Celebrations Around the World: The Fabulous Celebrations you Won't Want to Miss
No. of pages 48
Published: 2019
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It's time to celebrate! From Christmas and Thanksgiving, to Diwali and Halloween, kids won't want to miss out on all the festivities.
Embark on an exciting journey through the most interesting and important festivals, celebrations, and holidays enjoyed by people around the world. Witness a camel marathon in a celebration of the Sahara Desert, and devour some delicious dumplings to celebrate Chinese New Year. Discover why skeletons dance at the Day of the Dead in Mexico, and how the world's biggest tomato fight, La Tomatina in Spain, gets cleaned up!
Stunning original illustrations and fascinating facts will inspire and inform children about cultures and religions from the countries of the world.
Children will love poring over artist Katy Halford's beautiful illustrations, which showcase every celebration in absorbing detail. Engaging factual writing introduce young readers to the most interesting aspects of each celebration, from the costumes worn to the food eaten, and encourage an understanding of other cultures and religions.
This book has been graded for interest at 5-7 years.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd .
Karen Wallace is an award-winning author of children's books for all ages. Her Goose Pimple Bay Sagas was a World Book Day recommended read in 2008 and Li Fu's Great Aim was chosen for the 2008 Boys into Books Promotion. Karen has also created the popular Alice the Anteater books. Katy Halford is from Leicestershire, and can't remember a time before she loved to draw. As a child she would create paper houses and shops and would play for hours in these imaginary worlds, creating little stories and acting them out. She went on to graduate at Loughborough University with a degree in Illustration. Katy is fascinated by people and animals and turning them into characters. She loves to add patterns and details to clothing, fun hairstyles, hats, glasses and lots of other accessories!