Re: HIT: Christmas stories

[Wade Houston Weiler <wadew@TENET.EDU>]

Don't forget THE DOG WHO WANTED A BOY. It's great for PreK thru about
1st. (Forgot who wrote it).

Wade H. Weiler   "Visualize whirled peas"  =:-)
Irving, TX   wadew@tenet.edu

On Sun, 3 Dec 1995, SARAH GIDDINGS wrote:

> I realize I posted my target late Friday afternoon and it isn't even
> Monday yet, but I've gotten so many wonderful, thoughtful responses
> already (and don't have the capability of doing anything but tabulating
> responses) that I thought I would share what I have with the entire
> group.  Thank you to eveyone who responded so promptly (the first
> response came less than 10 minutes after I posted my request!)
>
> You have given me all kinds of good suggestions and I hope others will
> find the list useful also (for any who might have missed the target, I
> requested readalouds for grades 5-6).  And here is the list (pretty much
> in order of reception):
>
> The polar express (4)
> Claude the dog
> Cynthia Rylant's book of Christmas stories (5) (I'll be using these)
> J.T.
> A Christmas memory (Capote)
> The gift of Christmas (Sturges)
> Christmas visitor (Lussert)
> Christmas miracle of Jonathan Toomey (Wojciechowski)
> An Irish night before Christmas (Blazek)
> Gift from St. Nicholas (Lachner)
> It's Christmas (Prelutsky)
>   (The previous six were suggested from reviews of new books)
> A Christmas carol (Dickens) (2)
> The Christmas tree (Theroux)
> A Newbery Christmas (2)
> David Shannon's new Christmas story (I didn't get the title)
> The other wise man
> Gift of the Magi (3)
> The littlest shepherd (Boulware)
> The small one (Tazewell)
> Christmas chapters from Wilder's Little House books (2)
> Jesus' Christmas party (Alan)
> Legend of the Christmas Rose (Lagerlof)
> Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (Church)
> Ruth Sawyer's Irish stories
> Tree of cranes (Say ) (2)
> Too many tamales (Soto) (2)
> Christmas thief (Williams) from The wicked tricks of Til Uilenspiegel
> (I'll be using this one too - I just got it from the public library, and
> I love it)
> Angels and other strangers (Paterson) (2)
> A miserable merry Christmas (Steffens)
> Elijah's angel (Rosen)
> The little match girl
> The Christmas alphabet book
> Legend of the poinsettia (de Paola)
> Herschel and the Hannukah goblins
> Christmas sonata (Paulsen)
> The homecoming (Hamner)
> Best Christmas pageant ever
> The year of the perfect Christmas tree (Houston)
> Little Jim's gift (Houston)
> The Christmas box (Evans)
> Night tree (Bunting)
> A certain small shepherd (Caudill)
> Story of the holly and the ivy (illus. by Cooney)
> a new book of Christmas stories by Leo Buscaglia
> The bird's Christmas carol
> Star mother's youngest child (Moeri)
>
> Many of these were stories I know and just hadn't thought of.  Others are
> unfamiliar, so I have lots of exciting new reading and searching to do.
>
> Again my thanks.  I'm sure we'd all appreciate additional suggestions.
>
> Sarah Giddings
> sarahg@nando.net
> St. Timothy's Middle/Hale High
> Raleigh NC
>