Explains the origins of the holiday of Halloween and such traditions as black cats, jack-o-lanterns, witches, bonfires, and trick-or-treating

The bears of Bearbank are getting ready for the Thanksgiving Day Honey Bowl Parade, and Ted E. Bear decides to build a float for the parade.

A Halloween version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas," featuring such seasonal gifts as bats, goblins, spiders, worms, and ghosts.

Demarkian attempts a good deed on Valentine's Day: saving a neighbor from jail. Psychiatrist Paul Hazzard was renowned for his insights into the human mind, until his wife was savagely murdered. She was stabbed to death with an ornamental dagger, a grisly crime for which Paul was tried but never convicted. Four years later, to escape his greedy family and his former mistress, Paul takes an unlikely lover: the homely, middle-aged Hannah Krekorian....

Discusses special times of the year when African-Americans celebrate, including Black History Month, Mardi Gras, Juneteenth, Harambee, Junkanoo, and Kwanzaa

Briefly describes the beliefs of Muslims and eight of the special celebrations that are part of the Islamic faith

Gives the principle and symbol for each day of Kwanzaa, with poems, songs, recipes, and activities which explain lighting candles, storytelling, singing, and making mkeka mats

Every fourth Thursday of November, Americans open their homes to friends and families. But when was the last time most of us made dinner for such a big crowd? With Thanksgiving 101 by your side, preparing for the holiday will be a pleasure. With step-by-step instructions for classic Thanksgiving dishes, as well as new twists on old favorites, this book will become gravy-stained in its first outing. Whether you're looking for new ways to cook turkey;...