On my own holidays
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3) Earth Day
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Tells the story of Earth Day 1970 and 1990 in the United States and the special activities planned to call global attention to the problems of pollution, environmental destruction, and waste of natural resources.
4) Halloween
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Pub. Date
[1980]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Explains the origins of the holiday of Halloween and such traditions as black cats, jack-o-lanterns, witches, bonfires, and trick-or-treating.
5) Hanukkah
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The story of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, takes readers back more than two thousand years in history. Understand why Jews gather to light candles for eight nights each year. Discover what a dreidel and menorah are for, and who the Maccabees were. Celebrated each year to remember the destruction and restoration of the temple, a war for freedom, and a miracle, Hanukkah is a special and important holiday for Jews around the world.
6) Ramadan
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Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An introduction to Islamic observances during the month of Ramadan and the subsequent festival of Eid-al-Fitr.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An introduction to the life of the Massachusetts Indian Squanto, best known for befriending the Pilgrims of the New Plymouth Colony.
Describes how the Indian Squanto, an English-speaking Christian and former slave, whose village had been wiped out by smallpox, taught the Pilgrims the skills they needed to survive the harsh Massachusetts winter.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Chinese New Year begins each January or February on the first day of the new year in China's traditional calendar. This 15-day celebration is the most important holiday in Chinese communities all over the world. The celebration includes fireworks, costumes, dancers, parades, gifts of lucky money", family gatherings and feasting, and the Festival of Lanterns. It is a time to remember loved ones that have died, celebrate the past year, and look towards...
9)
Cinco de Mayo
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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Easter is celebrated in many different ways around the world. In Sweden, children dress up as Easter witches and go door to door, hoping for candy. Egyptian children have egg-rolling contests. Russian children play an egg-tapping game. And in Colombia, Easter is a time for donkey beauty pageants. Take a trip around the world to see how this very special holiday is celebrated.
11) Veterans Day
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Series
Pub. Date
c2005 (2006)
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Tells about the history of Veterans day.
12) Juneteenth
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers!
June 19th, 1865, began as another hot day in Texas. Enslaved African Americans worked in fields, in barns, and in the homes of the white people who owned them. Then a message arrived. Freedom! Slavery had ended! The Civil War had actually ended in April. It took two months for word to reach Texas. Still the joy of that amazing day has...
13) Passover
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The book describes the origins of the Passover story in the story of Moses and the Israelites' escape from Egypt. It also explains how the holiday is celebrated today and includes a discussion of the Seder.