This exciting anthology of poems celebrates festivals all over the world. From Chinese New Year to Carnival, from Thanksgiving to Holi, and from Purnima to Diwali. with explanations of the festivals at the back of the book, and with colourful and atmospheric illustrations by Shirin Adl.
Here are poems celebrating 24 fantastic festivals from around the world, by poets from across the globe...Eid, Diwali, Hannukah, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Kwanzaa, Chinese New Year, Pancake Day, the Cherry Blossom Festival - and lots more!
Find poems about your favourite festivities or go for more unusual celebrations. Look out for the Ice Festival with its massive ice sculptures, or tree-saving Arbor Day, and go wild at Tomatina, the wonderful tomato-throwing spectacle.
With glowing illustrations, this is an exciting journey of discovery that brings each festival vividly to life. Let's Celebrate!
Contents
Introduction
The Chinese Dragon by Catherine Benson
The Pancake by Christina Rossetti
Tossing Pancakes by Nick Toczek
Ice Festival by Brian D'Arcy
Carnival by Valerie Bloom
Three Loud Cheers for Esther by Debjani Chatterjee and Brian D'Arcy
Saint Patrick's Day by Brian D'Arcy
A Card for me Mom by Bashabi Fraser
Colours of Holi by Debjani Chatterjee
Baisakhi by Anonymous
Cherry Blossom Haiku by Uejima Onitsura and Kobayashi Issa
Easter Lily by June Masters Bacher
Grandma's Easter Eggs by Wes Magee
Dance, Dance by Anonymous
Poe-Tree for Arbor Day by Sue Hardy-Dawson
On Buddha Purnima by Bashabi Fraser
Ode to Tomatoes (extracts) by Pablo Neruda
Harvest by Joan Poulson
Harvest Festival by Simon Fletcher
Eid Mubarak! Eid Congratulations by Kazi Nazrul Islam
Moon Cakes for Trung Thu by Mandy Coe
Hallowe-en by Jill Townsend
Diwali by Debjani Chatterjee
Hannukah by Andrea Shavick
Thanksgiving by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Pilgrims Came by Anonymous
Christmas Bells (extract) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Christmas Pudding by Anonymous
Kwanzaa by Anonymous
About the Festivals
A great classroom and assembly resource and gives a super look at the diversity of world celebrations in a very refreshing way. - Parents in Touch
An exhilarating teaching resource that makes for a fine poetry anthology for the home too. - Families
An excellent way to celebrate the diversity of festivals and seasonal celebrations with children. - Juno
An ideal introduction to the significance of celebrations for everybody, and reflects something of the world's diversity. - Ibby Link
The Pilgrims Came
The Pilgrims came across the sea
And never thought of you and me;
And yet its very strange the way
We think of them Thanksgiving day.
We tell their story, old and true,
Of how they sailed across the blue,
And found a new land to be free
And built their homes quite near the sea.
Every child knows well the tale
Of how they bravely turned the sail
And journeyed many a day and night,
To worship God as they thought right.
(Anonymous, USA)
Publication Details:
Binding: Hardback, 56 pages ISBN: 9781847800879 Format: 270mm x 214mm
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