What Do You Celebrate?: Holidays and Festivals Around the World Engaging factual writing introduces young readers to the most interesting aspects of each celebration, from the costumes worn to the food eaten and encourages an understanding of other cultures and religions. Young readers will love poring over artist Katy Halford’s beautiful illustrations, which showcase every celebration in absorbing detail.

The pages are bursting at seams with vibrant colours as each page is covered in details that kids adore: Hummingbirds buzzing among lush green leaves – which happen to be coconuts for festive coconut trees everywhere- camels chasing away sand devils across rugged landscapes… There are so many things awaiting discovery throughout these pages!! Stunning original illustrations will inspire you with captivating facts about cultures from countries all over the globe! Witness a camel marathon in celebration of one desert’s barren beauty taste some delicious dumplings to celebrate another country’s rich heritage. Here is a list of books that I found to be helpful for teaching children about traditions from around the world! If you need help finding books that are the right level for your child, this post will help.ĭisclaimer: This post includes affiliate links, which means I make a small commission if you choose to buy something through my link, at no cost to you.Ĭelebrations Around the World: The Fabulous Celebrations you Won’t Want to MissĮmbark on an exciting journey through the most interesting and important festivals, celebrations, and holidays enjoyed by people around the world. It helps kids understand and get curious about other people and expand their world views, even if you can’t travel to the celebration yourself.

It’s fun to learn about what other countries do and then try them out with your kids at home. No matter where you are in the world, there is a lot of variety in traditions not only from culture to culture but also from family to family. It’s that love of the quirky traditions that lead me to great the Festivals Around The World packs (available here on Teachers Pay Teachers or here on Etsy) When we travel, I love to find out about the local traditions, those little celebrations that are unique to a particular town. I’m a big believer that if more was taught about culture, religion and traditions from around the world to kids then there would be less hate and fear in the world today.

Celebrations anabel kindersley