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Celebrate Kwanzaa
Contributor(s): Otto, Carolyn (Author)
ISBN: 142630319X     ISBN-13: 9781426303197
Publisher: National Geographic Society
OUR PRICE:   $13.56  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2008
* Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Celebrate Kwanza focuses on the African-American holiday, which falls during the festive, gift-giving season and is celebrated by families, communities, and schools throughout America. With succinct, lively text and beautiful photographs, the book celebrates African-American culture and helps us to understand and appreciate this special holiday.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Kwanzaa
Dewey: 394.261
LCCN: 2007041221
Lexile Measure: 780
Series: Holidays Around the World (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.6" W x 10.1" (0.85 lbs) 32 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Holiday - Kwanzaa
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 135361
Reading Level: 4.2   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
Celebrate Kwanzaa continues the spectacular Holidays Around the World series by focusing on this African-American holiday, which falls during the festive, gift-giving season and is celebrated by families, communities, and schools throughout America. With succinct, lively text and beautiful photographs, the book celebrates African-American culture and helps us to understand and appreciate this special holiday. Over the course of seven days, African Americans, families and friends, come together to light the candles that symbolize their past and future-and their unity. They 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. In addition, a note from the book's consultant, aimed at parents and teachers, puts the holiday in its full cultural and historical perspective. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.