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
GED 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
History > region > Ohio Celebration > holidays > Christmas Ethnic Groups > African-American Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues > physical handicaps Family > extended family Social Science > anthropology > cultures > cultural customs

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