By Frances Jenkins Olcott
TO THE STORY-TELLER
GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS
THE FAIRY'S NEW YEAR GIFT BY EMILIE POULSSON (ADAPTED)
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (TRANSLATED)
THE TWELVE MONTHS A SLAV LEGEND
THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (ADAPTED)
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY (FEBRUARY 12)
HE RESCUES THE BIRDS BY NOAH BROOKS (ADAPTED)
LINCOLN AND THE LITTLE GIRL BY CHARLES W. MOORES
TRAINING FOR THE PRESIDENCY BY ORISON SWETT MARDEN
WHY LINCOLN WAS CALLED "HONEST ABE" BY NOAH BROOKS
A STRANGER AT FIVE-POINTS (ADAPTED)
A SOLOMON COME TO JUDGMENT BY CHARLES W. MOORES
GEORGE PICKETT'S FRIEND BY CHARLES W. MOORES
LINCOLN THE LAWYER BY Z. A. MUDGE (ADAPTED)
THE COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS (ADAPTED)
MR. LINCOLN AND THE BIBLE BY Z. A. MUDGE (ADAPTED)
HIS SPRINGFIELD FAREWELL ADDRESS
SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY (FEBRUARY 14)
A PRISONER'S VALENTINE BY MILLICENT OLMSTED (ADAPTED)
A GIRL'S VALENTINE CHARM AS TOLD BY HERSELF
MR. PEPYS HIS VALENTINE AS RELATED BY HIMSELF IN 1666
CUPID AND PSYCHE BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY
THE TRIAL OF PSYCHE:
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY (FEBRUARY 22)
I. THE CHERRY TREE
II. THE APPLE ORCHARD
III. THE GARDEN-BED
YOUNG GEORGE AND THE COLT BY HORACE E. SCUDDER
WASHINGTON THE ATHLETE BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL AND FRANCIS E. BALL
WASHINGTON'S MODESTY BY HENRY CABOT LODGE (ADAPTED)
WASHINGTON AT YORKTOWN BY HENRY CABOT LODGE
RESURRECTION DAY (EASTER) (MARCH OR APRIL)
A LESSON OF FAITH BY MRS. ALFRED GATTY (ADAPTED)
A CHILD'S DREAM OF A STAR BY CHARLES DICKENS
THE LOVELIEST ROSE IN THE WORLD BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (ADAPTED)
MAY DAY (MAY 1)
THE SNOWDROP 1 BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (ADAPTED)
THE THREE LITTLE BUTTERFLY BROTHERS (FROM THE GERMAN) 2
THE WATER-DROP BY FRIEDRICH WILHELM CAROVE'
THE SPRING BEAUTY AN OJIBBEWAY LEGEND
THE FAIRY TULIPS ENGLISH FOLK-TALE
THE STREAM THAT RAN AWAY BY MARY AUSTIN (ADAPTED)
THE ELVES AN IROQUOIS LEGEND
THE CANYON FLOWERS BY RALPH CONNOR (ADAPTED)
CLYTIE, THE HELIOTROPE BY OVID (ADAPTED)
HYACINTHUS BY OVID (ADAPTED)
ECHO AND NARCISSUS BY OVID (ADAPTED)
MOTHERS' DAY (SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY)
CORNELIA'S JEWELS BY JAMES BALDWIN 3
QUEEN MARGARET AND THE ROBBERS BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL (ADAPTED)
THE REVENGE OF CORIOLANUS BY CHARLES MORRIS (ADAPTED)
THE WIDOW AND HER THREE SONS (ADAPTED)
MEMORIAL DAY (APRIL OR MAY)
BETSY ROSS AND THE FLAG BY HARRY PRINGLE FORD (ADAPTED)
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER BY EVA MARCH TAPPAN (ADAPTED)
THE LITTLE DRUMMER-BOY BY ALBERT BUSHNELL HART (ADAPTED)
A FLAG INCIDENT BY M. M. THOMAS (ADAPTED)
TWO HERO-STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR BY BEN LA BREE (ADAPTED)
II. THE BRAVERY OF RICHARD KIRTLAND
THE YOUNG SENTINEL BY Z. A. MUDGE (ADAPTED)
THE COLONEL OF THE ZOUAVES BY NOAH BROOKS (ADAPTED)
GENERAL SCOTT AND THE STARS AND STRIPES BY E. D. TOWNSEND (ADAPTED)
INDEPENDENCE DAY (JULY 4)
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY WASHINGTON IRVING
THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY H. A. GUERBER 4
THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY BY JOHN ANDREWS (ADAPTED) 5
A GUNPOWDER STORY BY JOHN ESTEN COOKE (ADAPTED)
THE CAPTURE OF FORT TICONDEROGA BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
WASHINGTON AND THE COWARDS BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
LABOR DAY (FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER)
THE SMITHY A HINDU FABLE
THE NAIL BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (TRANSLATED) 7
THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER BY HORACE E. SCUDDER
THE HILLMAN AND THE HOUSEWIFE BY JULIANA HORATIA EWING (ADAPTED)
HOFUS THE STONE-CUTTER A JAPANESE LEGEND
ARACHNE BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY
THE METAL KING A GERMAN FOLE-TALE
THE CHOICE OF HERCULES BY XENOPHON (ADAPTED)
THE SPEAKING STATUE FROM GESTA ROMANORUM (ADAPTED)
THE CHAMPION STONE-CUTTER BY HUGH MILLER
BILL BROWN'S TEST BY CLEVELAND MOFFETT
COLUMBUS DAY (OCTOBER 12)
COLUMBUS AND THE EGG BY JAMES BALDWIN (ADAPTED) 8
COLUMBUS AT LA RABIDA BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
THE MUTINY BY A. DE LAMARTINE (ADAPTED)
THE FIRST LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
HALLOWEEN (OCTOBER 31)
SHIPPEITARO A JAPANESE FOLK-TALE:
HANSEL AND GRETHEL BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (ADAPTED)
BURG HILL'S ON FIRE A CELTIC FAIRY TALE
THE KING OF THE CATS AN ENGLISH FOLK-TALE
THE STRANGE VISITOR AN ENGLISH FOLK-TALE
THE BENEVOLENT GOBLIN FROM GESTA ROMANORUM (ADAPTED)
THE PHANTOM KNIGHT OF THE VANDAL CAMP FROM GESTA ROMANORUM (ADAPTED)
THANKSGIVING DAY (LAST THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER)
THE FIRST HARVEST-HOME IN PLYMOUTH BY W. DE LOSS LOVE, JR (ADAPTED)
THE MASTER OF THE HARVEST BY MRS. ALFRED GATTY (ADAPTED)
SAINT CUTHBERT'S EAGLE BY THE VENERABLE BEDE (ADAPED)
THE EARS OF WHEAT BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (TRANSLATED)
HOW INDIAN CORN CAME INTO THE WORLD AN OJIBBEWAY LEGEND
THE NUTCRACKER DWARF BY COUNT FRANZ POCCI (TRANSLATED)
THE PUMPKIN PIRATES A TALE FROM LUCIAN
THE SPIRIT OF THE CORN AN IROQUOIS LEGEND
THE HORN OF PLENTY BY OVID (ADAPTED)
CHRISTMAS DAY (DECEMBER 25)
THE STRANGER CHILD A LEGEND
SAINT CHRISTOPHER A GOLDEN LEGEND
THE CHRISTMAS ROSE AN OLD LEGEND
THE WOODEN SHOES OF LITTLE WOLFF BY FRANCOIS COPPEE (ADAPTED)
THE PINE TREE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (TRANSLATED)
THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO BY FRANCES BROWNE (ADAPTED)
THE CHRISTMAS FAIRY OF STRASBURG A GERMAN FOLK-TALE
THE THREE PURSES A LEGEND
THE THUNDER OAK A SCANDINAVIAN LEGEND
THE CHRISTMAS THORN OF GLASTONBURY A LEGEND OF ANCIENT BRITAIN
THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE A LEGEND OF THE MIDDLE AGES
THE CHILD
HOW THEY CAME TO COLOGNE
ARBOR DAY
THE LITTLE TREE THAT LONGED FOR OTHER LEAVES BY FRIEDRICH RUCHERT (TRANSLATED)
WHY THE EVERGREEN TREES NEVER LOSE THEIR LEAVES BY FLORENCE HOLBROOK
WHY THE ASPEN QUIVERS OLD LEGEND
THE WONDER TREE BY FRIEDRICH ADOLPH KRUMMACHER (ADAPTED)
THE PROUD OAK TREE OLD FABLE 11
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON ADAPTED FROM H. P. MASKEL'S RENDERING OF THE GREEK MYTH
THE UNFRUITFUL TREE BY FRIEDRICH ADOLPH KRUMMACHER
THE DRYAD OF THE OLD OAK BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (ADAPTED)
DAPHNE BY OVID (ADAPTED)
BIRD DAY
THE OLD WOMAN WHO BECAME A WOODPECKER BY PHOEBE CARY (ADAPTED)
THE BOY WHO BECAME A ROBIN AN OJIBBEWAY LEGEND
THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW BY A. B. MITFORD (ADAPTED)
THE QUAILS A LEGEND OF THE JATAKA FROM THE RIVERSIDE FOURTH READER
THE MAGPIE'S NEST BY JOSEPH JACOBS
THE GREEDY GEESE FROM IL LIBRO D'ORO (ADAPTED)
THE KING OF THE BIRDS BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (TRANSLATED)
THE DOVE WHO SPOKE TRUTH BY ABBIE FARWELL BROWN
THE BUSY BLUE JAY BY OLIVE THORNE MILLER (ADAPTED)
BABES IN THE WOODS BY JOHN BURROUGHS
THE PRIDE OF THE REGIMENT BY HARRY M. KIEFFER (ADAPTED)
THE MOTHER MURRE BY DALLAS LORE SHARP
THE END
REFERENCE LISTS FOR STORY-TELLING AND COLLATERAL READING
REFERENCE LISTS FOR STORY-TELLING AND COLLATERAL READING (2)
NEW YEAR'S DAY For grades 1-4.
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY For grades 1-4.
SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY For grades 1-4.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY For grades 1-4.
RESURRECTION DAY (EASTER) For grades 1-4.
MAY DAY For grades 1-4.
MOTHERS' DAY For grades 1-4.
MEMORIAL AND FLAG DAYS For grades 3-6.
INDEPENDENCE DAY For grades S-6.
LABOR DAY For grades 1-4.
COLUMBUS DAY For grades 4-8.
HALLOWEEN For grades 1-4.
THANKSGIVING DAY For grades 1-4
CHRISTMAS DAY For grades 1-4.
ARBOR DAY For grades 1-4.
BIRD DAY For grades 1-4.
