By Kate DePalma (author) , Martina Peluso (illustrator)
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Experience 13 special days from cultures around the world! Rhyming text and vibrant illustrations throughout encourages beginning readers, while educational notes at the end brim with facts about the special days for older children to explore. Complete with a calendar to reinforce learning, Let’s Celebrate! makes for a fun and informative companion to the award-winning Barefoot Books Children of the World.
Lyrical, sensory nonfiction text and vibrant illustrations invite readers to experience a child's-eye view of 13 special days around the world, such as the Spring Festival, Inti Raymi, Eid al-Fitr, Dia de Muertos and the New Yam Festival. Includes a global festival calendar and educational notes about why we celebrate.
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The featured festivals include:
Kodomo no Hi (Japan)
Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) (China)
Matariki (New Zealand)
Passover (United States)
New Yam Festival (Nigeria)
Eid al-Fitr (the end of Ramadan) (Egypt)
Día de Muertos (Mexico)
"An accessible tool for teaching children about world cultures, seasonal special events, and festivals for school and public library collections" — School Library Journal
Kate DePalma was born and raised outside Nashville, TN, USA. As Senior Editor at Barefoot Books, she has helped develop dozens of picture books, as well as co-authored the award-winning Barefoot Books Children of the World (2016). Publishing under her pseudonym, Sunny Scribens, Kate has also written Space Song Rocket Ride (TBD), My Friend Robot! (2017) and the critically-acclaimed Baby's First Words (2017). She holds an M.A. in Classics from the University of Texas and is also a published poet and scholar. Kate lives with her husband and daughter outside San Francisco, CA. Martina Peluso has wanted to be an illustrator ever since she read The BFG by Ronald Dahl when she was young. After growing up in Tuscany and Naples, Italy, she studied Art of Printing at the Institute of Art in Naples and has frequented illustration courses at Sarmede and Pavia. She has worked in all areas of illustration, including advertising, packaging, editorial and design; her artwork has been exhibited throughout the world. She has illustrated several children's books, including The Princess of the Springs (Barefoot Books, 2014; republished as The Ruler of the Springs in 2019) and Dara's Clever Trap (Barefoot Books, 2014). She lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Let's Celebrate! Special Days Around the World and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-8 years old
Let's Celebrate! Special Days Around the World features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Recommendations, People / Places, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Reference Works, World Religions, Featured Books for 5+ readers
Paperback. £7.19, down from the £7.99 cover price. In Stock.
Let's Celebrate! Special Days Around the World was written by Kate DePalma and published by Barefoot Books Ltd
Let's Celebrate! Special Days Around the World has 40 pages
£7.19, reduced from £7.99. In Stock.
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