Joyce's Holiday in France

About the Book

Joyce is a 12 year old girl who comes from a poor family who is taked on a year long vacation to Europe. In the fall while she is staying in southern France where she meets Jules who is a goatherd (a boy who takes care of goats). This story is about the two children and how they learn about Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations. This story takes place in the late 1890's and describes the American traditions of thise holidays and the French traditions of Christmas. This is a easy to read book written in large print and is written for the child who has started reading chapter books.

About the Author

Norman Hull is the author of two children's books, Joyce's Holiday in France and Robin's Big Brother. He is a retired computer systems programmer/operator where he has written operation procedure for operators and terminal operation manuals for employees. He is a long time volunteer with the American Red Cross where he was a First Aid and CPR instructor where he wrote a First Aid Manual for Manufacturing Employees back in 1980. In addition to the Red Cross he served as an Instructor, Training Coordinator and Evaluator in the U.S. Navy. Overall, he has had over 40 years of teaching. Today he lives in Michigan where he spends his time assisting students with reading difficulties in the HOST program 2nd and 3rd graders and Summer School coaching students with learning challenges. His books have fictitious characters but everything else is based on actual locations, events, conditions, clothing and morals as they were in the 1890's.