Here Come the Brides

by Ellen Jackson, Carol Heyer (Illustrator)

Describes the customs and traditions connected with weddings all over the world

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens, Picture Books

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Sophie Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book! It is great to see what different brides will be wearing on their day, where they may get married, and other traditions they go through. In colonial times, a thimble was given to a woman for an engagement and then the ring off the bottom was cut off and worn. Japanese poems were written to the young woman a man wished to marry and she would write one in return to show off her penmanship and writing skills. in New Guinea the groom would buy his wife with pigs, fruit, shells, or beads. A Malay bride wears a dress made from a songket of any color, Italian brides worse silk dresses with embroidered gold or silver in the 1800s, and a Spanish bride sometimes wears a traditional black dress. In Arab countries the bride dyes her hands with henna and her dress is red, and green is the color for a wedding gown in Norway. Masai women paint their skin and hair with red ocher, in the village of Tobelo in Indonesia the bride is adorned with white dots, and a bride from central India wears a jeweled nose ring for her special day. There are many, MANY, more things in this book but this is just a few of the things. This is a great book for older children to probably read and it's good for an introduction for other cultures and to research why they do the traditions they do.