Good Stories for Great Holidays. Frances Jenkins Olcott

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       Frances Jenkins Olcott

      Good Stories for Great Holidays

      Arranged for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Children's Own Reading

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664609458

Table of Contents

       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)