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Come abroad, young readers, as we discover holiday traditions and different cultures from around the world!
Good company, great food and drink, and most importantly, lots of fun-we all like celebrating holidays! But have you ever wondered how people spend holidays across the world? In How Kids Celebrate Holidays Around the World, readers will travel the world, experiencing many celebrations and cultures.
In this festively illustrated guide that's perfect for ages four and up, children will discover and learn:
- What Halloween is like in Ireland?
- Why Ethiopia celebrates Timkat?
- How Brazil celebrates Ash Wednesday
- The significance of Eid Al-Adha
- The importance of tolerance for other cultures and religion
- And more!
Table des matières
Dilla celebrates Timkat
Miguel celebrates Carnival
Saki celebrates Girl´s Day
Aaron celebrates Purim
Tanya celebrates Easter
Kiyan celebrates Kumbh Mela
Nima celebrates Vesak
Carlos celebrates Inti Raymi
Fatima celebrates Eid Al-FitrMohammed celebrates Eid Al-Adha
Saanvi celebrates Diwali
Juan celebrates Day of the Dead
Kaitlyn celebrates Halloween
Tony celebrates Thanksgiving
Hannah celebrates Hanukkah
A propos de l'auteur
Helena Harastova is a writer, translator, and mother. She graduated in Dramaturgy from the Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts, having previously worked for the National Theatre in Brno, Czech Republic. Her most unusual pastime is proofreading texts for errors in spelling, grammar, and style.
Pavla Hanackova (1990–2021) was a Czech author who studied English and Chinese at Palacky University, Olomouc, and later worked as a children's book editor for Albatros. In addition to her love of travel, she had a deep passion for food – and all things food-related. She hailed from a picturesque Moravian village surrounded by vineyards.
Michaela Bergmannova is an illustrator from Czechia. A graduate of the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, she worked with Czech Television on several children’s shows. She has also illustrated several children’s books and she also works for a children’s magazine. What she loves most about how the children perceive the world is the delight that kids take in new discoveries and their straightforwardness to new topics.
Résumé
Come abroad, young readers, as we discover holiday traditions and different cultures from around the world!
Good company, great food and drink, and most importantly, lots of fun—we all like celebrating holidays! But have you ever wondered how people spend holidays across the world? In How Kids Celebrate Holidays Around the World, readers will travel the world, experiencing many celebrations and cultures.
In this festively illustrated guide that’s perfect for ages four and up, children will discover and learn:
- What Halloween is like in Ireland?
- Why Ethiopia celebrates Timkat?
- How Brazil celebrates Ash Wednesday
- The significance of Eid Al-Adha
- The importance of tolerance for other cultures and religion
- And more!
Préface
Publicity
- Pitch reviews in publishing and library trades (e.g., Publishers Weekly, SLJ, Booklist, Kirkus, Shelf Awareness, Horn Book)
- Mail to long and short lead media contacts
- Pitch reviews and interviews to appropriate blogs and websites
- Pitch launch press release to PW on Albatros Media’s arrival in the U.S.
Marketing and promotion - Send checklist for online journals, influencers, bloggers, review centers
Digital - Social media content, where appropriate
- Include in themed Pinterest boards
School and library marketing - Conferences
- TLA, NSTA, ALA (and other shows, as appropriate)
- Presentations to library selector groups in Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington D.C.
Texte suppl.
HOW KIDS CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD is an engaging picture book read about various holidays around the world. The book takes children on a guide through various celebrations from the vantage point of fictional children in each country. For instance, in Japan, Saki takes the reader on a journey through the celebration of Girls' Day, a day when families pray for little girls' health and happiness. In Russia, we learn how Tanya celebrates Easter, with traditional foods and activities. In Singapore, we join Nima who is celebrating the Buddhist holiday of Vesak. Each page spread includes an image of the celebration, surrounded by numbered boxes that call out specific celebrations shown, including foods, activities, and other key events of the holidays.
What I loved: This is a really fun look at different holidays around the world. The inclusion of a character that guides the journey through each holiday is a nice touch to bring a personal note to each page and add a bit of a storyline along the way. The breadth of countries and holidays (15) is also great with just enough detail to get the highlights of the events.
What left me wanting more: The organization of the book is not entirely clear as it hops back and forth between religions around the globe. It's not quite easy to find a holiday you might be looking for and is really a book that is designed to be used to explore more generally, rather than a resource to understand specific holiday celebrations.
Final verdict: A fun exploration of holidays across the globe, HOW KIDS CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD is an intriguing picture book that explains how 15 different holidays are celebrated in their related countries.
- YA Books Central
Commentaire
"This was a wonderful celebration of a diverse cultures and holidays across the globe. In this book we get to visit 15 different areas and learn about the holidays that are celebrated in these places. Many of these celebrations I have never heard of until reading this book [...] Readers will also learn about the different foods or activities associated with the holiday. This book is extremely diverse in the illustrations and truly celebrates the global diversity of holidays and people who celebrate them. The illustrations are fun, and they incorporate many of the colors and illustrations that are culturally relevant based on the holiday." Youth Services Book Review
"An engaging picture book [...] Each page spread includes an image of the celebration, surrounded by numbered boxes that call out specific celebrations shown, including foods, activities, and other key events of the holidays. [...] This is a really fun look at different holidays around the world. The inclusion of a character that guides the journey through each holiday is a nice touch to bring a personal note to each page and add a bit of a storyline along the way. The breadth of countries and holidays (15) is also great with just enough detail to get the highlights of the events." YA Books Central
