A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals

This title is bright, colorful and packed with celebrations. It is organized by seasons. To give a few examples, spring occasions include St. Patrick’s Day, Hanami, Easter and Earth Day among others, while summer has entries on International Children’s Day, Barunga and Palio di Siena, for example. Autumn holidays include Diwali, Thanksgiving and The Pearly Kings and Queens Harvest Festival among others and a few of the winter times include Bodhi Day, Chinese New Year and The Festival of the Dancing Masks.

Young readers can find out more about holidays they know while also broadening their knowledge of world culture and holidays. All in all, this is a very nice and inclusive title and a good one for home or school libraries.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions are my own.This title is bright, colorful and packed with celebrations. It is organized by seasons. To give a few examples, spring occasions include St. Patrick’s Day, Hanami, Easter and Earth Day among others, while summer has entries on International Children’s Day, Barunga and Palio di Siena, for example. Autumn holidays include Diwali, Thanksgiving and The Pearly Kings and Queens Harvest Festival among others and a few of the winter times include Bodhi Day, Chinese New Year and The Festival of the Dancing Masks.

Young readers can find out more about holidays they know while also broadening their knowledge of world culture and holidays. All in all, this is a very nice and inclusive title and a good one for home or school libraries.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions are my own.

A very good book indeed, destined for many educators' shelves, this takes a suitably global approach to show us a calendar of celebrations, events, parades and spurious days off work that people might have. Chronologically we go from ancient pagan times, Walpurgisnacht and suchlike, through early religious rites (the obvious Easter, Christmas etc) up to more modern conventions (Earth Day, et al). Going through the year, the book starts with spring, whether that be Holi or the Japanese Blossom Festivals, and carries on back to the winter months again. Each main entry gets a very colourful double-page spread, with the main core of the text restricted to one page, and three or four factoids spread across that and the full-page image accompanying. Other spreads round-up similar things for us to consider, such as different countries and how they have a day of fun in celebration of their ruler. The text can feel a little unnecessarily hectoring at times, urging us to join in with International Women's Day for example, but it is clear, it shows us why things are being celebrated and of course how, and the whole is a resounding success, colourfully achieving what it set out to do. Worth celebrating, then. Four and a half stars.

A vibrant book about celebrations and festivals celebrated all over the world. A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals is organized by season going through many events that take place from religious holidays, cultural traditions, to whimsical festivals. I didn't love the illustration style, but the pictures are vibrant and very fun. This would be an excellent reference or gift for elementary school aged children.

Thank you Quarto Publishing Group – Frances Lincoln Children's Books and NetGalley for providing this ARC.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read and review.

I love love love this book - it is basically a guide to celebrations around the world! As a teacher I need this book to help me be aware of special days for various religions and cultures. As it is my responsibility to know them and not rely on my students to tell me, this book will provide a great starting place. I like how it is divided up by season, since many holidays follow a lunar calendar. I also appreciate how the events in the book are not all based on religions - things like Earth Day are great to celebrate and are universal to all humans. Also - the pictures are colourful and fun to look at!

I received an electronic ARC from Quarto Publishing Group – Frances Lincoln Children's Books through NetGalley.
Grace creates a thorough summary of holidays celebrated around the world. She takes readers through a wide variety of events and explains their significance in simple to follow text. No one religion or country is stressed so readers are introduced to a wide variety of faiths and celebrations. The illustrations are brightly colored and draw readers' eyes to feel the energy and excitement with each event. Some of the text is smaller than I prefer for this level but the short blurbs work to include further information.
Looking forward to sharing this with our students.

This book is so gorgeous that I wish that I had a hardcopy to enjoy with my children for years to come. I will be looking for a copy of this. It is so beautiful and brightly colored and has a wealth of information on various celebrations throughout the year. It is informative and fun to go through.

This is a beautiful book and I think it would be perfect for any educator or family with children. The colors are bright and inviting and truly capture the spirit of each holiday. The book is broken up by season and has expansive lists of all different types of festivals and holidays. It is such an amazing way for children to explore new cultures and learn more about the world around them. This would be perfect for educators to use with their students and introduce them to a great variety of holidays around the world!

This was an interesting collection of popular and not-so-popular festivals and celebrations worldwide. It was nice to have a glimpse into what various cultures celebrate across the world. I appreciated how the author tried to include a diverse range of festivities within a single book. From religious holidays to personality-oriented celebrations to dedications to nature-based festivals, the book seemed to traverse the whole gamut of human festivities. Just one point of contention though. Hajj is not a celebration or a festival but a religious pilgrimage for Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime. It is akin to putting a Christian's visit to the Vatican or a Hindu's visit to Amarnath as a celebration. Accomplishing the pilgrimage might be a cause for celebration, the pilgrimage itself is not a celebration.

I am pretty sure the ARC copy messed up the font in some way because in many text bubbles, the font went beyond the designated circular boundary. It also seemed unnaturally plain as contrasted with the bright multi-hued illustrations.

The sketches were pretty good and catchy.

I am sure this book would be much, much better in the physical format when you read it.

As for the contents, it serves the title well.

The illustrations are great and relevant.

However, it's the descriptions that seem a bit too crowded and small.

Otherwise, it's a very insightful and informative read for everyone. The kids will enjoy the vibrant art and the diversity in the art.

Thank you, authors and the publisher for the advance reading copy.

Colorful, engaging book provides a glimpse of various celebrations around the world. Enjoyable way to learn about a variety of holidays & festivals, some just for fun like the tomato fight in Spain at La Tomatina.

A very descriptive colorful book about festivals around the world. I like how this book classified the festivals by season. A great encyclopedic book of festivals to have on your little ones bookshelf that you can reference again and again.

*Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group – Frances Lincoln Children’s Books and NetGalley for this Ebook in exchange for my honest review

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

A year full of Celebrations and Festivals is a beautiful, bright and eye catching book about numerous different celebrations and festivals celebrated across the globe.
Each event is explained in child friendly format in ways they will understand and is accompanied by lovely, bright illustrations and some have little bubbles of information spotted about the page.
This book is great for teaching children the basics of Celebrations and festivals and for them to learn about different cultures, religions and beliefs too.

A beautifully illustrated book of global celebrations and festivals. This is the type of reference book that will get plenty of use both in the home and at school. It both educates and inspires.

This is a beautifully illustrated book highlighting the many festivals celebrated throughout the world. I think that getting a ebook is a sneaky trick for this visually challenged bestemama. Now I MUST get a print copy so I can read it before giving it to the out of state grandkids!
I requested and received a free temporary ebook from Quarto Publishing Group – Frances Lincoln Children's Books via NetGalley.

Do you know there's a Kite Festival in the world? Or that the Chinese also celebrate Ghost Month as the European celebrate Halloween, but in different time of year? Or a festival named Barunga?

We celebrate different things each month, yet the celebration itself will bring families together and share happiness. There are some festivals dated way beyond our understanding, and some celebrated just recently like Gay Pride.

I also found that it's interesting to learn about those celebrations to understand others' culture better.

This was a cute book full of so many celebrations and stories of holidays I celebrate, ones I had heard of, and ones that I hadn't. It was organized by season with lots of fun pictures, engaging text, and stories that are able to be understood of people of all ages. There may have been some formatting issues with my copy as some of the text and bubbles didn't line up, but it was still beautiful.

Thank you NetGalley and Frances Lincoln Children's Books for the digital advance reading copy of A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals.

First, I love the fact that you included Newgrange in your book and you made it the highlight of your Winter Solstice page, that is awesome. I have taken the Newgrange tour and it is a really cool experience.

I like that this book contains a lot of smaller festivals alongside the bigger, well known festivals. This book will provide a stepping stone for families to learn about new places, cultures, and celebrations, and maybe even plan a trip or two to visit some of these festivals.

A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals is a brightly coloured book about festivals and celebrations that happen around the world. This book overs a brief insight into the celebrations it features. There is a nice spread of festival types and celebrations from around the world.

The book is sorted by seasons, which is nice for the grouping but doesn’t work so well for us in the Southern Hemisphere, as the sorting is done by the Northern Hemisphere seasons. The book does make reference to this though, saying things like if you are in the Southern Hemisphere, this festival will be celebrated in summer not winter. Celebrations included range from the more well known to the obscure, including religious festivals and days, Pride festivals, Earth and environmental festivals, and special days that celebrate historic figures.

There is not a great deal of information provided about each festival, day or celebration, so this book is more useful as an overview or introduction rather than a source that would be good for research. It would be perfect for students who are unsure about which celebration to research and allow them a brief overview of many celebrations.

The publishers provided an advanced readers copy of this book for reviewing purposes. All opinions are my own.

This book is great, colourful and engaging. It contains a huge amount of information in a fun and engaging way. Perfect for the classroom. I shall be ordering school copies. .

What a great resource for the classroom.
Within the Australian Curriculum, the HASS unit in Year 3 deals with celebrations:
- Days and weeks celebrated or commemorated in Australia (including Australia Day, Anzac Day, and National Sorry Day) and the importance of symbols and emblems.

- Celebrations and commemorations in places around the world (for example, Chinese New Year in countries of the Asia region, Bastille Day in France, Independence Day in the USA), including those that are observed in Australia (for example, Christmas Day, Diwali, Easter, Hanukkah, the Moon Festival and Ramadan).
Dealing with a lot of schools, I know they will love this book, with everything they need in one place.
This book is set out by season, so it’s not ideal for use in Australia, as our seasons are different. We don’t celebrate Easter or St Patrick’s Day in Spring. To me, it would have made more sense to break it into months of the year.
There’s also a mention of a Queen Elizabeth II Day that we supposedly celebrate in Australia. We don’t call it that, we celebrate what we call, the Queen’s Birthday.
My only other disappointment is that the date of each celebration isn’t very bold or clear. I think that after the name of the celebration, the date is what readers will want to know, so it would have been good if that stood out on the page, instead of being part of the body of the text.
I think it would be useful in the classroom, looking at different celebrations from around the world, what a great way to embrace the multicultural nature of the school community.

I thought this was a beautifully done book. I really enjoyed the illustrations and all of the information on each celebration. The celebrations are broken up into season, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. A variety of cultures and countries are showcased across these pages. Each one gives a summary of the day and why it is important as well as a few little tidbits about the day.

This would make a beautiful gift for any child!

A year full of celebrations and festivals by Christopher Corr and Clare Grace published by Frances Lincoln, quarto

What a vibrant and informative tour of the world through festival and celebrations! This book is sure to brighten up any day and give you an excuse to celebrate and rejoice.
The book travels through the year detailing special days, carnivals, religious festivals and celebrations of history. It’s a wonderful reference book and provides a great starting point for children looking at celebrations and festivals.
I love that Earth day, International Women’s day and more obscure celebrations are included.
This is a wonderfully diverse and rich collection of celebrations around the world.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Frances Lincoln for the chance to review this lovely book.

A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals

Ages: 3yrs-9yrs

The first thought in my mind when I saw the book was that it was very colorful and vibrant.
Once I delved deeper I realized that the book covers many international festivals.
The format of the book is heavily picture based and that is what makes it attractive.

Also the author has covered many different festivals from all over the world which makes it unique

What I love about the book

1) The diversity that the book showcases. Ranging from seasons, to festivals in different countries, etc there is a wide range of information covered

2) The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous

3) This is a bookshelf book. Something that you would want to keep on your shelf for years!

I really enjoyed this book!

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