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Every Month Is a New Year: Celebrations Around the World
Contributor(s): Singer, Marilyn (Author), Roth, Susan L. (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1620141620     ISBN-13: 9781620141625
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
OUR PRICE:   $19.76  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2018
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry - General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Holidays & Celebrations - General (see Also Religious - Christian - Holiday
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - General
Dewey: 811.54
LCCN: 2016027055
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 9.5" W x 11.2" (1.10 lbs) 56 pages
Themes:
- Holiday - New Year's
- Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 195652
Reading Level: 4.7   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:

Notable Poetry List, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Original Art Show, Society of Illustrators

Happy New Year ... in July! This versatile collection of engaging original poems showcases New Year celebrations throughout the year and around the world.

In many places around the globe, the new year starts on January 1. But not everywhere! Chinese New Year is celebrated in January or February. Iranians observe Nowruz in March. For Thai people, Songkran occurs in April. Ethiopians greet the new year at Enkutatash in September. All these celebrations, and many others, have deep-rooted traditions and treasured customs.

Acclaimed poet Marilyn Singer has created a lively poetry collection that highlights sixteen of these fascinating festivities, some well-known and some less familiar. Together with Susan L. Roth's captivating collage illustrations, the poems take readers to the heart of these beloved holidays. Every month of the year, somewhere in the world people celebrate with joy and good wishes for a happy new year.


Contributor Bio(s): Singer, Marilyn: -

MARILYN SINGER is the author of more than one hundred children's and young adult books in
a variety of genres, including many poetry collections. Singer was the 2015 winner of the NCTE Excellence in Poetry for Children Award. Honors her books have won include the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor, Parents' Choice Award, Children's Choice Award, and Notables from ALA, NCSS, NCTE, and NSTA. Singer and her husband live in Brooklyn, New York, andWashington, Connecticut.

Roth, Susan L.: -

SUSAN L. ROTH's unique mixed-media collage illustrations have appeared in numerous award-winning children's books, many of which she also wrote. Her bookParrots Over Puerto Rico​won the Robert F. Sibert Medal for Nonfiction from the American Library Association. Roth lives in New York.