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Good Stories for Great Holidays

by Frances Jenkins Olcott

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  1. 1To the Story-Teller
  2. 2The Fairy's New Year Gift
  3. 3The Little Match Girl
  4. 4The Twelve Months
  5. 5The Mail-Coach Passengers
  6. 6Lincoln's Birthday — He Rescues the Birds
  7. 7Lincoln and the Little Girl
  8. 8Training for the Presidency
  9. 9Why Lincoln Was Called “Honest Abe”
  10. 10A Stranger at Five-Points
  11. 11A Solomon Come to Judgment
  12. 12George Pickett's Friend
  13. 13Lincoln the Lawyer
  14. 14The Courage of His Convictions
  15. 15Mr. Lincoln and the Bible
  16. 16His Springfield Farewell Address
  17. 17Saint Valentine's Day
  18. 18A Prisoner's Valentine
  19. 19A Girl's Valentine Charm
  20. 20Mr. Pepys His Valentine
  21. 21Cupid and Psyche
  22. 22The Trial of Psyche
  23. 23Washington's Birthday — I. the Cherry Tree
  24. 24II | The Apple Orchard
  25. 25III | The Garden-Bed
  26. 26Young George and the Colt
  27. 27Washington the Athlete
  28. 28Washington's Modesty
  29. 29Washington at Yorktown
  30. 30Resurrection Day (Easter) — A Lesson of Faith
  31. 31A Child's Dream of a Star
  32. 32The Loveliest Rose in the World
  33. 33May Day — The Snowdrop 1
  34. 34The Three Little Butterfly Brothers
  35. 35The Water-Drop
  36. 36The Spring Beauty
  37. 37The Fairy Tulips
  38. 38The Stream That Ran Away
  39. 39The Elves
  40. 40The Canyon Flowers
  41. 41Clytie, the Heliotrope
  42. 42Hyacinthus
  43. 43Echo and Narcissus
  44. 44Mothers' Day
  45. 45Cornelia's Jewels
  46. 46Queen Margaret and the Robbers
  47. 47The Revenge of Coriolanus
  48. 48The Widow and Her Three Sons
  49. 49Memorial Day — Betsy Ross and the Flag
  50. 50The Star-Spangled Banner
  51. 51The Little Drummer-Boy
  52. 52A Flag Incident
  53. 53Two Hero-Stories of the Civil War
  54. 54II | The Bravery of Richard Kirtland
  55. 55The Young Sentinel
  56. 56The Colonel of the Zouaves
  57. 57General Scott and the Stars and Stripes
  58. 58Independence Day — The Declaration of Independence
  59. 59The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
  60. 60The Boston Tea-Party
  61. 61A Gunpowder Story
  62. 62The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
  63. 63Washington and the Cowards
  64. 64Labor Day — The Smithy
  65. 65The Nail
  66. 66The Elves and the Shoemaker
  67. 67The Hillman and the Housewife
  68. 68Hofus the Stone-Cutter
  69. 69Arachne
  70. 70The Metal King
  71. 71The Choice of Hercules
  72. 72The Speaking Statue
  73. 73The Champion Stone-Cutter
  74. 74Bill Brown's Test
  75. 75Columbus Day — Columbus and the Egg
  76. 76Columbus at la Rabida
  77. 77The Mutiny
  78. 78The First Landing of Columbus in the New World
  79. 79Halloween
  80. 80Shippeitaro
  81. 81Hansel and Grethel
  82. 82Burg Hill's on Fire
  83. 83The King of the Cats
  84. 84The Strange Visitor
  85. 85The Benevolent Goblin
  86. 86The Phantom Knight of the Vandal Camp
  87. 87Thanksgiving Day — The First Harvest-Home in Plymouth
  88. 88The Master of the Harvest
  89. 89Saint Cuthbert's Eagle
  90. 90The Ears of Wheat
  91. 91How Indian Corn Came into the World
  92. 92The Nutcracker Dwarf
  93. 93The Pumpkin Pirates
  94. 94The Spirit of the Corn
  95. 95The Horn of Plenty
  96. 96Christmas Day
  97. 97The Stranger Child
  98. 98Saint Christopher
  99. 99The Christmas Rose
  100. 100The Wooden Shoes of Little Wolff
  101. 101The Pine Tree
  102. 102The Christmas Cuckoo
  103. 103The Christmas Fairy of Strasburg
  104. 104The Three Purses
  105. 105The Thunder Oak
  106. 106The Christmas Thorn of Glastonbury
  107. 107The Three Kings of Cologne
  108. 108The Child
  109. 109How They Came to Cologne
  110. 110Arbor Day — The Little Tree That Longed for Other Leaves
  111. 111Why the Evergreen Trees Never Lose Their Leaves
  112. 112Why the Aspen Quivers
  113. 113The Wonder Tree
  114. 114The Proud Oak Tree
  115. 115Baucis and Philemon
  116. 116The Unfruitful Tree
  117. 117The Dryad of the Old Oak
  118. 118Daphne
  119. 119Bird Day — The Old Woman Who Became a Woodpecker
  120. 120The Boy Who Became a Robin
  121. 121The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
  122. 122The Quails — A Legend of the Jataka
  123. 123The Magpie's Nest
  124. 124The Greedy Geese
  125. 125The King of the Birds
  126. 126The Dove Who Spoke Truth
  127. 127The Busy Blue Jay
  128. 128Babes in the Woods
  129. 129The Pride of the Regiment
  130. 130The Mother Murre
  131. 131The End · Reference Lists for Story-Telling and Collateral Reading…
  132. 132Lincoln's Birthday
  133. 133Saint Valentine's Day
  134. 134Washington's Birthday
  135. 135Resurrection Day (Easter)
  136. 136May Day
  137. 137Mothers' Day
  138. 138Memorial and Flag Days
  139. 139Independence Day
  140. 140Labor Day
  141. 141Columbus Day
  142. 142Halloween
  143. 143Thanksgiving Day
  144. 144Christmas Day
  145. 145Arbor Day
  146. 146Bird Day

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