Read-Aloud Holiday and Theme Book Programs
by Caroline Feller Bauer

This is an unusual collection of 16 book programs based on holidays and events—some real and others just for fun. Offering sure-fire enticements to help kids enjoy reading, every chapter contains a rich selection of prose and poetry along with exhibits, writing projects, games, crafts—even recipes!—plus a book list for further reading. Tempt youngsters to become enthusiastic booklovers with:

• The Art of Art 

• B is for Baseball 

• Calendar Day

• Grandparents Day

• Gone Fishin’

• Halloween Monsters 

• Jewish Humor

• National Nothing Day 

• Pigmania

• St. Patrick’s Day

• Spring into Spring 

• Tantalizing Television 

• Terrific Turtles 

• Thanksgiving: Thank You, America 

• Traditional Christmas 

• Valentine Friends

About the Author – Caroline Feller Bauer
"There is absolutely no excuse for a child not to read," says Caroline Feller Bauer, a leading educator, lecturer, author, and authority on children’s literature. "What I do," explains Dr. Bauer, "is run around speaking to librarians, teachers, and parents on how to get children and books together." To this end, she has conducted her lively, imaginative seminars in 50 states and 28 countries. In 1968, Dr. Bauer was the first woman to receive the Ersted Award for distinguished teaching and was given the Dorothy McKenzie Award in 1986 for her contribution to children’s literature.
 

◘ 319 pp.

◘ 1985
◘ 200 line drawings 
◘ ISBN 0-8242-0708-4
◘ $85
◘ $95 (outside U.S. and Canada)