Celebrate!
1 primary work • 7 total works
Book 9
This book helps you to discover how Jewish families all over the world celebrate this festival that happens once a year in March or April. Find out about the special food and customs surrounding Passover, and about other events in the Jewish calendar.
Find out why lights are so important in the festival of Diwali, read about the story of Diwali, which gods are worshiped and what traditions are carried out each year. Discover how Hindus and Sikhs all over the world celebrate this important festival through worship, food, body decoration, fireworks and dancing. This book includes the festival's religious origin and history, as well as the different ingredients that make up the celebration today. An illustrated map shows where the festival is celebrated around the world and a calendar of other festivals in the same religion puts the festival into context.
Find out why Christians celebrate Christmas on 25th December every year and why people give each other presents, sing carols and decorate their homes and churches. Read about Father Christmas, Baboushka in Russia, and the story of the red poinsettia plant which is told in Mexico. This book includes the religious origin and history of Christmas, as well as the different ingredients that make up the celebration today. An illustrated map shows where the festival is celebrated around the world and a calendar of other Christian festivals puts it into context.
This is an introduction to Islam through one of its major festivals, Id-ul-Fitr. An opening-spread world map shows how this festival is celebrated around the world and includes sections on prayers, rituals and food associated with it. This book is one of a series which treats festivals as a cross-curricular subject as it can be used to teach Religious Education, History and Geography. It has a global approach showing how festivals are celebrated around the world. Illustrated interest boxes add bite-sized chunks of information and each title ends with an illustrated calendar showing other festivals celebrated within the region.
This book uses the same approach and illustrations as "Festivals: Easter", but has shorter simplified text. It tells the story of Easter, and looks at how it is celebrated around the world today. It gives the background to Ash Wednesday, Shrove Tuesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. It also looks at Easter egg competeions and Passion Plays, Easter food and Easter clothes.
This book uses the same approach and illustrations as 'Festivals: Chinese New Year', but has shorter simplified text. It tells the story of the celebration, and looks at how it is celebrated around the world today.