Download or read book The Story of Halloween written by Carol Greene and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-09-06 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history of Halloween from the holiday's Celtic origins over 2000 years ago to present-day celebrations, and provides spooky riddles and ideas for pumpkin art.
Download or read book The Story Behind Halloween written by Melissa Raé Shofner and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trick or treat! Halloween is one of the most exciting holidays. Dressing up in creative costumes and going door-to-door for candy with friends is something most children look forward to all year. It can also be a pretty spooky holiday full of skeletons, demons, and monsters. This book looks at how Halloween has changed over thousands of years, from the ancient Celtic celebration of Samhain to modern-day trick-or-treating. Age-appropriate text and colorful, spooky images will have readers turning the page. Everyone will love this haunting look at the history of Halloween.
Download or read book The Book of Halloween written by Ruth Edna Kelley and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-13 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat presents to you this meticulously edited Halloween collection Contents: Sun-Worship. The Sources of Hallowe'en The Celts: Their Religion and Festivals Samhain Pomona The Coming of Christianity.All Saints'. All Souls' Origin and Character of Hallowe'en Omens Hallowe'en Beliefs and Customs in Ireland In Scotland and the Hebrides In England and Man In Wales In Brittany and France The Teutonic Religion. Witches Walpurgis Night More Hallowtide Beliefs and Customs Hallowe'en in America
Download or read book A Short History of Halloween written by Sally Lee and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the history and traditions of the Halloween holiday, including the story behind the holiday and how people celebrate it today.
Download or read book Witches Pumpkins and Grinning Ghosts written by Edna Barth and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the origins of and relates stories associated with familiar Halloween symbols.
Download or read book HALLOWEEN written by Lesley Bannatyne and published by Pelican Publishing Company. This book was released on 1998-08-31 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lesley Bannatyne's fascinating book . . . will be widely appealing to anyone who ever wondered where witches, trick-or-treating, and jack-o-lanterns really came from. It is by far the best book on the history of Halloween available today."--Alison Guss, senior producer,"The Haunted History of Halloween," The History Channel"An excellent resource for research into the history of holidays...in the United States...Highly Recommended."--The Book Report"Deserves attention as a recommended library acquisition with years of 'life' to its information."--The Midwest Book Review"Overflows with rich and provocative details of ritual, feasts, superstition, and devilment." --North Carolina Historical ReviewHalloween has evolved from the Celtic celebrations of 2,000 years ago to become today the fastest-growing holiday in the country. This, the only book to completely cover All Hallow's Eve, from its beginnings to the present, examines the ancient origins as well as its traditions and celebrations, from costuming to bobbing for apples. Jack-o-lanterns, black cats, and witches are explained. Ghosts, ghouls, and goblins lurk behind every page.The book traces the contributions of America's immigrants to the holiday, documenting the beliefs each ethnic group has added to the mix. Related recipes, poems, songs, and photos perfectly complement the meticulously documented text. The result is the most educational and entertaining examination of Halloween, its myths, and its truths.
Download or read book Halloween written by David J. Skal and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original, entertaining mix of personal anecdotes and social analysis examines America's perplexingly popular holiday, tracing the tradition's evolution from its dark Celtic history to its emergence as a mammoth marketing event.
Download or read book The Book of Halloween written by Ruth Edna Kelley and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SUN-WORSHIP. THE SOURCES OF HALLOWE'ENIf we could ask one of the old-world pagans whom he revered as his greatest gods, he would be sure to name among them the sun-god; calling him Apollo if he were a Greek; if an Egyptian, Horus or Osiris; if of Norway, Sol; if of Peru, Bochica. As the sun is the center of the physical universe, so all primitive peoples made it the hub about which their religion revolved, nearly always believing it a living person to whom they could say prayers and offer sacrifices, who directed their lives and destinies, and could even snatch men from earthly existence to dwell for a time with him, as it draws the[Pg 2] water from lakes and seas.In believing this they followed an instinct of all early peoples, a desire to make persons of the great powers of nature, such as the world of growing things, mountains and water, the sun, moon, and stars; and a wish for these gods they had made to take an interest in and be part of their daily life. The next step was making stories about them to account for what was seen; so arose myths and legends.
Download or read book The History of Halloween Reading with a Purpose written by Jake Henderson and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Halloween is a resource manual for teachers and parents. This guide includes many tools to help teachers and parents facilitate their children's learning experience as they read. It features historical lessons on topics related to Halloween, including the origins of the Halloween holiday, traditional foods & games, and Halloween around the world. There are also units of instruction focusing on the history of trick-or-treating and other holiday-appropriate topics. The guide also highlights literary influences on Halloween, such as "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", Frankenstein, and Dracula. The History of Halloween provides a thorough examination of the cultural and historical origins of Halloween, which help students to gain a broader understanding of the holiday. Exercises in vocabulary help to reinforce each lesson, while free response questions encourage students to consider each topic in different ways. Reading comprehension questions challenge readers to gain a deeper understanding of the material presented. The guide also suggests fun activities, recipes, movies, and safety tips to help create the ultimate Halloween experience for young readers. The History of Halloween can be used independently, or as a companion piece with the novel Radio Road by Jake Henderson.
Download or read book Learning About Halloween History written by Sharyn Navarre and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-07-10 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last day of October is Halloween. This is a festival that starts on the evening of October 31 until midnight. On this occasion, children and teenagers are allowed to wear "Halloween costumes" to go from door to door, knock on doors to receive candy, and congratulate... According to custom, children often carry lanterns made of pumpkin peels, chiseled in the shape of a human face, ... Halloween parties often revolve around topics such as luck in the world, stories about ghosts and witches. Although this is a big festival taking place in countries around the world but few people know the origin of this festival. This book will help you explain that. Inside, you'll find the stories of Halloween, Trick or Treating, Aliens, Black Cats, Devils, Fortune Telling, Frankenstein's Monster, Ghosts, Ghouls, Goblins, Headless Horsemen, Jack O'Lanterns, Mad Scientists, Mad Slashers and Psychos, Men In Black, Mummies, Robots, Scarecrows, Skeletons, Vampires, Werewolves, Witches and Zombies.
Download or read book Witches Pumpkins and Grinning Ghosts written by Edna Barth and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the origins of and relates stories associated with familiar Halloween symbols.
Download or read book Halloween History written by Kizzy Summa and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-07-10 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents the history of Halloween. The author shares the interesting because it covers the history of Halloween, tracing it from its ancient pagan origins to the modern holiday we are familiar with, and from there into Halloween in popular culture. . Through this book, you also learn more about the origins of some customs and its place in American cinema and television.
Download or read book A Halloween Reader written by Bannatyne, Lesley Pratt and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2004-09-30 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wondering how to entertain guests at your Halloween party this year? Why not recite a poem, tell a story, or present a parlor drama? A Halloween Reader is sure to add excitement to the celebration. This sourcebook of Halloween lore spans British, Irish, and American literature from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, from Robert Burns and Edgar Allan Poe to James Joyce and H. P. Lovecraft. Each of the poems, stories, and plays in this comprehensive anthology provides a link to Halloween celebrations of the past. "A Halloween Party," by Caroline Ticknor, is a humorous short story about a nineteenth-century New Yorker's first Halloween party. The macabre soliloquy from Sydney Dobell's Balder paints a dark, haunting picture of the hallowed eve. Robert Burns' "Halloween" gives a detailed description of the night of October 31 in eighteenth-century southwestern Scotland. The "Hallowoddities" section of the book includes witch-trial testimony, journal entries, and other spooky pieces related to Halloween. A Halloween Reader provides an overview of the holiday's roots and of how it has changed since it began in the British Isles more than one thousand years ago. In older literature, the dead are viewed as a supernatural evil, but one that can teach, predict, and warn, because they have seen the future that is hidden to us. In twentieth-century and current literature, however, the dead are portrayed as more humanly evil, returning as zombies to exact revenge or to otherwise terrorize the living. As Ms. Bannatyne says in her introduction, "The boundary between the vibrant world we live in and the underground world of worms is thin and brittle; it's only a matter of time. What makes the older Halloween literature so enthralling is that it lets us travel back and forth to the land of the dead without consequence."
Download or read book The Book of Halloween written by Ruth Kelley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-21 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Halloween is an excellent compilation of folklore, poems, and traditions compiled at the dawn of the 20th century by Ruth Edna Kelley. Speaking on Scottish, Welsh, English, American, and ancient pagan practices, it traces the timeline of this holiday from its pre-christian roots to the then-modern era. With a bit of witchcraft, some jack o'lanterns, will-o the wisps and some strange stories from Grimm, Gay's "Pastorals" and other works, it provides an excellent broad overview of the history and lore of Halloween.
Download or read book Halloween History written by Jerrell Kuhlman and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sam Hain written by Spooky Shack and published by Spooky Shack. This book was released on 2020-09-05 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictional tale about the origins of Halloween. Excerpt from the story: "The witch was overwhelmed with the majestic marvel’s pure power and, after years of pain and sorrow, she was finally cleansed by the same energy that once nurtured the forest. She began to radiate, and for a moment, she was able to feel love again. The light from the Harvest Moon lifted her body while filling her mind with wholesome memories of her caring family. Time ceased as the witch used her heightened magical ability to savor the moment. Her life in the forest flashed before her eyes, filling her spirit with hope and determination. She was reborn from the Harvest Moon, like a fiery phoenix resurrected by the sun."
Download or read book Witches Pumpkins and Grinning Ghosts written by Edna Barth and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the origins of and relates stories associated with familiar Halloween symbols.
