The Gifts of Kwanzaa by Synthia Saint James, Albert Whitman & Co, Morton Grove, IL, 1994A book about the seven days, the seven principals, and the seven symbols of Kwanzaa.
The Gifts of Kwanzaa by Synthia Saint James, Albert Whitman & Co, Morton Grove, IL, 1994
A book about the seven days, the seven principals, and the seven symbols of Kwanzaa.
Christmas for 10 by Cathryn Falwell, Clarion Books, NY, 1998.
A rhyming Christmas Counting book.
Hanukkah Lights, Hanukkah Nights by Leslie Kimmelman, illustrated by John Himmelman, HarperCollins Publishers, NY, 1992
How a Jewish family celebrates the eight days of Hanukkah, the festival of lights.
Light the Candle! Bang the Drum! by Ann Morris, pictures by Peter Linenthal, Dutton Children's books, New York, 1997
Short illustrated descriptions of twenty four different holidays from cultures around the world.
Celebrating Chinese New Year by Diane Hoyte-Goldsmith, photographs by Lawrence Migdale, Holiday House, NY 1998
How a San Francisco boy and his Chinese-American family really celebrate the Chinese New Year.
A Christmas Tree in the White House by Gary Hines, illustrated by Alexandra Wallner, Henry Holt & Company, NY, 1998
A mostly true story of a Christmas when Quentin and Archie, the sons of President Theodore Rosevelt, sneak a little Christmas tree into the White House.
Celebrate the Sun by Betty Nickerson, J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1969
Festivals of many cultures and faiths described and shown through the art of children.
Olive, the Other Reindeer by J. otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh, Chronicle Books, San Franscisco, 1997.
Olive the dog hears the song about "All of the other reindeer" and thinks that it is "Olive, the other reindeer" which leads to a trip to the North Pole and other adventures with Santa.
The Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco, Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, NY, 1996
During a scarlet fever epidemic in Michigan, a Jewish family helps make Christmas special for their sick neighbors.
The Christmas Menorahs, How a Town Fought Hate by Janice Cohn, D.S.W., illustrated by Bill Farnsworth, Albert Whitman & Company, Morton Grove, IL, 1995
A story about how two children, two families, and a community stand together against bigotry and acts of hatred, based on real events in Billings, Montana in 1993.
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