A bit of a sad story from Hans Christian Andersen. It is quite a famous story, and although sad, it has a wonderful message. It is a wonderful story to make you think for the beginning of a new year. Poem today is Ring Out Wild Bells by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
A short part pulled from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. This is one of the memories the Ghost of Christmas Past shows Ebenezer Scrooge on his path of remembering where he came from. The poem today is also called Christmas Carol, but its subject is different from Scrooge and it is authored by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
A fun Christmas story by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. A scarecrow is pretty miserable in the winter: it's cold and he has nothing to do. A kind girl tries to make sure he isn't forgotten, and his misery finds a solution with Santa Clause. A lesser known story, but a good one.
A Native American story that tells where corn came from. A young man wrestles for the answer to how feed his people aside from hunting. The poem for today is Laughing Corn by Carl Sandburg.
A fun story I found of all the months, holidays, and other calendar events gathering for a Thanksgiving feast. It's a perfect story for this time of year, and it is quite fun picking out all the holidays. Bonus points if you catch the name of July's eagle's name.
A Scandinavian tale of a young brother whose wonderings benefit him in the end.
Two wonderful stories from Beatrix Potter.
A spooky story for Halloween. (Not too spooky; it's more suggestion and using your imagination than actually scary.)
The famous tale of a Russian witch.
A Grimm fairy tale with a good moral (and a mean witch).
The sad tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin (it is called The Ratcatcher in the Red Fairy Book).
Three short stories this week, all with the same theme. We will read Henny Penny, The Shepherd and the Wolf (an Aesop story), and Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Another Norse myth. This is how Odin, All Father, came to only have one eye.
Another Grimm story, but this version is just a little different from the Grimm version. One of my favorites.
An English fairy tale that is a lot like the German story Rumpelstiltskin.
A fun story from the Brothers Grimm.
A heroic story from Africa.
A favorite story from Hans Christian Andersen.
Another story from L. Frank Baum's Mother Goose in Prose.
The famous English folktale of Richard (Dick) Wittington
Four fables attributed to Aesop. Also I will read The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe for our poem.
The conclusion to the story of King Midas.
The first part in a tale from Ancient Greece.
A fun comedy adaptation of one of Shakespeare's plays.
Another one of the Just So Stories from Rudyard Kipling.
A fun folk tale from England.
A classic fairy tale.
A traditional tale from Russia. Also, A Visit from St. Nicolas.
A Christmas classic from O. Henry.
Two short stories of how King Arthur pulled the sword from the stone and how he got Excalibur. Plus a poem about Sir Galahad, a knight of the Round Table.
