Experience 13 special days from cultures around the world! Rhyming text and vibrant illustrations throughout encourages beginning readers, while educational notes at the end brim with facts about the special days for older children to explore. Complete with a calendar to reinforce learning, Let’s Celebrate! makes for a fun and informative companion to the award-winning Barefoot Books Children of the World. The featured festivals include: Kodomo no Hi (Japan) Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) (China) Matariki (New Zealand) Inti Raymi (Peru) Carnival (Brazil) Midsummer (Sweden) Nowruz (Iran) Passover (United States) New Yam Festival (Nigeria) Novy God (Russia) Eid al-Fitr (the end of Ramadan) (Egypt) Día de Muertos (Mexico) Diwali (India)