Introductory stories for children, folk tales, and much more
 Italian Postcard St Nicholas Center Collection |
Basic Stories of Nicholas' Life
Especially for Classroom Use
Series Stories
Vintage Tellings
Stories Related to St. Nicholas
Basic Stories of Nicholas' Life
A St. Nicholas Story
Why St. Nicholas comes each year by M. Meyerkort
The Real Santa
A simple story by Carol Myers
St. Nicholas Gets the Goods
Famine story by Katherine Pearce
Nicholas of Myra
Introductory story by Kathryn Lucchese
Traditional St. Nicholas Stories and Legends
Basic simple retellings of 35 St. Nicholas stories
The Life and Miracles of Saint Nicholas
Interactive story painting with 31 vignettes
Comics
The Miracles of St. Nicholas: The Pious Man's Daughters and the Butcher's Boys
A real Story of the True St. Nick by cartoonist Calamity Jon
Not a usual story, more appropriate for upper elementary and middle schoolers
St. Nicholas versus Arius
A cartoon account of Nicholas at the Council of Nicaea by George Tautkus
This is a comic, so expect a bit more than one punch!
Story Series
Nicholas: A Garland of Tales for the Nights before Christmas
Adapted from Pamela Grenfell Smith
Six St. Nicholas Stories for the days before St. Nicholas Day, December 6
Gentle stories in the Waldorf tradition by Christine Natale
Vintage Tellings
The Three Purses
by William S. Walsh, 1909
The St. Nicholas Festival
from Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge, 1865
St. Nicholas
A children's story from 1875, from St. Nicholas: an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks
Little Piccola
A story by Frances Jenkins Olcott
Stories Related to St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas and the Star Children
Gentle tale from the Waldorf tradition
The Little Nicholas
Wonderfully wise modern tale
American Saint Nicolas, Wiltz, Luxembourg
A story of grace and hope rooted in World War II
Another Christmas Carol
A modern story of the spirit of St. Nicholas
How St. Nicholas Chooses the Most Worthy for Gifts
A tale of selflessness, retold by Michael Roman
St. Nicholas Becomes Santa Claus
A fanciful tale by Edward Hays
The Miracle of the Great St. Nicolas
Anatole France's satire twists the traditional salting-tub legend into a parable of unintended consequences that turn invented 'Bishop Nicholas of Trinqueballe' into a tragic Job-like figure
VIDEO LINK
Saint Nicholas of Myra in English and French
from the Catholic Church of Quebec
 Illustration from A Bakers' Dozen See links for the author's adaptations for readers' theater and storytelling Used by permission |
LINKS
Five stories for children from Anne Neuberger's St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
The Bakers' Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale, retold by Aaron Shepard, adapted for storytelling and for readers' theater by the author, from the beautifully illustrated picture book published by Atheneum, New York, 1995.
The Story of St. Nicholas a poem by Victor Hoagland, CP
Folk Tales
Stories for Classroom Use
Complete Picture Books
Poems
Traditional Stories & Legends
Classic Primary Sources
Life of St. Nicholas shown in images
Modern Miracles
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