Describes how and why daylight grows shorter as winter approaches, the effect of shorter days on animals and people, and how the winter solstice has been celebrated throughout history. Includes activities.

"Countless different festivals are celebrated all over the world throughout the year. Some are national holidays, celebrated for religious and cultural reasons, or to mark an important date in history, while others are just for fun ... With fact-filled text accompanied by beautifully bright illustrations from ... Chris Corr, prepare yourself for a journey as we travel around the world celebrating and uncovering a visual feast of culture"--

Each summer for the past one hundred years, local residents on an otherwise tranquil block in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn turn their lives upside down for two weeks in order to host the reenactment of a centuries-old religious pageant. The annual feast of San Paulino di Nola has its roots in an archaic fertility rite with exotic pagan undertones. Italians from the Campanese village of Nola, who emigrated to Williamsburg in the 1880's, brought...

Explains the characteristics and traditions of numerous holidays such as Hanukkah, Dia de los Muertos, and Juneteenth.

Looks at forty festivals around the world that are little known outside their locale and characterized by spectacular costumes and bizarre rituals.

The annual Corn Maze Festival is coming and every day the chickens, cows, and Duck help Farmer Brown--with a few bribes--to create a special Statue of Liberty corn maze, and every night Duck works hard creating his own surprise.

Introduces holidays and festivals from around the world, including Chinese New Year, the Indian spring festival known as Holi, and other celebrations from Brasil and Japan.

Told that he is too young to wear a mask at the Fiesta, Ni~no makes his own mask and surprises his family and the whole village. Includes a glossary of Spanish words and an author's note.

"Readers are introduced to the different annual festivals, holidays, and events held around the world as they learn what it's like to celebrate other cultures. This exploration of celebrations in other countries teaches the traditions and values of different groups of people, helping young readers broaden their worldview. The importance of various celebrations is explained in this engaging, age-appropriate text that encourages a deeper appreciation...