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Festivals!
Un maravilloso libro ilustrado que recopila y explica diversas tradiciones, fiestas y festivales de pueblos de todo el planeta, algunos tan populares como la Navidad, Janucá, Eid-al-Fitr y Diwali, y otros menos conocidos y sorprendentes como la carrera de las orugas peludas o las batallas de las cometas de Hamamatsu. Por cualquier página por la que los pequeños abran el libro sentirán toda la magia y diversión de cada celebración, mientras aprenden sobre diferentes culturas y tradiciones ancestrales que les ayudará a entender mejor el mundo.
- GenresNonfiction
32 pages, Hardcover
Published May 16, 2023
About the author
Jane Bingham
336 books17 followersJane M. Bingham spent most of her adult life teaching college students about children's literature at Oakland University, collecting and studying children's books from across history and around the world, and campaigning for better materials for children to read. After she retired from that career, she began writing children's books of her own. Bingham has since authored several nonfiction books that seek to explain contemporary issues to children, including divorce, the dangers of drug abuse, and the art and culture of civilizations around the world.
In Why Do Families Break Up? Bingham attempts to demystify the process of divorce for middle-school students. The book begins by examining some of the reasons a couple might decide to divorce, then moves on to explain the process of coping and moving on after a family separates. School Library Journal contributor Sharon A. Neal described the book as "supportive [and] unbiased" and noted, "Despite the nature of the topic, the book is hopeful."
Tiananmen Square: June 4, 1989 examines the studentled protest against China's Communist rulers that occurred there, in the middle of Beijing, in the spring of 1989. On June 4 the government mobilized the army, including tanks, to disperse the demonstrators, killing several of them in the process. "The excellent illustrations and clear narrative," Elizabeth Talbot wrote in School Library Journal, make Tiananmen Square a "good introduction" to the protest and its aftermath.
Bingham is the author of three installments in the "World Art and Culture" series, examining India, Africa, and Aboriginal Australia. Each book is brief, only fifty-six pages long, and "the texts are straightforward and concise," Gillian Engberg noted in a review of AfricanArt and Culture for Booklist. Despite this brevity, much information is packed into each volume. Bingham opens each book with a chapter about the history of the region, from thousands of years ago to the present day, and follows with chapters about the art forms practiced in that area. These include architecture, basket-weaving, creating musical instruments, dance, and body modification (tattoos, piercings, and the like), among others. Indian Art and Culture also includes a chapter on one of that country's modern art forms, the "Bollywood" movie industry. As Donna Cardon noted in School Library Journal, "The texts not only describe the art forms and how they are created, but also explain the role that art plays in the cultures."
Bingham once wrote: "In 1981 I completed a trip which took me to American Samoa, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Kenya, South Africa, and Swaziland. I collected examples of children's books along the way and became acutely aware of the need for books and other teaching resources in many developing countries. I was especially impressed with the variety of India's and Bangladesh's children's books—in spite of the difficulties their creators often encounter in publishing and promoting them. I also found that becoming aware of and enjoying the literature from other countries enriched my appreciation of American children's books. I found myself asking over and over why we, with the plethora we have to choose from, too often opt for the mediocre rather than the 'rarest kind of best.' As educators, creators, and consumers, we all too often forget to think of children's books as real literature because we fail to apply critical literary standards. It is my hope that my teaching and writing will draw attention to the continuing need for quality books in our own country and will also encourage American students and teachers to adopt a wider, world view of children's literature."
In Why Do Families Break Up? Bingham attempts to demystify the process of divorce for middle-school students. The book begins by examining some of the reasons a couple might decide to divorce, then moves on to explain the process of coping and moving on after a family separates. School Library Journal contributor Sharon A. Neal described the book as "supportive [and] unbiased" and noted, "Despite the nature of the topic, the book is hopeful."
Tiananmen Square: June 4, 1989 examines the studentled protest against China's Communist rulers that occurred there, in the middle of Beijing, in the spring of 1989. On June 4 the government mobilized the army, including tanks, to disperse the demonstrators, killing several of them in the process. "The excellent illustrations and clear narrative," Elizabeth Talbot wrote in School Library Journal, make Tiananmen Square a "good introduction" to the protest and its aftermath.
Bingham is the author of three installments in the "World Art and Culture" series, examining India, Africa, and Aboriginal Australia. Each book is brief, only fifty-six pages long, and "the texts are straightforward and concise," Gillian Engberg noted in a review of AfricanArt and Culture for Booklist. Despite this brevity, much information is packed into each volume. Bingham opens each book with a chapter about the history of the region, from thousands of years ago to the present day, and follows with chapters about the art forms practiced in that area. These include architecture, basket-weaving, creating musical instruments, dance, and body modification (tattoos, piercings, and the like), among others. Indian Art and Culture also includes a chapter on one of that country's modern art forms, the "Bollywood" movie industry. As Donna Cardon noted in School Library Journal, "The texts not only describe the art forms and how they are created, but also explain the role that art plays in the cultures."
Bingham once wrote: "In 1981 I completed a trip which took me to American Samoa, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Kenya, South Africa, and Swaziland. I collected examples of children's books along the way and became acutely aware of the need for books and other teaching resources in many developing countries. I was especially impressed with the variety of India's and Bangladesh's children's books—in spite of the difficulties their creators often encounter in publishing and promoting them. I also found that becoming aware of and enjoying the literature from other countries enriched my appreciation of American children's books. I found myself asking over and over why we, with the plethora we have to choose from, too often opt for the mediocre rather than the 'rarest kind of best.' As educators, creators, and consumers, we all too often forget to think of children's books as real literature because we fail to apply critical literary standards. It is my hope that my teaching and writing will draw attention to the continuing need for quality books in our own country and will also encourage American students and teachers to adopt a wider, world view of children's literature."
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August 5, 2023
Wat een heerlijk feestboek zeg! Allemaal festiviteiten en festivals over de hele wereld. Met prachtige en kleurrijke platen. Plus, leuk dat het op thema liep en het leek alsof alle feesten in dat thema samen waren gekomen.
April 11, 2024
Short & sweet, mostly pictures and a sentence (or two) for each holiday, with a summary and more info for each (still scant) in the appendix. LOTS of Thai representation, and thankfully only a few USA-based curiosities (Woollie Worm Day shown, but thankfully they gave Groundhog Day a miss). Can't list all events here (too many - at least 3, usually 4 or 5 per double-page spread, grouped by commonality - Glow (festivals of light), Crackle (fires and fireworks), Feasts, Parades, etc.
TIL that The Burning of Zozobra in New Mexico is basically a rip-off of Sechseläuten in Zürich (who had ripped off Mittefasten just a little way down the Limmat) in Switzerland. Betting that Swiss settlers brought in the custom there!
TIL that The Burning of Zozobra in New Mexico is basically a rip-off of Sechseläuten in Zürich (who had ripped off Mittefasten just a little way down the Limmat) in Switzerland. Betting that Swiss settlers brought in the custom there!
May 21, 2023
The content of this book is well suited to it's title - every page is vibrant, engaging and is festival of colours.
Lots of festivals are covered throughout the book and whilst some are little more than a footnote, they all came with bright imagery.
There's extra activities at the end of the book which make it much more re-readable.
Lots of festivals are covered throughout the book and whilst some are little more than a footnote, they all came with bright imagery.
There's extra activities at the end of the book which make it much more re-readable.
May 11, 2024
Wat een heerlijk boek! Heel kleurrijk en met aandacht voor feesten van over de hele wereld. Hierdoor toont het een heel diverse waaier aan festiviteiten, gegroepeerd op thema's zoals 'licht', 'kleur' etc.
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