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Let's Celebrate!

Special Days Around the World

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Paperback ISBN: 9781782858348 £7.99 In stock	- +

Written by Kate DePalma

Illustrated by Martina Peluso

Experience 13 special days from cultures around the world! Rhyming text and vibrant illustrations throughout encourages beginning readers, while educational notes at the end brim with facts about the special days for older children to explore. Complete with a calendar to reinforce learning, Let’s Celebrate! makes for a fun and informative companion to the award-winning Barefoot Books Children of the World.

The featured festivals include:

Kodomo no Hi (Japan)
Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) (China)
Matariki (New Zealand)
Inti Raymi (Peru)
Carnival (Brazil)
Midsummer (Sweden)
Nowruz (Iran)
Passover (United States)
New Yam Festival (Nigeria)
Novy God (Russia)
Eid al-Fitr (the end of Ramadan) (Egypt)
Día de Muertos (Mexico)
Diwali (India)

More Details

Product Dimensions: 247 x 255 mm
Page Count: 40 pages
Age Range: Ages 4-10 years

Awards & Accolades

Silver IPPY Award, 2021

"An accessible tool for teaching children about world cultures, seasonal special events, and festivals for school and public library collections" — School Library Journal

About the Contributors

Written by - Kate DePalma

Kate DePalma was born and raised outside Nashville, TN, USA. As Senior Editor at Barefoot Books, she has helped develop dozens of picture books, including the many titles she has authored and co-authored. She holds an M.A. in Classics from the University of Texas and is also a published poet and scholar. Kate lives with her husband and daughter in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. For more information, visit www.katedepalma.com.

Illustrated by - Martina Peluso

Martina Peluso has wanted to be an illustrator ever since she read The BFG by Roald Dahl when she was young. After growing up in Tuscany and Naples, Italy, she studied Art of Printing at the Institute of Art in Naples and has taken illustration courses at Sarmede and Pavia. She has worked in all areas of illustration, including advertising, packaging, editorial and design; her artwork has been exhibited throughout the world. Martina lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. She has also illustrated Let's Celebrate: Special Days Around the World for Barefoot Books.

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