Let's Celebrate: Happy Divali
No. of pages 24
Published: 2017
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Divali, the Festival of Lights, is celebrated by Hindus worldwide. Discover the origins and traditions behind the festival, how people around the globe celebrate it and what it means to them.
Beautiful photography captures the many ways in which this festival is celebrated, and offers children a visually arresting and diverse introduction to one of the most important religious festivals.
Customs and rituals are explained, and children can discover how these vary in different countries and ethnic groups.
Ideal for leisure reads, use in the classroom and to support cross-curricular studies for children aged 5-7.
Other titles in the series include: Happy Easter, Happy Eid al-Fitr and Happy Holi
This book is part of a book series called Lets Celebrate .
There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .
Joyce Bentley was a publisher of children's non-fiction for more than ten years having also commissioned and edited over 1, 000 books. As a writer she specialises in books for young children on science and religion. Based in Twickenham, she divides her time between writing and commissioning for children's non-fiction - a job she absolutely loves!
This book has the following chapters:
- 1: What is Hinduism?
- 2: Hindu Gods and Goddesses
- 3: Happy Diwali
- 4: The Legend of Ramayana
- 5: Lighting the Way for Lakshmi
- 6: Preparing for Diwali
- 7: Time for Prayer
- 8: A Special Day
- 9: Thinking About Diwali
