Rebecca Reads

The Little Match Girl

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.

Mr. Fezziwig‘s Christmas Party

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.

Jimmy Scarecrow‘s Christmas

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.

Mon-Daw-Min

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.

Mrs. November‘s Dinner Party

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.

I Wonder

A Scandinavian tale of a young brother whose wonderings benefit him in the end.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

Two wonderful stories from Beatrix Potter.

The Monkey Paw

A spooky story for Halloween. (Not too spooky; it's more suggestion and using your imagination than actually scary.)

The Tale of Baba Yaga

The famous tale of a Russian witch.

The Two Sisters

A Grimm fairy tale with a good moral (and a mean witch).