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Bells of Christmas, The

Publication Information
Author:  Hamilton, Virginia Illustrator:  Davis, Lambert
Title:  Bells of Christmas, The Date:  1989
Publisher:  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-15-206450-8 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    historical fiction, memoirs/reminiscences

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
This long picture book may be read slowly, although it is not broken into chapters. It is a reminiscence of an African-American family's celebration of Christmas in the 1890s and is set in the farmlands of Ohio.

Teaching Ideas:
Students may want to write their family Christmas or Kwanzaa customs or their own family reminiscences. Teachers may want to initiate discussions on physical handicaps and how our cultural treatment of people with handicaps has (or has not) changed over time. For additional family history books see the Family History Matrix. For additional Ohio history books, see the Ohio History Matrix.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Celebration > holidays > Christmas
bullet Ethnic Groups > African-American
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues > physical disability
bullet History > region > Ohio
bullet Family > extended family
bullet Social Studies > anthropology > cultures > cultural customs


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