The world of work slows, schools take time off, and everything in general seems to make a nod toward spending some time with family. The holidays are a natural time for generations to connect. If we don't have happy memories from holidays past, then it becomes all the more important to create special moments now that will become memories in the future. We want to relive those moments from the past when we felt safe, secure, happy, and connected (or at least the times we remember that way - even if they didn't actually happen exactly as we remember them). Our children need memories and traditions to grow into their future, and we need our memories and traditions to step back into the comfort of the past for a moment. Memories can give us comfort, direction, inspiration, and hope. They help us make sense of our life and find meaning in it. Memories make up the story of our life that exists in our mind. A holiday is also a time when you engage in familiar activities - activities that have been repeated over the years and through the generations, and which you hope will continue to be repeated in future years and by new generations.įor individuals, the holidays are very much about memories and traditions formed in childhood. Think about it: what would a holiday be without the memories and traditions that separate it from the blur of every other day of the year? A holiday is a time when you remember - holidays past, the year past, those you have known, and even who you once were. She was the teen advice columnist for CompuServe’s Wow! and is a frequent speaker at schools.Memories, traditions, and holidays go together. She has been an elementary school teacher for 17 years and is currently working on a second masters degree in education. Thanksgiving Day Crafts has received the CHILDREN'S CHOICES FOR 2006 award.Īrlene is a careful observer of the school scene. The Kids’ Invention Book is excerpted in Harcourt Brace’s collection series, which is the bestselling basal series in the United States. Both The Kids’ Invention Book and the Kids’ Business Book have been book club editions.
The Kids’ Business Book, The Kids’ Volunteering and The Kids’ Invention Book, which are interview / how to books are notable books in social studies. A Booklist review described it as strong and much needed advice for middle schoolers. Her Middle School Survival Guide has sold over fifteen thousand copies since Fall of 2003. “Voice of Youth Advocates” called her Best Friends Book, the ultimate book on friendship. Her interviews and advice books The Best Friends Book, The Families Book, are recipients of Parent’s Choice awards. Her first book and first try at writing Does Your Nose Get in The Way, Too? won a Romance Writers of America Award for best Young Adult novel of the year. Arlene Erlbach is the author of more than forty books for young people - both fiction and non fiction.
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