Description: JANUARY New Year''s Day - Father Frost (A Russian story) Wintertime - The Magic Porridge Pot (A German story) Chinese New Year - King of the Forest (A Chinese story) FEBRUARY Candlemas - The Empty Barn (A Latvian story) Valentine''s Day - The Frog Prince (A German story) The Mole''s Wedding (A Korean story) Shrove Tuesday- The Runaway Pancake (A German story) MARCH St. David''s Day- Gelert the Hound (A Welsh story) World Wildlife Day - The Bird Wife (An Inuit story) Purim - The Blue Coat (A Jewish story) St. Patrick''s Day - The Pot of Gold (An Irish story) World Water Day - Tiddalik, the Thirsty Frog (An Indigenous Australian story) APRIL April Fools'' Day - Rabbit and Crab (A Mayan story) Easter - The Basket of Eggs (A Canadian story) World Health Day - How the Bear Clan Learned to Heal (An Iroquois story) St. George''s Day - The Glass Knight (An English story) The Shoemaker and the Dragon - (A Polish story) MAY May Day - The Cracked Pot (An Indian story) Springtime - Spring and Autumn (A Japanese story) Vesak - The Hare in the Moon (A Buddhist story) JUNE World Oceans Day - Prince Fire Flash and Prince Fire Fade (A Japanese story) Ramadan - The Boots of Hunain (An Arabic story) Midsummer - Anansi and Turtle (A Caribbean story) World Music Day - Skeleton Woman (An Inuit story) JULY Eid ul- Fitr - Zirak and Ring-dove (An Iraqi story) Tanabata - The Weaving Maiden and the Oxherd (A Japanese story) St. Swithin''s Day - Elephant and the Rain Spirit (An African Bushman story) International Day of Friendship - Heungbu and Nolbu (A Korean story) Androcles and the Lion (A Roman story) AUGUST Lammas Day - The Little Red Hen (A Russian story) Harvest - The Ship of Wheat (A Dutch story) Persephone (An ancient Greek story) SEPTEMBER Yom Kippur - Jonah and the Whale (A Bible story) International Day of Peace - The Two Kings (A Buddhist Story) Autumn - Why the Evergreeens Keep Their Leaves (An American story) The Gifts of the North Wind (A Norwegian story) OCTOBER World Food Day - The Raja and the Rice (An Indian story) Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey (A Brazilian story) Diwali - Rama and Sita (An Indian story) Halloween - The Buried Moon (An English story) The Shortest Ghost Story in the World (An English story) NOVEMBER Thanksgiving - How the Pine-tree Chief Got His Name (An Iroquois story) The Gift of a Cow-tail Switch (A West African story) Bonfire Night - How Grandmother Spider Brought Fire (A Choctaw story) National Tree Week - The Woodcutter and the Wolf (A French story) The Tree of Magical Leaves (A Chinese story) St. Andrew''s Day - Conall and the Thunder Hag (A Scottish story) DECEMBER Human Rights Day - The Bell of Atri (An Italian story) Midwinter - East of the Sun, West of the Moon (A Scandinavian story) Christmas - Uncle Martin (A French story) The Legend of the Poinsettias (A Mexican story) Kwanzaa - The Feast (An African story) APPENDIX A year full of events

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