This exciting anthology of poems celebrates festivals all over the world. From Chinese New Year to Carnival, from Thanksgiving to Holi, and from Purnima to Diwali.

This book of poetry includes explanations of the festivals at the back of the book, and colourful and atmospheric illustrations by Shirin Adl.

There are 56 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2013 by Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd .

Debjani Chatterjee was born in India and came to Britain at nineteen. She attended seven schools and four universities, worked in the steel industry, education and community relations, and is now a full-time writer. She chairs the National Association of Writers in Education, contributes to the Poetry Society's poetryclass website and is a founder member of The Bengali Women's Support Group. The author of thirty-five books, Debjani has been called 'a voice of rare originality' (David Morley) and 'a poet full of wit and charm' (Andrew Motion). Her poetry has won major prizes. SHIRIN ADL was born in Harlow, England, in 1975. She received a first class BA honours in illustration from Loughborough University, and won the Hallmark M&S division Talented Designer Award. She currently lives in Oxford with her husband. BRIAN D'ARCY is an Anglo-Irish poet who has contributed to many anthologies of children's poetry and has had two collections published. He retired from lecturing at Sheffield Hallam University, after having previously lectured in Huddersfield, Blackburn and Lancaster. Brian is a member of the Mini Mushaira writers, has a passion for horses, retelling Irish folktales and writing poetry for children and adults. His poetry prizes include First Prize in the Edward Lear Centenary Limerick Competition. He lives in Sheffield with his wife Debjani Chatterjee, with whom he has edited Let's Celebrate! Festival Poems from around the World and Let's Play! Poems about Sports and Games from around the World .

This book has the following chapters:

Contents



Introduction

The Chinese Dragon by Catherine Benson

The Pancake by Christina Rossetti

Tossing Pancakes by Nick Toczek

Ice Festival by Brian D'Arcy

Carnival by Valerie Bloom

Three Loud Cheers for Esther by Debjani Chatterjee and Brian D'Arcy

Saint Patrick's Day by Brian D'Arcy

A Card for me Mom by Bashabi Fraser

Colours of Holi by Debjani Chatterjee

Baisakhi by Anonymous

Cherry Blossom Haiku by Uejima Onitsura and Kobayashi Issa

Easter Lily by June Masters Bacher

Grandma's Easter Eggs by Wes Magee

Dance, Dance by Anonymous

Poe-Tree for Arbor Day by Sue Hardy-Dawson

On Buddha Purnima by Bashabi Fraser

Ode to Tomatoes (extracts) by Pablo Neruda

Harvest by Joan Poulson

Harvest Festival by Simon Fletcher

Eid Mubarak! Eid Congratulations by Kazi Nazrul Islam

Moon Cakes for Trung Thu by Mandy Coe

Hallowe-en by Jill Townsend

Diwali by Debjani Chatterjee

Hannukah by Andrea Shavick

Thanksgiving by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Pilgrims Came by Anonymous

Christmas Bells (extract) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Christmas Pudding by Anonymous

Kwanzaa by Anonymous

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