A boy named Billy, spending a summer in the woods with Somebody, has no use for made-up stories; he wants to know how things really began. So Somebody tells him true tales of the calendar: how the New Year knows when to come, what Candlemas means, the first valentines, the birthdays of Lincoln and Washington, the invention of the telegraph and the origin of the military salute.
A pleasant introduction to customs and holidays for children who keep asking why. Download the free EPUB.