This title aims to help readers to understand the beliefs, traditions and customs of world faiths and cultures. It features the festivals of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikkhism, Taoism, Jainism, Rastafarianism, Bahai, Zoroastrianism and Shintoism. Topics covered include: how yearly cycles of festivals reflect the hopes, fears and successes of humans, the teachings, stories, myths, legends and symbols central to each festival, and the foods, music, costumes, plants and animals associated with festivals. This title should be a useful resource for Key Stage 2 and 3 RE and Citizenship.

 

This book is part of a book series called Festivals Of the World .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Hachette Children's Group .

Martin Palmer studied Theology at the University of Cambridge, specializing in Chinese and Japanese studies, and holds an MA. Joanne O'Brien studied Comparative Religion and Ancient Near Eastern Religions at the University of Manchester, and holds an MA degree in Theology. She has written a wide range of books that explore both relationships between faiths and between religion and secular society.