| FAMILY TRAVEL |
| Author: Roseanne Thong, illustrator:
Elisa Kleven |
This lively compilation
of wishing traditions from
around the world is sure
to educate and inspire young
readers—and makes a
perfect gift! Each charming
custom provides insight into
the cultures of lands far
and near while reminding
us of the similarities we
all share. Includes Japan,
China, Thailand, Russia,
Iran, Israel, India, Australia,
South Africa, Italy, Ireland,
Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico,
and the United States.
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From Publishers Weekly
"The many ways to make a wish wherever home may be” come in for lighthearted
yet respectful exploration in this attractive square-format book. Thong (Red
Is a Dragon) entices readers with consistently well-rhymed verses (“We
puff on dandelions/ with their fluff as white as milk—/ our wishes sail
through the breeze/ on parachutes of silk”), following up each with a brief
description of a national custom. Some may be familiar—throwing coins into
Rome's Trevi Fountain or offering prayers at Jerusalem's Western Wall—but
many will be new to most readers: in India children make secret wishes on peacock
feathers and save them in notebooks or diaries. Rendered in Kleven's (The Paper
Princess) kaleidoscopic style, many of the full-bleed spreads nearly shimmer,
as in the picture of Brazilian children jumping waves on New Year's Day. The
book ends with a multiethnic group of American children blowing out birthday
cake candles, inviting readers to look at their own practices from a newly broadened
perspective. Endnotes include more information along with an invitation to find
15 lucky symbols hidden in the pictures."
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| Ages 5-9 |
$16.99 (hardcover)
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