Let's Celebrate: Festival Poems

by JohnFoster (Editor)

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $3.47

  Children are fascinated by traditions in different cultures and religions and this anthology celebrates the diversity of festivals around the world. Taking the reader through the year, there are poems about the lion dance in Singapore, the fishing festival in Nigeria, the doll festival in Japan and many more, as well as celebrations much loved in the UK. Useful footnotes give extra details about the festivals, making them really come to life. Poets include John Agard, Judith Nicholls, Wes Magee and Jack Prelutsky, and the collection is fully illustrated in colour and black and white.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.47

  Let's Celebrate is a collection of original poems about celebrations and traditions round the year and round the world, from Africa to Scandinavia, Bali to Scotland. Find out what's special about dragons in China, fishing in Nigeria, or trees in Australia, while notes to the poems explain about the various festivals. The poets include John Agard, Judith Nicholls, Wes Magee, and Jack Prelutsky; and in the illustrations, in colour and black and white, different artists give their own views of the celebrations. The book is especially useful for its comprehensive coverage of multi-cultural celebrations. It is now reissued with a new cover.

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  Hardcover
  1989

  $4.48