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Student drawing of a billy goat ramming into the door of an outhouse
Can you match the Vol. 7
illustrations with their
stories?

 

Note:

The setting of each story is
noted after its title. In
cases where the exact year
is not known, “c.” (circa)
indicates that the year given
is approximate.

 

Read the stories published
in other volumes.

 

Looking for stories on a
particular topic or theme?
Consult our Index of
Stories.


 

Read Selected Stories from
The Grannie Annie Family Story Celebration 2011/2012
Vol. 7

Note to Parents and Educators

Be entertained, be enlightened, and be taken by surprise through the engaging family stories in this seventh volume of Grannie Annie!

As you explore the pages that follow, you’re likely to cross paths with a bear—or two!—or a hard-hearted outlaw, or be swallowed by a cloud of dust. You may be jolted by an explosion or forced down a path you didn’t choose. You’ll definitely be found out—and be wiser for it. But relax—you’ll also have plenty of opportunity to revel in your first snowfall, relive a favorite victory, and ponder the unexplainable.

The thirty-six historical family stories in this book will carry you from the cold winter of 1872 through chilling racial challenges in 1990, with plenty of heartwarming stops and adventures in between. You’ll visit seventeen U.S. states and nine countries in Europe and Asia—and sail on the Mediterranean Sea! Turn back to the maps on pages 9 and 10 to find where in the world each story takes place. This book is also available in a PDF edition, and the stories and illustrations—along with ten additional stories—are also published on the Grannie Annie website.

The Grannie Annie stories are chosen with families in mind. You may wish to read the stories, however, before sharing them with sensitive or younger readers.

We’re so pleased to be able to pass these stories on to you, and are thankful that you’re part of the Grannie Annie family. We hope you’ll be inspired to discover and share some of your own family stories, and that you’ll join us again for next year’s celebration!

Connie McIntyre and Fran Hamilton, Directors of The Grannie Annie

 

Please note that the stories shared below appear here with permission of the authors. In addition, they may be copied for limited classroom use or reprinted in an article about The Grannie Annie.

 

a.
Stories Dated
1872 – 1939

1. Who Tricked Whom?
(1872)
Blaine Instone
Ohio, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

2. Cooking for Jesse James (c. 1875)
Molly Berenbaum
Colorado, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

3. No Objections
(1886)
Maddy Scannell
Missouri, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

4. My Grandma’s Moccasins
(c. 1890–1895)
Camryn E. Baldwin
North Carolina, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

5. The Whistling Doctor
(1890s–1920s)
Evie Sugg
North Carolina, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

6. Hardly Horses
(c. early 1900s)
Stoney Taylor
North Carolina, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

7. Washed Away
(c. 1908)
Hayden T. Evans
Ohio, USA

8. A Mystical Blessing
(c. 1919)
Emuna Shiller
Maryland, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

9. A Success Story
Driven by Ambition to
Learn
(c. 1920s–1930s)
Raghuram Selvaraj
New Jersey, USA

10. The Scary Airplane Ride (c. 1923)
Thomas Francis
Missouri, USA

11. Two Pockets Too
Many (c. 1927)
Elizabeth Moore
North Carolina, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

12. El Polvo
(May 23, 1932)
Megan Ewy
North Carolina, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

13. Finding Grandpa
(1935–1955)
Anna Matherne
Georgia, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

14. The First Snow
(1939)
Yifu Zhu
Missouri, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

b.
Stories Dated
1940 – 1948

1. Billy the Goat
(c. 1941)
Brianna Jones
Alabama, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

2. The Six Fiancés
(c. 1942)
Tristan Hecht
Colorado, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

3. One More Survivor
(1942)
Caleb Wedgle
Colorado, USA

4. The Escape
(1944)
Katie Korein
Missouri, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

5. The Definition of
a Nightmare
(c. 1940s)
Nick Hugeri
Arizona, USA

6. Peanuts
(c. 1945–1946)
Shelby Lloyd
Alabama, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

7. The Attic Attack
(c. 1945)
Joshua Metcalf
Tennessee, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

8. Turnip Greens to
Automobile
(c. 1946–1955)
Samuel Elijah Parkhurst
Tennessee, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

9. Don’t Drive the
Truck! (1947)
Brock T. Wertzbaugher
Ohio, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

10. My Life My Way
(1947)
Alison Siegel
Colorado, USA

11. The Neighborhood
Olympics (c. 1948)
Alex Marin
North Carolina, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

12. My Mother, the
Bear (1948)
Jane Robertson
Ohio, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

c.
Stories Dated
1950 – 1974

1. Twisted Path
(c. 1950s)
Rachel Gopichand
North Carolina, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

2. Uncle Tom’s Rocket
(1952)
Aaron Schnoor
North Carolina, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

3. Overnight Journey
(1955)
Supriya Ellina
Missouri, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

4. Trapped on a Ship!
(1956–1957)
Tyler Lynch
New Jersey, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

5. The Central High
Nine (1957)
Spencer Sullivan
North Carolina, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

6. My Pakistani Hero
(c. 1963)
Aman Rahman
Missouri, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

7. A Day to Remember
(1964)
Jordan Pack
Ohio, USA

8. Bear Invasion
(c. 1965)
Iris Li
Missouri, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

9. Obachan’s or
Ojichan’s Cooking?
The Answer Is Obvious
(c. 1970)
Maya Cassady
Alabama, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

10. Funny Money
(1972)
Ava Elizabeth Mederos
New Jersey, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

11. A Really
Embarrassing Moment
(1974)
Anya Tullman
Missouri, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

d.
Stories Dated
1976 – 1990

1. My Mom and the
Birch-Tree Bridge
(1976)
Nolan Bishop
Ohio, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

2. The Downfall of Joey
Smernivak (c. 1977)
Will Klenk
Arizona, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

3. The Importance of
Friendship (1978)
Arielle Williamson
Colorado, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

4. Blizzard of ’78 in a
Small Town (1978)
Robert Nicely
Ohio, USA

5. Snow Sledding
(late 1970s)
Anna Cui
Missouri, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

6. Touched by a Saint
(1980)
Alli Hanna
Ohio, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

7. The Miraculous
Journey to America
(1981–1985)
Eden Hariri
Maryland, USA

8. My Opa Left His
Fingers on Kilimanjaro
(1990)
Kyle Ehlers
North Carolina, USA

9. An Important Change
(1990)
Gabrielle Lewis
Texas, USA
(also in Vol. 7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Answers to the question "Can you match these Grannie Annie illustrations with their Volume 7 stories?" A: "The First Snow," B: "Trapped on a Ship!" C: "My Mother, the Bear," D: "Hardly Horses," E: "My Grandma's Moccasins," F: "Turnip Greens to Automobile," G: "Uncle Tom's Rocket," H: "My Mom and the Birch-Tree Bridge," I: "Two Pockets Too Many," J: "Snow Sledding," K: "Funny Money," L: "Billy the Goat," M: "My Life My Way," N: "Bear Invasion."]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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