DePalma, Kate
Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text introduce special days around the world, including the Spring Festvial, Inti Raymi, Eid al-Fitr, Día de Muertos, and the New Yam Festival. Includes calendar of special days and notes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J394.2 DEPNambi, Shoshana
Summary: "Sukkot is Shoshi's favorite Jewish holiday. She and her brothers love to decorate their sukkah, the hut where her family will celebrate. But who will win the Ugandan Abayudaya community's annual sukkah contest? While only one sukkah can be the best, everybody wins when neighbors work together."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kalaniot Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NAMMora, Pat
Summary: Children read aloud in various settings to celebrate of El día de los niños, or Children's Day, in this bilingual story. Includes facts about Mexico's annual celebration of children and the book fiestas that are often included.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020
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Summary: A multicultural family celebrates the traditions of two New Years--the Jewish Rosh Hashanah in the autumn, and the Asian Lunar New Year several months later.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOMacomber, Debbie
Summary: "Peter Armstrong and Hank Colfax are best friends, but their lives couldn't be more different. Peter, the local pastor who is dedicated to his community, spending time visiting the flock, attending meetings, and, with the holiday season approaching, preparing for the Christmas service and live nativity. As a bartender, Hank serves a much different customer base at his family-owned tavern,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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Summary: "The light from a menorah takes a young boy on a journey around the world, introducing him to other cultural and religious holidays that celebrate light. He visits space, a desert, mountains, and more, seeing different people, food, and their own unique celebrations before returning home to his own family and menorah. An author's note provides information about Hanukkah, Diwali, Christmas,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pajama Press
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays, Call number: JE HEAOseman, Alice
Summary: "A very special Heartstopper story set over a challenging holiday season... Reuniting Tori Spring, her little brother Charlie, and Charlie's boyfriend Nick, this novella sees the Spring siblings brave a particularly difficult festive season"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OSECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC OSESummary: In simple rhyming text, Thing One and Thing Two from Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" chase a tricky leprechaun through a St. Patrick's Day parade, where they encounter bag pipe and harp players, Irish stepdancers, four-lead clovers, a rainbow, and even a pot of gold.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD DRKim, Anna
Summary: Danbi invites her friends to celebrate Children's Day like she did in Korea and is worried the picnic behind her parents' deli falls short of the kites and magic train rides she promised her friends.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KIMSharff, Billy
Summary: "When one family's cookies are so good that Santa and other holiday characters decide to stay, the question of why this holiday only comes once a year is answered by the time the 4th of July rolls around, when everyone's had a bit too much Christmas"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHAFisch, Sholly
Summary: It is the holiday season, and the Super Friends are expecting to celebrate, but Doctor Light is planning to turn off the lights and spoil the party.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "Clarice Bean loves Christmas, and she's determined to spread tidings of joy in every possible way. That means making cards to send the neighbors, no matter how unfriendly; assisting a friend in need; stepping in at the Christmas concert; and helping out at home. But as hard as Clarice tries to spread the good cheer, it becomes clear that this holiday season will look different for the Tuesday...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CHIJungkunz, Mariel
Summary: It's eleven days after Christmas and Lucía yearns to be in lush Puerto Rico celebrating Día de los Reyes with family and friends. But this year, instead of dancing and singing in the parrandas of her Puerto Rican neighborhood, she is surrounded by cold and silence in snow-blanketed Ohio. How will she ever be able to guide the Three Kings to her new home in the frosty Midwest? This picture book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JUNKenah, Katharine
Summary: "With five Thanksgiving dinners to eat, there's going to be one very stuffed turkey!"--Page 4 of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cartwheel Books 2015
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: JE KENMeyer, Marissa
Summary: Told in alternating voices, twelve-year-old identical twin sisters adopted into separate families switch places to experience the other's holiday traditions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MEYMcNamara, Margaret
Summary: Eigan's mom talks to Mrs. Connor's class about how the Lunar New Year, Eigan's favorite holiday, is celebrated.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MCNBaker, Keith
Summary: In rhyming text, a group of happy green peas celebrates the special holidays of each month, and the passing seasons.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2016
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Summary: Take a stroll through the city in summer and experience the sights, sounds, colors, and smells of the multitude of different holidays we celebrate in the summer. From Bastille Day to the Fourth of July, everyone has a reason to celebrate. With simple rhymes, a counting pattern, and stunning papercraft art reminiscent of Ezra Jack Keats, this diverse board book is the perfect introduction to the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Familius LLC 2022
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Summary: "When a snowstorm prevents all the relatives from coming in for the holidays, a family has to adapt their traditions and find new ways to celebrate."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2024
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Summary: "Sami receives one of his grandfather's ties as an Eid al-Adha gift and makes some important decisions."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YUKElliott, Rebecca
Summary: Warm Hearts Day is approaching and Eva has been making lots of fun gifts and treats for her friends, but as the big party at the Old Oak Tree nears, she realizes that she has neglected to make any gifts for her family.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ELLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR BLUE ELL Book 5Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ELLGoodluck, Laurel
Summary: In this happy, vibrant tribute to Rock Your Mocs Day, observed yearly on November 15, author Laurel Goodluck (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Tsimshian) and artist Madelyn Goodnight (Chickasaw) celebrate the joy and power of wearing moccasins—and the Native pride that comes with them. A perfect book for Native American Heritage Month, and all year round!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GOOMatula, Christina
Summary: While helping her family celebrate two extra-special harvest holidays -- the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, Ruby realizes there's something missing to blend these two holidays together and must figure out what it is.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MATNovak, Brenda
Summary: When her ex revenge-posted a sex tape online, up-and-coming TV anchor Emery Bliss lost her job on top of her self-esteem. Seeking solace-- and anonymity--in Silver Springs, Emery is thrown into contact with Dallas Turner. Being home for the holidays and his adoptive mother's wedding isn't where mountain climber Dallas feels most comfortable. Thanks to his troubled childhood, he would rather be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2020