A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals

Author: Claire Grace
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 0711245428
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
Countless different festivals are celebrated all over the world throughout the year. Some are national holidays, celebrated for religious and cultural reasons, or to mark an important date in history, while others are just for fun. Give thanks and tuck into a delicious meal with friends and family at Thanksgiving, get caught up in a messy tomato fight in Spain at La Tomatina, add a splash of color to your day at the Holi festival of colors and celebrate the life and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. With fact-filled text accompanied by beautifully bright illustrations from the wonderfully talented Chris Corr, prepare yourself for a journey as we travel around the world celebrating and uncovering a visual feast of culture.

All Year Round

Author: Sue Fitzjohn
Publisher: Festivals and the Seasons
ISBN: 9781869890476
Category : Church year
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
All Year Round is brimming with things to make, activities, stories, poems and songs to share with your family. It is full of well-illustrated ideas for fun and celebration: from Candlemas to Christmas and Midsummer's day to the Winter solstice.Observing the round of festivals is an enjoyable way to bring rhythm into children's lives and provide a series of meaningful landmarks to look forward to. Each festival has a special character of its own: participation can deepen our understanding and love of nature and bring a gift to the whole family. All Year Round invites you to start celebrating now!

Around the World in 500 Festivals

Author: Steve Davey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781857336856
Category : TRAVEL
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Around the World in 500 Festivals is a rare book that will fascinate and inspire. A large-format, beautifully illustrated coffee-table volume, it is a photographic exploration of the richness and variety of the world's most colourful, moving, joyful, and spectacular celebrations. Thousands of festivals, great and small, take place around the world every year. The book contains: - A unique selection of 500 unmissable festivals around the world - More than 200 full-colour photographs that capture the spirit and immediacy of the events - Special features in the form of extended photographic essays - Original research and stunning photography by an internationally recognized writer-photographer Around the World in 500 Festivals takes this approach to a different level. It will help people who want to plan their trip to coincide with a festival. It will also enthrall and inform armchair travelers everywhere. Elegantly designed and lavishly produced, it is exceptional value for money and makes a perfect gift for travellers and readers of all ages, backgrounds, and cultures.

A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals

Author: Claire Grace
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 0711245436
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130

A Year of Festivals

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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

The Year's Festivals

Author: Helen Philbrook Patten
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fasts and feasts
Languages : en
Pages : 346

Book Description
History of several holidays and the customs associated with them.

All Around the Year

Author: Jack Santino
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252065163
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Whether they're decorating Easter trees or celebrating Wagner's birthday by playing recordings of his Ring cycle operas and incinerating a model of Valhalla on an outdoor barbecue to the closing strains of "Gotterdämerung," Americans know both how to create and how to celebrate holidays. Jack Santino's guide to such frivolity is a wonderfully readable exploration of holidays, periods of festivity, and life-cycle rituals and celebrations. Santino draws on history, anthropology, popular culture, and folklore to show the intricate relationships between holidays and the roles that celebrations and rituals play in people's lives.

The Year's Festivals

Author: Helen Philbrook Patten
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Festivals
Languages : en
Pages : 270

Book Description

A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals

Author: Claire Grace
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 0711245444
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
With fact-filled text accompanied by beautifully bright illustrations from the wonderfully talented Chris Corr, prepare yourself for a journey as we travel around the world celebrating and uncovering a visual feast of culture. Countless different festivals are celebrated all over the world throughout the year. Some are national holidays, celebrated for religious and cultural reasons, or to mark an important date in history, while others are just for fun. Give thanks and tuck into a delicious meal with friends and family at Thanksgiving, get caught up in a messy tomato fight in Spain at La Tomatina, add a splash of color to your day at the Holi festival of colors and celebrate the life and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The World Full of… series is a collection of beautiful hardcover story treasuries. Discover folktales from all around the world or be introduced to some of the world’s best-loved writers with these stunning gift books, the perfection addition to any child’s library. Also available from the series: A Year Full of Stories, A World Full of Animal Stories, A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories, A World Full of Dickens Stories, A World Full of Spooky Stories, and A Bedtime Full of Stories.

A Year of Festivals

Author: James Bainbridge
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781741790498
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
Arranged by the calendar year, an illustrated guide to celebrations and festivals around the world spotlights some of the world's greatest events, accompanied by information on the history and culture of each festival and its location.