Product Description

A simple introduction to the Hindu festival of Divali. Follow a family as they make rangoli patterns, light divas and watch a brilliant fireworks display to celebrate their amazing festival of light.

This pre-school series introduces young children to world religions and focuses on the way the festival is celebrated today. There is detailed historical and cultural information at the end for parents and teachers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26756 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 24 pages

Review
"Each book presents an important religious festival in an appealing format. Appropriate bold and colourful illustrations cover each double page spread. These help highlight the cultural and religious nature of the festivals. The texts are brief and simple, telling the stories in a way that naturally explains the rationale behind the respective festivals through the activities and statements made by the children." Books for Keeps"

About the Author
Jonny Zucker has worked in radio, played in several bands and has worked as a stand-up comedian and a teacher. He started writing full-time and has now written over thirty books for adults, teenagers and children. These include the Venus Spring books for Piccadilly Press and the Max Flash for Stripes. He also wrote the Festival Time! series for Frances Lincoln. He lives in London with his family.

Jan Barger Cohen has illustrated many children's picture books.

Customer Reviews

lighting a lamp
I was very pleased at the fast prompt delivery of this book. The book is really good and an easy way to share Divali with 2-4 yr old children.The pictures are bright and colourful and kept the children's attention.

Perfect starting point
I was recently teaching my reception / Year 1 class about Diwali. I thought this book was perfect for helping the children (and myself) to learn about the basic traditions of the festival. I would definitely recommend it and would buy the other books in the range too.

useful resource
This is a very useful teaching resource, and is good as a way of finishing or summing up a lesson