Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Holiday Folding Stories
Christine Petrell Kallevig · 1992
80/100
👍 Worth It
Kallevig's integration of origami with storytelling is genuinely clever — the folds advance the narrative rather than interrupting it — and the broad holiday coverage across faith traditions gives this real classroom utility. Her background as a professional storyteller and music therapist shows in how the activities are designed. Still widely held in library systems three decades on, which is as reliable a quality signal as any formal review.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety92
substance78
craft80
originality85
accuracy82
hype72
age-fit86
human-eye80
Penny’s verdict80
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