Holidays and Festivals Index
Holidays and Festivals Index

Author: Helene Henderson

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 908

ISBN-13:

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A guide to some 3,000 holidays, festivals, celebrations, commemorative days, feasts, and fasts held in countries around the world, as found in 26 well-known and widely held dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works on special days and observances. The main text is an alphabetical arrangement of events by name. Entries may include name of event, person or event named for or honored, location, ethnic or religious group, date established, date of observance, and sources with page numbers. Also included is a section explaining the different calendars of the world and tables of state and national public holidays. An annotated bibliography lists a wide range of books for all ages. Ethnic and geographic, name, religion, and chronological indexes follow the main index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Holiday Symbols
Holiday Symbols

Author: Sue Ellen Thompson

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 720

ISBN-13:

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A guide to hundreds of symbols associated with 224 popular holidays from around the world, covering foods, places, people, legends, and other aspects.

Holidays, Festivals & Celebrations of the World Dictionary
Holidays, Festivals & Celebrations of the World Dictionary

Author: Omnigraphics

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780780813625

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"A comprehensive dictionary that describes more than 3,300 holidays and festivals celebrated around the world. Features both secular and religious events from many different cultures, countries, and ethnic groups. Includes contact information for events; multiple appendices with background information on world holidays; extensive bibliography; multiple indexes"--

World Holiday, Festival, and Calendar Books
World Holiday, Festival, and Calendar Books

Author: Tanya Gulevich

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13:

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Briefly describes some 1,000 resources on world holidays, festivals, and calendars. Entries encompass dictionaries, guidebooks, folklore and ethnic studies, children's books, historical studies, scholarly analysis and philosophical discussions, and works about calendars and time reckoning systems. Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress numbers and ISBNs are given for most entries. Periodicals, associations, and Web sites are also listed. Useful for those working in libraries, education, and religious institutions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Holidays Around the World
Holidays Around the World

Author: Pearline Jaikumar

Publisher:

Published: 2017-12

Total Pages: 1524

ISBN-13: 9780780816190

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Describes more than 3,500 holidays and festivals celebrated around the world. Features both secular and religious events from many different cultures, countries, and ethnic groups. Includes contact information for events; multiple appendices with background information on world holidays; extensive bibliography; multiple indexes.

Cumulative Glossary and Index
Cumulative Glossary and Index

Author: World Book, Inc

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 9780716650515

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Cumulative index and glossary that offers a compilation of the ten individual volume indexes and glossaries in this series, plus a list of additional print and electronic sources.

Multicultural Projects Index
Multicultural Projects Index

Author: Mary Anne Pilger

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

Published: 2005-09-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1591582369

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This updated and expanded fourth edition of a popular reference book for teachers and librarians to use in planning interesting extension projects, holiday events to promote diversity, and cross-cultural understanding indexes 725 new books and features over 1,000 indexed projects. Indexes build on the previous three volumes. The book is indexed by subject and author and features indexes to educational games, crafts, activities, and more. It will be particularly useful to educators for use in the social studies curriculum, but also valuable to daycare providers and parents. Booklist and Appraisals and others favorably reviewed previous editions. Complete bibliographic information is given for all books indexed. Grades K-8.

Holidays, Festivals & Celebrations of the World Dictionary
Holidays, Festivals & Celebrations of the World Dictionary

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 1500

ISBN-13: 9781785395475

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"A comprehensive dictionary that describes more than 3,300 holidays and festivals celebrated around the world. Features both secular and religious events from many different cultures, countries, and ethnic groups. Includes contact information for events; multiple appendices with background information on world holidays; extensive bibliography; multiple indexes"--