![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Enriching the reading experience are a world map that pinpoints all the locations of the children in the book a two-page spread containing six activities that facilitate a closer reading of the text and a glossary containing translations, pronunciations and foreign scripts for the foreign words and phrases in the book. Ashley Barron's beautiful cut-paper collage artwork adds a contemporary, stylized feel to the pages. As with all the titles in the bestselling Around the World series, this fascinating book provides cross-curricular applications in language arts, global studies and geography. Following the memorable stories, children are invited to compare their own birthday traditions with the ones they've learned about in the book.īirthdays can be a yearly highlight and a shared experience for children, which make them a perfect subject for introducing different customs around the world. Based on interviews with real people, award-winning author Margriet Ruurs tells the unique stories of how seventeen children from all around the globe celebrate a birthday, including how they each say happy birthday in their native language. And rather than celebrating his own birthday, Phúc Khang in Vietnam joins in the festivities during Tet, when everyone in the country turns one year older. Ieva in Latvia is raised in the birthday chair, one lift for each year. Meet Mercedes in Peru, who eats a cake and a purple pudding called mazamorra morada. But birthdays are not celebrated in the same way everywhere. ![]()
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