADAPTED]
  
THE CHRISTMAS ROSE AN OLD LEGEND BY LIZZIE DEAS [ADAPTED]
  
THE WOODEN SHOES OF LITTLE WOLFF BY FRANÇOIS COPPÉE [ADAPTED]
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THE PINE TREE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN [TRANSLATED]
  
THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO BY FRANCES BROWNE [ADAPTED]
  
THE CHRISTMAS FAIRY OF STRASBURG A GERMAN FOLK-TALE BY J. STIRLING COYNE [ADAPTED]
  
THE THREE PURSES A LEGEND BY WILLIAM S. WALSH [ADAPTED]
  
THE THUNDER OAK A SCANDINAVIAN LEGEND WILLIAM S. WALSH AND OTHER SOURCES
  
THE CHRISTMAS THORN OF GLASTONBURY A LEGEND OF ANCIENT BRITAIN ADAPTED FROM WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY AND OTHER SOURCES
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THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE : A LEGEND OF THE MIDDLE AGES BY JOHN OF HILDESHEIM-MODERNIZED BY H. S. MORRIS [ADAPTED]
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ARBOR DAY
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BIRD DAY

  
REFERENCE LISTS FOR STORY-TELLING AND COLLATERAL READING
  
INDEXES
  
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ILLUSTRATIONS

  • THE BOYS LOOKED IN WONDER [Page 4]Frontispiece
  • GOD BLESS THE STAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
  • SHE THOUGHT IT WAS HANSEL'S FINGER. . . . .248
  • DREW OFF THE WOODEN SHOE. . . . . . . . . .314
  • From drawings by Clara M. Burd.
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