[LM_NET] HIT: Christmas story about a spider

[Anne-Marie Gordon <media.teatime@GMAIL.COM>]

Thanks so much for all the help!  I heard from more than 50 people and 17
states, with a surprising number of suggestions for such a small request!  I
hope I haven't missed anyone in my thank-you replies.  Tomorrow I'm going to
see what's available on interlibrary loan.
My original question: "I have a teacher who is seeking a Christmas story,
possible based on a German legend, about a spider whose beautiful webs
became decorations (possibly tinsel) for a Christmas tree.  She does not
think the story is "Spider's Christmas Gift," which is the only book I could
find in a quick search."

Here are the replies.  This seems like a very popular legend!

Cobweb Christmas: The Tradition of Tinsel, by Shirley Climo.  (suggested 30
times)
The Christmas Cobwebs by Odds Bodkin (suggested many times, too.)
Cobweb Curtain  by Jenny Koralek
Allie the Christmas Spider / Shirley Menendez
Legend of the Christmas Spider / Julie Puntch
The Christmas Spider / Lorettz Holz
Sophie's Masterpiece: a Spider's Tale / Eileen Spinelli
one of the tales in: Hark! A Christmas Sampler / by Jane Yolen

One librarian told me uses this tale for storytelling, and has it written on
a little slip of paper.
Another reply pointed me to this website:
http://www.kraftmstr.com/christmas/books/spider.html, which tells that the
story of the spider is told in Germany and the Ukraine.

I just love LM_Net.  I heard from Michigan, New Hampshire, Kansas, Illinois,
Texas (4 replies--you are generous folks) Tennessee, Pennsylvania, New York,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Delaware, Nebraska, Alabama, Arizona, Oklahoma,
South Dakota, South Carolina...


-- 
Anne-Marie Gordon, NBCT
Library Media Specialist
Livonia Primary Library
Livonia, NY
agordon@livoniacsd.org
media.teatime@googlemail.com
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Webpage: http://classrooms.livoniacsd.org/agordon/
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