Milly and the Macy's Parade by Shana Corey

Setting: 1924, New York City, Winter
Characters: Milly, Papa, Mr. Macy, Mr. Snidely
Theme: Homesickness, immigration

Milly was from Poland, and her father worked at Macy's. Mr. Macy was the owner. Soon Milly noticed that people were starting to get homesick, and she wanted to make them happy. She went to Mr. Macy to talk to him, and overheard him talking about his sad employees. Another man, Mr. Snidely, suggested they fire them. Milly went into the room in a hurry and explained that the people were just homesick. They decided to have a parade where all the workers could sing to everyone. They all dressed up and sang in the parade. Milly even got to ride an elephant. After that, they decided to the do the parade every year.