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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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GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS

ARRANGED FOR STORY-TELLING AND READING ALOUD AND FOR THE CHILDREN'S OWN READING

BY

FRANCES JENKINS OLCOTT

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY FRANCES JENKINS OLCOTT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published October 1914
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