George William Kelly: 7 books

George William Kelly wrote this collection of eight childrens stories over the lifetime of his daughter, Georgette. He named the heroines after her. By the time he published the collection, Georgette had reached the age of "sweet sixteen." Consequently, some of the stories aim at picture...

Heretofore, children have always imagined “Mrs. Claus” baking cookies or knitting sweaters. They had no idea “Mrs. Claus” had a name of her own. Her real name is “Santa Christina.” Now they learn she is an active outdoor sportswoman. She mushes about the North Pole with seven sled dogs....

“Pumpkin Angel, The Angel of Halloween,” is a “storyteller” eBook for children. It has no pictures. It allows boys and girls to imagine the characters and scenes of the story—guided by their own ethnic, religious, or other background. Adults reading the story aloud to children are like storytellers...

The real name of Mrs. Claus is “Santa Christina.” For a long, long time, however, girls and boys (and parents and grandparents) never knew the real name of Mrs. Claus. They gave all their attention to her husband, Santa Claus, because he delivered toys to children who believe in Christmas. If...

For a long, long time Santa Claus and his reindeer delivered all the toys on Christmas Eve. Santa Christina (Mrs. Claus) and her sled dogs stayed at home, with the Elves, at the North Pole. Not very long ago, however, Santa Christina and her sled dogs began to help her husband and his reindeer deliver...

Tracing the intertwined roles of food, ethnicity, and regionalism in the construction of American identity, this textbook examines the central role food plays in our lives. Drawing on a range of disciplines_including sociology, anthropology, folklore, geography, history, and nutrition_the editors...

The effects of globalization have long been dealt with in terms of economic and technological consequences, but what about the influence on education? Though still not a precise concept, what we understand as “globalization” is bringing forth numerous and profound changes in the economic, cultural,...