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Let's celebrate!, festival poems from around the world, edited by Debjani Chatterjee & Brian D'Arcy ; illustrated by Shirin Adl

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Let's celebrate!

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edited by Debjani Chatterjee & Brian D'Arcy ; illustrated by Shirin Adl

festival poems from around the world

Collection of 31 poems celebrating festivals from around the world, by poets from across the globe. Also includes details about each of the festivals represented in the book

Contents Introduction --The Chinese Dragon / by Catherine Benson -- The Pancake / by Christina Rossetti -- Tossing Pancakes / by Nick Toczek -- Ice Festival / by Brian D'Arcy -- Carnival / by Valerie Bloom -- Three Loud Cheers for Esther / by Debjani Chatterjee and Brian D'Arcy -- Saint Patrick's Day / by Brian D'Arcy -- A Card for me Mom / by Bashabi Fraser -- Colours of Holi / by Debjani Chatterjee -- Baisakhi / by Anonymous -- Cherry Blossom Haiku / by Uejima Onitsura and Kobayashi Issa -- Easter Lily / by June Masters Bacher -- Grandma's Easter Eggs / by Wes Magee -- Dance, Dance / by Anonymous -- Poe-Tree for Arbor Day / by Sue Hardy-Dawson -- On Buddha Purnima / by Bashabi Fraser -- Ode to Tomatoes (extracts) / by Pablo Neruda -- Harvest / by Joan Poulson -- Harvest Festival / by Simon Fletcher -- Eid Mubarak! Eid Congratulations / by Kazi Nazrul Islam -- Moon Cakes for Trung Thu / by Mandy Coe -- Hallowe-en / by Jill Townsend -- Diwali / by Debjani Chatterjee -- Hannukah / by Andrea Shavick -- Thanksgiving / by Ralph Waldo Emerson --The Pilgrims Came / by Anonymous Christmas Bells (extract) / by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- Christmas Pudding / by Anonymous -- Kwanzaa / by Anonymous -- About the Festivals

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