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Author:

Moehn, Heather.

Title:

World holidays : a Watts guide for children / Heather Moehn.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

F. Watts,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

123 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Holidays--Juvenile literature.
Festivals--Juvenile literature.
Fasts and feasts--Juvenile literature.
Festivals.
Holidays.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-119) and index.

Contents:

Adults' day -- Advent -- All saints' day -- All souls' day -- ANZAC day -- April fools' day -- Arbor day -- Ash Wednesday -- Ashura -- Assumption day -- Ati-atihan festival -- Australia day -- Baby's first haircut -- Bastille day -- Berchtold's day -- Boxing day -- Canada day -- Central African Republic independence day -- Children's day -- Chinese new year -- Christmas -- Cinco de Mayo -- Citizenship day -- Columbus day -- Confucius's birthday -- Festival of Corpus Christi -- Day of the dead -- Diwali -- Doll festival -- Dragon boat festival -- Dussehra -- Earth day -- Easter -- Eid al-Adha -- Eid al-Fitr -- Emancipation day - Epiphany -- Father's day -- Flag day -- Full moon day -- Ganesha Carturthi -- Good Friday -- Guy Fawkes day -- Halloween -- Hanukkah -- Holocaust remembrance day -- Hostos day -- Independence day (fourth of July) -- Iranian new year (Nawruz) -- Jamhuri day -- Feast of Joan of Arc -- King Kamehameha I day -- Korean new year -- Krishna's birthday -- Kwanzaa -- Labor day -- Las Posadas -- Leap year day -- Lent -- Mardi gras -- Martin Luther King, Jr. day -- May day -- Memorial day -- Mexican independence day -- Mormon pioneer day -- Mother's day -- Muhammad's birthday -- Native American indian powwow -- New year's day -- Obon -- Orange day -- Our lady of Fatima day -- Palm Sunday -- Pan-American day -- Passover -- Pearl Harbor day -- Pentecost -- Philippine independence day -- Polish constitution day -- Presidents' day -- Pulaski day -- Purim -- Raksha Bandhama -- Ramadan -- Republic day -- Robert E. Lee day -- Rosh Hashanah -- Sadie Hawkins day -- Feast of San Gennaro -- Sechselauten -- St. John the Baptist day -- St. Joseph's day -- St. Lucia's day -- St. Patrick's day -- Sukkot -- Summer solstice -- Take our daughters to work day -- Texas independence day -- Thanksgiving -- Tol -- Tu Bi-shevat -- Vaisakhi -- Valentine's day -- Vernal equinox -- Vesak -- Veteran's day -- Victoria day -- Vietnamese new year (Tet Nguyen dan) -- Waitangi day -- Walpurgisnacht (Walpurgis night) -- World AIDS day -- Yom Kipper -- Calendars from around the world -- Holiday calendar.

Summary:

An illustrated alphabetical guide to celebrations and holidays around the world, including religious, civic, and cultural practices.

ISBN:

9780531117149
0531117146

LCCN:

99014673

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

EKPC715 -- Hartley Public Library (Hartley)

YIPB062 -- Shellsburg Public Library (Shellsburg)

PBPC546 -- Sigourney Public Library (Sigourney)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

CXPC586 -- Keck Memorial Library (Wapello)