Harvest (Festivals)

by PollyGoodman (Editor), Clare Chandler (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $5.75

  Examples of how harvest festivals are celebrated are shown: light a candle for Kwanza, the African-American harvest festival, decorate a sukkah for the Jewish week of Sukkot and take a gift of fruit and vegetable to a Christian church. This book explains the history of festivals ancient and modern and what each celebration means.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $115.92

  Harvest is celebrated in different ways throughout the world. This book describes how people may light a candle for Kwanza - the African-American harvest festival - decorate a sukkah for the Jewish week of Sukkot or take a gift of fruit and vegetables to a Christian church. This book includes the religious origin and history of each harvest festival, as well as the different ingredients that make up the various celebrations today. An illustrated map shows where the festivals are celebrated around the world and a calendar shows their relative positions.