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Olcott, Frances Jenkins, 1872-1963

"Good Stories for Holidays"



HALLOWEEN
For grades 1-4.
The Smith and the Fairies, in Grierson, Children's Book of
Celtic Stories; The Witch, in Lang, Yellow Fairy Book; The
Witch That was a Hare, in Rhys, English Fairy Book; Tom-
Tit Tot (Rumpelstiltskin), in Jacobs, English Fairy Tales.
For grades 5-6.
Mr. Fox, in Jacobs, English Fairy Tales; The Godfather,
in Grimm, German Household Tales; The Golden Arm, in
Jacobs, Enylish Fairy Tales; The Robber Bridegroom, in
Grimm, German Household Tales; The Story of a Cat, Bedoliere;
The Youth Who Could not Shiver or Shake, in Grimm,
German Household Tales.
For grades 7-8.
Alice Brand, in Scott, Lady of the Lake (poem); All-
Hallow-Eve Myths, in Our Holidays Retold from St. Nicholas;
Black Andie's Tale of Tod Lapraik, in Stevenson, David
Balfour; History of Hallowe'en, in Stevenson, Days and
Deeds (prose); Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Rip Van Winkle
Irving; Macbeth, Shakespeare; The Bottle Imp, in Stevenson,
Island Nights' Entertainments; The Devil and Tom
Walker, Irving; The Fire-King, Scott (poem); The Speaking
Rat, in Dickens, Uncommercial Traveller, chapter 15.

THANKSGIVING DAY
For grades 1-4
A Thanksgiving Dinner, in White, When Molly was Six;
The Chestnut Boys, in Poulsson, In the Child's World; The
First Thanksgiving Day, in Wiggin and Smith, Story Hour;
The Marriage of Mondahmin, in Judd, Wigwam Stories; The
Turkey's Nest, in Lindsay, More Mother Stories; The Visit,
in Lindsay, More Mother Stories; Turkeys Turning the
Tables, in Howells, Christmas Every Day.


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