Children Just Like Me: Celebrations! - Hardcover

Kindersley, Anabel; Kindersley, Barnabas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789420279 ISBN 13: 9780789420275

Publisher: DK Children, 1997

Synopsis

This remarkable new book from photographer and writer team Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley captures the color and vibrancy of international children’s festivals. For 12 months, Barnabas and Anabel traveled around the world, meeting children and talking to them about the celebrations and festivals they enjoy. The children’s stories were recorded in this beautiful book, published in association with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Original photography and the children’s own words bring to life many of the world’s major religious and local celebrations from countries as far apart as Japan and Mexico, India, and Sweden. From the dazzling costumes of the Rio Carnival to the role of the elephants in Sri Lanka's Esala Perahera, children everywhere will love learning about the festivals and the wonderful ways in which these events are celebrated around the world.

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Review:

Dorling Kindersley Publishers never fail to create beautiful, engaging children's books, packed with fascinating information. In Celebrations, photographer Barnabas Kindersley teams up with writer Anabel Kindersley and UNICEF to create a fascinating journey exploring the cultural traditions of children all over the world. Harry Belefonte notes in his introduction, "Here is your opportunity to travel by book to nearly every corner of the globe ... [and] join children everywhere in celebrating important events in their lives." In addition to photographs of traditional costumes and customs, each child from the wide range of countries represented gives a first-person account of how holidays are celebrated. Children will enjoy learning about how kids like just like them have fun, and in the process will broaden their cultural horizons. (Ages 8 to 12)

About the Author:

Anabel Kindersley is a teacher, a homeopath, a writer, and a business owner. She is the author of Children Just Like Me and Children Just Like Me: Celebrations!, which she wrote after traveling the world with her husband, Barnabas, and interviewing children in 31 countries about their customs and festivals. She helps run Neal's Yard Remedies, an organic and eco-friendly health and beauty company.

Barnabas Kindersley is a photographer and entrepreneur. He and his wife, Anabel, worked as a writer/photographer team to travel the world and document different childhood cultural customs in the books Children Just Like Me and Children Just Like Me: Celebrations! He is the CEO of Neal's Yard Remedies, which sells organic health and beauty products.

About this edition

• Publisher: DK Children
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0789420279
• ISBN 13: 9780789420275
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64