fasts and feasts

A family celebrates Islamic traditions.

A Christmas Eve journey with a nautical Santa on his gift-laden ark uplifts the heart of a lonely girl.

An illustrated retelling in which Ebenezer Scrooge is shown the spirit of Christmas through the intervention of four ghosts.

On Valentine's Day, Gilbert brings a tin of homemade cookies and his original nice or nasty poems to school.

A mean old creature learns a lesson when he tries to find a way to keep Christmas from coming.

While exploring the house on Christmas Eve, a little mouse discovers the tree, a candy cane, a stocking, a jingle bell, and Santa Claus.

Pictures and brief text follow a rather disgruntled Santa Claus on his annual rounds.

While researching the American flag for a class project, the Corner Kids ask townspeople what the flag means to them and find that each person has a different answer.

After a few false starts, Teeka discovers the best way to get Santa's reindeer ready for Christmas Eve.

Explores how and why the Fourth of July is celebrated as a holiday, discussing the Declaration of Independence, the Revolutionary War, and symbols of freedom.