Book
Birthdays around the world
Record details
- ISBN: 9781771386241
- Publisher: Kids Can Press Sep2017
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Spring Island Public Library | J 394.2 RUU (Text) | 33123009560930 | Children's Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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An introduction to how children all over the world celebrate their birthdays includes coverage of the fun-filled traditions of cultures ranging from Peru and Latvia to Canada and Vietnam. 10,000 first printing. - Grand Central Pub
Discover how children from all over the world celebrate their birthdays!Everyone has a birthday. But not everyone celebrates the same way. Meet seventeen kids from different countries around the globe who are each enjoying a birthday according to their local traditions. Mercedes in Peru eats a cake and a purple pudding called mazamorra morada. Ieva in Latvia is raised in the birthday chair, one lift for each year. And Phúc Khang in Vietnam commemorates Tet, when everyone in the country turns one year older. Kids everywhere are invited to the fun! There are so many ways to have a happy birthday! - Grand Central Pub
Everyone in the world has a birthday. But birthdays are not celebrated in the same way everywhere. Meet Mercedes in Peru, who eats a cake and a purple pudding called mazamorra morada. Ieva in Latvia is raised in the birthday chair, one lift for each year. And rather than celebrating his own birthday, Phúc Khang in Vietnam joins in the festivities during Tet, when everyone in the country turns one year older. Based on interviews with real people, award-winning author Margriet Ruurs tells the unique stories of how seventeen children from all around the globe celebrate a birthday, including how they each say happy birthday in their native language. Following the memorable stories, children are invited to compare their own birthday traditions with the ones they've learned about in the book. Birthdays can be a yearly highlight and a shared experience for children, which make them a perfect subject for introducing different customs around the world. As with all the titles in the bestselling Around the World series, this fascinating book provides cross-curricular applications in language arts, global studies and geography. Ashley Barron's beautiful cut-paper collage artwork adds a contemporary, stylized feel to the pages. Enriching the reading experience are a world map that pinpoints all the locations of the children in the book; a two-page spread containing six activities that facilitate a closer reading of the text; and a glossary containing translations, pronunciations and foreign scripts for the foreign words and phrases in the book.
