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Winter tales at Alamo Plaza on 11-29-2013

12/1/2013

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HEB called me about a month ago asking if I could tell holiday stories at their annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at San Antonio's Alamo Plaza from 3:00 - 6:00p.m.  I was delighted but knew I wouldn't be able to tell for 3 straight hours so I thought it would be a fantastic opportunity for our Tuscany Heights Storytellers to join me. Five wonderful youth tellers volunteered to tell during our Thanksgiving break. It turned out to be a magical three hours of telling winter/holiday tales. We've been working on these stories for that last several weeks and I'm so proud of each of them - it was quite obvious that they had practiced and honed their storytelling craft over the Thanksgiving break.  Below is a gallery of pictures from our students and a couple video clips of two of our tellers. We had such a fun time and have been asked back next year!  Below the pictures is a bibliography of wonderful winter/holiday tales that are perfect for storytelling. You may have some perfect titles yourself that aren't on this list. Please comment below and let us all know what else is out there for our storytellers.  Thank you and stay warm!

Winter and holiday stories 
perfect for telling!

Aylesworth, Jim. The gingerbread man. New York : Scholastic Press, 1998. Barry, Robert. Mr. Willowby's Christmas tree. New York : a Picture Yearling Book, 1992, c1963. 
 Breen, Steve. The secret of Santa's island. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2009. 
 Brett, Jan, 1949- Christmas trolls. New York : Putnam's, c1993. 
 Brett, Jan, 1949- The wild Christmas reindeer. New York : Putnam, c1990. Brett, Jan, 1949- The hat. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1997.  
Brett, Jan, 1949- Gingerbread baby. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. Brett, Jan, 1949- Who's that knocking on Christmas Eve?. New York : G.P. Putnam, c2002. 
Brett, Jan, 1949- The three snow bears. New York : Putnam, c2007. 
Cech, John. The elves and the shoemaker. New York : Sterling Pub., c2007. 
Christelow, Eileen. The five-dog night. New York : Clarion Books, c1993. Cuyler, Margery. That's good! that's bad! on Santa's journey. New York : Holt, c2009. 
 De Paola, Tomie. The legend of Old Befana : an Italian Christmas story. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanich, c1980. 
De Paola, Tomie. The legend of the poinsettia. New York : Putnam, c1994. Galdone, Paul. The gingerbread boy. New York : Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Books, c1975. 
Galdone, Paul. The elves and the shoemaker. New York : Clarion Books/Ticknor & Fields, c1984. 
Gammell, Stephen. Is that you, winter? : a story. San Diego : Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace, c1997. 
Grindley, Sally. Christmas cheer : a collection of holiday tales. New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, c2008.
Hoffman, James. The Christmas wreath. Grand Haven, Mich. : School Zone Pub. Co., 1993. 
Kimmel, Eric A. The Chanukkah guest. New York : Holiday House, c1990. Kimmel, Eric A. Hershel and the Hanukkah goblins. New York : Holiday House, c1989. 
Kimmel, Eric A. The spider's gift : a Ukrainian Christmas story. New York : Holiday House, c2010. 
Kimmel, Eric A. The flying canoe : a Christmas story. New York : Holiday House, c2011. 
Klise, Kate. Shall I knit you a hat? : a Christmas yarn. New York : H. Holt, 2004. 
 Kuryla, Mary. Heart of a snowman. New York : HarperCollins, c2009. LaMarche, Jim. The elves and the shoemaker. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2003. 
Lawler, Janet. Tyrannoclaus. New York : HarperCollins, c2009. 
Lester, Helen. Tacky and the Winter Games. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2005. 
Lester, Helen. Tacky's Christmas. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. 
Light, Steve. The Christmas giant. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2010. 
Matthews, Caitlin, 1952- Fireside stories tales for a winter's eve. Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, 2007. 
Milgrim, David. Santa Duck. New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2008. Murphy, Jim, 1947- Truce : the day the soldiers stopped fighting. New York : Scholastic Press, c2009. 
Palatini, Margie. Three French hens : a holiday tale. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2005. 
Rader, Laura. When Santa lost his ho! ho! ho!. New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2008. 
Rylant, Cynthia. Silver packages : an Appalachian Christmas story. New York : Orchard Books, 1997. 
Seibold, J. Otto. Olive, the other reindeer. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c1997. 
Soto, Gary. Too many tamales. New York : Putnam & Grosset, 1996. Urbanovic, Jackie. Duck at the door. New York, NY : HarperCollins, c2007.  Van Allsburg, Chris. The Polar Express. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, c1985. 
Wright, Maureen, 1961- Sleep, Big Bear, sleep!. Tarrytown, NY : Marshall Cavendish Children, c2009. 

Story Caroling around the school 

Stay tuned. Our Tuscany Heights Tiger Tellers  look forward to "Story Caroling" around the school one of the last days of school before our winter break. I set up a school schedule for the storytellers to travel in small groups of 2-4 to kinder, first, second, and special ed classes.  It's perfect to travel in small groups so they can not only support each other but also help find the classrooms together without getting lost.  I usually provide hot cocoa and hot apple cider to the tellers after they have told in 2 - 4 classes. 
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