Read Selected Stories from
The Grannie Annie Family Story Celebration 2015/2016
Vol. 11
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1. Chat and Thomas (before 1861) by Gray Perry; North Carolina, USA
The story of Chat and Thomas has been passed down for many generations in my family. It was told by . . .
2. The Scalding Iron (1865) by Marion Grace Jones; North Carolina, USA
The year was 1865, the last year of the Civil War. My four-times-great-aunt lived on a farm in . . .
3. No Shoes, No Guardian, and No Protection (1893) by Fiona Hayreh; Missouri, USA
Two girls walked along a dirt path in the Pocono Mountains. They had no shoes, no guardian, and no. . .
4. Coal Miners’ Doctor (c. 1920s) by Mary Frances Blount; North Carolina, USA
My great-granddad Harry King Buttermore, Jr., . . . grew up in a coal-mining town — Harlan, Kentucky . . .
*5. The Man Who Saved the Chicks (c. 1935) by Adina Rohr; New York, USA
Fifty bricks. That’s how you keep chicks warm in the winter. My great-great-grandparents were born in . . .
6. The War’s Cons: My Great-Aunt’s Story (1939) by Izabella Kulczycka; Alabama, USA
“Do not hang on his neck when he comes in,” lectured Miss Helen, Ciocia Basia’s father’s maid. “Do not . . .
*7. Henrik (c. 1940) by Kristin Nyenhuis; Illinois, USA
“Service before self.” This phrase means a lot. My great-grand-uncle named Henrik Palmstrom definitely . . .
8. Watching Over Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) by Paige Hunt; Missouri, USA
My great-grandpa could have died if he had not gone to church. While in the United States Navy . . .
9. One Suitcase Each (1941–1945) by Kiki Rosenthal; Colorado, USA
One hundred years ago two sets of my great-great-grandparents arrived in California from Japan. . . .
*10. One Little Girl, One Night’s Journey (1942) by Grace Andrews; Missouri, USA
“Do you think she’ll be okay?” asked her mother worriedly. “I mean she’s just five.” “My Sissie? Oh, she’ll . . .
11. The Troubling Telegram (1942) by Zachary Fink; Missouri, USA
In the year 1942, during World War II, my thirteen-year-old grandmother was sitting and enjoying . . .
*12. The Precious Plum (c. 1942–1943) by Sophia Rose Kinninger; Missouri, USA
This story is about my oma Ursula Schultz during World War II. (“Oma” means “grandmother” in German. . . .
13. A Risky Plan (c. 1943) by Yael Zimmerman; New York, USA
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a plan that could get you arrested? Well, someone . . .
14. My War Hero (1940s) by Sydney Lanier; North Carolina, USA
I never knew my granddad David, because he died when my dad was only eleven years old. But the story . . .
*15. The Galloping Goat (1943) by Gregory Miller; Ohio, USA
It was the summer of 1943. My great-grandparents owned a small farm, where they grew vegetables. . . .
16. The Brush and the Manicure Set (c. 1949) by Faigy Arnold; New York, USA
When my grandmother was growing up, she had to face great challenges. My grandmother, Elizabeth . . .
17. Seeds for the Future (c. 1950s) by Dylan Faulkner; North Carolina, USA
My granddad Ernest Quincy Faulkner, Jr., always spoke about growing up on the farm in the 1950s. I can . . .
18. The Pathway (c. 1950) by Jaithra Mallipeddi; Missouri, USA
This story goes back to my grandfather’s childhood in Lodidhalanka, a small hamlet near the . . .
19. The World’s Most Expensive Toaster (1958) by Molly Kuzma; North Carolina, USA
Just last month I was driving with my grandparents during a brief trip to Pennsylvania. Despite the cost of . . .
20. No-Shoe Sunday (1959) by Alli Grant Avery; North Carolina, USA
On one crisp Saturday in the fall of 1959, Suzy Waters and her brothers, Charlie, Gary, and Carl, Jr., were . . .
21. “Look! I Found a Bee!” (1960s) by Niasha Kodzai; North Carolina, USA
On a warm and sunny day at the Mutambara Mission in Zimbabwe, a large family of five boys were all . . .
*22. The Mysterious Man Who Lived in the Pipe (c. 1960s–1970s) by Julian L. Prakken; Missouri, USA
When I was a child, my brother Mike and I lived near a railroad underpass. Sometimes Mike and I would . . .
*23. Uncle John’s Pet Crow (1963–1964) by Anna Devine; Colorado, USA
In April of 1963, when my great-uncle John was a little boy, he climbed a tree and took a baby crow out of . . .
24. Fifty Years Ago and One Hundred Years Later (1967) by Anagi Rhoda Shalomi Pieris; Missouri, USA
Almost fifty years ago, in 1967, Sri Lanka, my parents’ country of origin, celebrated one hundred years of . . .
25. Avi and the Sohoy-7 (November 27, 1969) by Tillie Yael Cohen; Colorado, USA
Avi Simon, my grandma’s cousin, was going through a lot when he was fourteen years old. In August 1962. . .
*26. Sandman (1972) by Belle Sara Gage; Missouri, USA
It was a beautiful summer day in Idaho, and I was rafting down the Salmon River with my family and . . .
*27. A Crabby Story (c. 1974) by Cindy Zhu; North Carolina, USA
It was a stormy night in Nanjing in August of 1974. To pass the time, my mother and Uncle Tao were . . .
*28. Cold-Blooded Savior (c. 1977) by Sofia Brantley; North Carolina, USA
It was a warm summer Saturday. I had just wolfed down my breakfast, for I was eager to go on my . . .
29. The Tale of Gardner’s Hut (c. 1980) by Whitley Anderson; North Carolina, USA
The thump of the car passing over cracks in the Wright Memorial Bridge woke my dad. It was 1980, and . . .
*30. Shame to Lose to You (1982) by Benjamin Ni; Ohio, USA
My grandma told me something that I never knew — that in my family we have someone who won third . . .
31. A Failed Attempt to Escape Vietnam (1982) by Timothy Lai; Missouri, USA
After the Vietnam War ended in 1975, my dad’s family suffered hardship as other Vietnamese families did. . . .
32. Eyes Straight Ahead (c. 1985) by Bray Woodard; North Carolina, USA
“Left at the light.” Cautiously, Belinda turned onto North Main. It was one o’clock, and traffic in Troy was . . .
*33. The Day America Fell Silent (January 28, 1986) by Sarah Elmore; North Carolina, USA
Some say that you never forget where you were and what you were doing on a memorable day such as . . .
34. The Christmas Angel (1988) by Sara Waida; North Carolina, USA
Betsy, my mother, stared into the twinkling glass of the snow globe. Admiring the two girls rejoicing in the . . .
35. Cow Patty Bingo (c. 1990) by Ty Williamson; North Carolina, USA
Have you ever heard of bingo? Have you ever heard of cow patty bingo? About twenty-five years ago in . . .
36. The Great Miracle (September 11, 2001) by Shira Arieh; New York, USA
The date of my brother’s bris was September 11, 2001. That was also the day when something major . . .
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