Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Kwanzaa: With Candles, Community, and the Fruits of the Harvest - Softcover

Otto, Carolyn B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1426307055 ISBN 13: 9781426307058

Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books, 2010

Synopsis

With succinct, lively text and beautiful photographs, this book celebrates African-American culture and helps us to understand and appreciate this special holiday. Over the course of seven days, families and friends come together to light the candles that symbolize past and future—and African-American unity. We gather as a community to make music and to dance; to feast on harvest foods and the good things of the earth; and to exchange simple, often homemade gifts. Readers are introduced to the symbols of the holiday, such as the mkeka (a special placemat), kinara (candleholder), and kikombe cha umoja (unity cup). Important concepts, like the seven principles, are explained.

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About this title

About the Author

Carolyn B.Otto is the author of more than 20 books, including several award-winning children's non-fiction titles. She has also written poetry and fiction for children and adults. She earned her master's degree from New York University. She now lives in Colorado Springs, CO.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1426307055
• ISBN 13: 9781426307058
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32