A Russian folk tale retold by Becky Reyher > Once upon a time, long, long ago, when the harvest season had come > again in the Ukraine, the villagers were all busy cutting and > gathering the wheat....
For someone I love
Mother's Day Even though you can show how much you love your mother on any day, a special day is set aside to honor mothers. In the United States, Canada, and Australia, Mother's Day is the second...
The Battle of Puebla
This painting in a Mexico City museum shows the Mexicans defeating the French in the Battle of Puebla. Cinco de Mayo May 5 A little more than a hundred years ago, France started a war with...
Fly a fish!
Children's Day and Boys' Day May 5 May 5 is a double holiday in Japan. It is Children's Day, which has been a national holiday since 1948. It is also Boys' Day, a festival that is hundreds of years...
Maypoles and parades
May Day and Labor Day May 1 In many countries, the first of May is May Day---a day to welcome spring. People gather flowers and dance, often around a May pole. May Day came to the United States...
The month of Maia
May is the fifth month of the year. It has thirty-one days. In early Roman times, when the year began in March, May was the third month of the year. There are several stories about how this month...
May
Mother (Mary) Jones (1830) labor leader of Appalachian coal miners M. Scott Carpenter (1925) American astronaut and oceanographer Who shares my birthday? Is your birthday in May? The names of...
A Confederate hero
Confederate Memorial Day The American Civil War was a bitter struggle between the North and the South. The war lasted four long years. In that time, more than half a million men died. At the...
Simpson and his donkey
Anzac Day April 25 The air crackled with the sound of rifle and machine gun fire. The earth shuddered from the explosions of cannon shells. Through this storm of death, thousands of soldiers...
The dragon slayer
St. George's Day April 23 The princess wept and trembled with fear as the huge, horrible dragon came toward her. She closed her eyes and prayed for the terror to end quickly. She didn't want to...
