Kids Around the World Celebrate!: The Best Feasts and Festivals from Many Lands

by Lynda Jones

Everyone loves a reason to have a good time, and although culturesaround the world have their own unique feasts and festivals, we allshare many of the same reasons to celebrate. Now you can learnabout the many ways people from around the globe celebrate theirspecial days, and join in the fun!

Celebrate Chinese New Year while making chiao-tzu dumplings, thenpop over to Saudi Arabia and taste delicious date-nut cookiescalled ma amoul while celebrating Eid ul-Fitr. Make an elaborateVenetian mask to wear at a masquerade ball in Venice duringcarnevale, then pound out a festive rhythm on the Igbo drum you vemade and celebrate the Iriji festival in Nigeria. Eat, drink, andmake merry with the many diverse and exciting crafts, recipes, andactivities in this book. No matter what language you say it in,celebrations are fun!

Genres: Holiday, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published November 4, 1999

Reviews

[Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book looks at 16 festival/celebrations from around the world. There is information about each festival and how it is celebrated. Each chapter also includes either a recipe, arts & craft project, or game that can be made by an adult with a child or an older child with a younger child. A little simplistic but could be used in conjunction with other resources.

[Madeline Masluk · Rating 4 out of 5]

This teacher resource book is a good book for teachers to use when it comes to learning about their student's culture. It would come into good use if teachers were to have a nationality day, to come up with ways on how to cook certain foods, play different games or make different crafts representing the culture. I found this book to be very helpful and resourceful to use in a classroom or for a certain school event.

[Denise Ribeiro]

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[Mellanie C · Rating 5 out of 5]

I used these books a lot when I was a Girl Scout leader.