Every Month Is a New Year: Celebrations Around the World
Every Month Is a New Year: Celebrations Around the World
Every Month Is a New Year: Celebrations Around the World
Description
Description
Happy New Year ... in July! This versatile collection of engaging original poems showcases New Year celebrations throughout the year and around the world.
In many places around the globe, the new year starts on January 1. But not everywhere! Chinese New Year is celebrated in January or February. Iranians observe Nowruz in March. For Thai people, Songkran occurs in April. Ethiopians greet the new year at Enkutatash in September. All these celebrations, and many others, have deep-rooted traditions and treasured customs.
Acclaimed poet Marilyn Singer has created a lively poetry collection that highlights sixteen of these fascinating festivities, some well-known and some less familiar. Together with Susan L. Roth's captivating collage illustrations, the poems take readers to the heart of these beloved holidays. Every month of the year, somewhere in the world people celebrate with joy and good wishes for a happy new year.
About the Author
About the Author
Marilyn Singer, recipient of the 2015 NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children, is the author of more than one hundred award-winning books for young readers, including Lee & Low's A Full Moon Is Rising. She has enjoyed a variety of New Year's celebrations--watching midnight fireworks in a city park, receiving red envelopes at a favorite Chinese restaurant, and eating honey cake with family on Rosh Hashanah. Singer and her husband live in Brooklyn, New York, and Washington, Connecticut. Her website is www.marilynsinger.com.
Susan L. Roth's vibrant, unique, mixed-media collage illustrations have appeared in numerous outstanding picture books, including Parrots Over Puerto Rico, winner of the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal; Prairie Dog Song; The Mangrove Tree; Every Month Is a New Year, Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words, and most recently Butterfly for a King. Roth and her husband live in New York. Visit her online at susanlroth.com.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
* "This celebration of new year celebrations around the world is itself worth celebrating... This complete package is an illuminating and respectful appreciation of both our global uniqueness and our commonality." -- Booklist, starred review
* "A visually and sonically stunning introduction to the importance of appreciating time and the change of seasons throughout the world: a multicultural gem." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
* "A lovely collection that both looks back at tradition and forward to new beginnings, wherever one might live." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
* "This gorgeously illustrated picture book-in-verse is jam-packed with lively and lovely descriptions of New Year's traditions around the world." -- Shelf Awareness, starred review
"A rich compendium of poetry, collage, and cultural and historical information on various New Year celebrations from a celebrated poet... A complex and rewarding package that will be cherished by children and adults alike. A strong choice for poetry collections." -- School Library Journal
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels - National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
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