Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts

Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts
Author: Edna Barth
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780618067824

Explains the origins of and relates stories associated with familiar Halloween symbols.

Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts

Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts
Author: Edna Barth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1972
Genre: Halloween
ISBN: 9780605398078

Origins explained and stories related about symbols associated with familiar Halloween symbols.

Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts

Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts
Author: Edna Barth
Publisher: Turtleback
Total Pages:
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780606209960

Explains the origins of and relates stories associated with familiar Halloween symbols.

Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts

Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts
Author: Edna Barth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1972
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780816430871

Explains the origins of and relates stories associated with familiar Halloween symbols.

Hearts, Cupids, and Red Roses

Hearts, Cupids, and Red Roses
Author: Edna Barth
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780618067916

Traces the history of Valentine's Day and the little-known stories behind its symbols.

Shamrocks, Harps, and Shillelaghs

Shamrocks, Harps, and Shillelaghs
Author: Edna Barth
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780618096510

Shamrocks, shillelaghs, reed pipes, and leprechauns--these are some of the many symbols that remind us of St. Patrick's Day. Who was St. Patrick? And what is this early spring holiday all about? With warmth and vitality, Edna Barth tells the colorful stories, legends, and historical facts behind St. Patrick's Day and shows how the spirit of this ancient Irish holiday is still alive in many countries. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Ursula Arndt, this is a book to be discovered and read with pleasure by young readers. All of Edna Barth's classic holiday books are now being reissued with fresh, new jacket designs and fun activities inside the paperback covers.

Turkeys, Pilgrims, and Indian Corn

Turkeys, Pilgrims, and Indian Corn
Author: Edna Barth
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2000-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780618067855

Traces the history of this American harvest celebration and the development of its symbols and legends.

Lilies, Rabbits, and Painted Eggs

Lilies, Rabbits, and Painted Eggs
Author: Edna Barth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780618096466

The history of Easter symbols, from their Christian and pagan origins to such present-day additions as rabbits and new clothes, are explained in this book that includes original holiday activities. Full-color illustrations.

From Pumpkin Time to Valentines

From Pumpkin Time to Valentines
Author: Susan Ohanian
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1994-08-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0313079641

Keep students happily focused on learning during two of the most exciting holidays of the year for the elementary classroom-Halloween and Valentine's Day. Poems and excerpts are used as launching points for such projects as writing spooky tongue twisters or designing animal valentine cartoons. Reproducible language arts strategies teach word play, interviewing, letter writing, research skills, problem solving, and metaphorical language while encouraging divergent thinking. Grades 1-5.

Fireworks, Picnics, and Flags

Fireworks, Picnics, and Flags
Author: James Cross Giblin
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 98
Release: 1983
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780618096541

Traces the social history behind America's celebration of Independence Day and explains the background of such national symbols as the flag, the bald eagle, the Liberty Bell, and Uncle Sam.