Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts: The Story of the Halloween Symbols
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.96 (784 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0618067825 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Shirley S said Great book!. This book fascinated me when I was a kid, and I have spent Great book! This book fascinated me when I was a kid, and I have spent 30 years trying to remember the name. It's an interesting intelligent look at the history and symbols of Halloween, written for kids, but smart enough for an adult to read. High regards for this book.. 0 years trying to remember the name. It's an interesting intelligent look at the history and symbols of Halloween, written for kids, but smart enough for an adult to read. High regards for this book.. Witches get respect This 19-chapter, 95-page delight, written in 1972, covers a multitude of areas, from the history of Halloween, to the ways it is celebrated today. The book is intended for an audience of third and fourth graders. And it has something for everyone.Most children wonder about the origins of Halloween. This book offers them just enough of the history to fascinate them and whet their appetites for more, but not so much that they will never want to read history again.Did you know, for example, that the Celtic people, who lived more than 2,000 years ago in France and the British Isles, feared O. A Sham The author of "trick not a treat" (review below) has it right. I am a major Halloween-ophile and have been for years. This book is a random survey that jams together entire centuries -- make that millenia! -- into the same paragraph, citing dates when the author feels like it and to convey a phony sense of "history" and then settling for the considerably more vague "in olden times" or "in the past" when the author doesn't feel like supporting her facts. I got a headache reading and trying to follow and make sense of this book from its very first chapter. It was impossible to tell when sh
Each book includes an annotated list of holiday stories and poems and an index.. Here are the stories behind all the familiar and not-so-familiar symbols of Halloween. Festively illustrated by Ursula Arndt, they are now available again in hardcover as well as paperback editions, featuring new, eye-catching jacket designs, and fun holiday activities inside the paperback covers. But where do these customs come from, when did they begin, and why do we continue to observe them? In the engaging blend of careful research and lively prose that has earned her books a lasting place on the holiday bookshelf, Edna Barth explores the multicultural origins and evolution of the familiar and not-so-familiar symbols and legends associated with our favorite holidays. Full of fascinating historical details and little-known stories, these books are both informative and engaging. Each of our holidays has its own familiar traditions: Trick-or-treating on Halloween, eating turkey on Thanksgiving, waiting for Santa Claus on Christmas, exchanging cards on Valentine’s Day
Perhaps Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts will make them take a second look at grinning jack-o'-lanterns, trick-or-treating witches, and other Halloween symbols and customs. Edna Barth--author of many nonfiction holiday books for children--sets her story 2,000 years in the past, when October 31 marked a joyous harvest festival for the Celts and, more frighteningly, when potentially evil spirits were unleashed from the Celtic underworld. Barth's approach is straightforward and simple, and she doesn't gloss over (or dramatize) the darker aspects of Halloween's antecedents, such as the Celts' animal sacrifices and the Salem witch hunts. A great book for kids who want to dig a little deeper int
She is now retired and lives in Germany.. Ursula Arndt has illustrated a number of popular children's books, including the six holiday titles written by Edna Barth for Clarion