Celebrate and Learn- Winter Solstice/Yule | McKinney Public Libraries

1) The shortest day: celebrating the winter solstice

Author

Pfeffer, Wendy

2) Christmas: from solstice to Santa

Author

Tate, Nikki

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Orca origins

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Learn about the games played, foods eaten, music played and favorite ways of decorating in different parts of the world during Christmas season.

3) The shortest day

Author

Cooper, Susan

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A celebration of the winter solstice and the Yuletide season. As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, early people would gather to prepare for the long night ahead. They built fires and lit candles. They played music, bringing their own light to the darkness, while wondering if the sun would ever rise again. Written for a theatrical production that has become a ritual in itself, Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day" captures the magic behind...

4) A winter treasury of recipes, crafts, and wisdom

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Ferraro-Fanning, Angela

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"A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom (Little Country Cottage) offers nature-based crafts, bakes and gardening projects in a celebration of self-sufficient, eco-friendly, country cottage-style life. The seasonal gardening and growing projects, such as planting bare root berry bushes in the ground or in containers, can be done in a big back yard or on a balcony, making this eco-friendly activity book a fun resource, whether readers are based...

5) Nature cat: Winter dance party

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It's the winter solstice-- the shortest day of the year! Daisy's family loves to celebrate the return of longer days with a winter solstice dance party, but there's one slight problem-- she forgot to prepare for the party! With too much to do and not enough time to finish, will Daisy get ready in time? Then, join Nature Cat and the crew as they track down the culprit who broke Nature Cat's beloved hot cocoa mug, attempt to create their own snow to...

6) The winter witch

Author

Evans, Clay Bonnyman

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Now that his parents are divorced, Stephen is not looking forward to Christmas in a new home with his new Jewish stepmother; but an old neighbor gives him perspective on the common meaning of several winter festivals.