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1) It's Diwali!
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[2017]
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24 pages : illustrations, color ; 23 cm.
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What's the most important holiday in India? It's Diwali! This celebration is also known as the festival of lights. Learn what people do to celebrate this special holiday.
2) Summer
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c1998
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32 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
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Describes some of the holidays that are celebrated around the world in summer, including May Day, Kodomonohi, Flag Day, and South American street festivals, and provides instructions for a variety of related craft projects.
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"The Saturnalia carnival marks three years since Nina walked away from Philadelphia's elite Saturn Club--with its genteel debauchery, arcane pecking order, and winking interest in alchemy and the occult. In doing so, she abandoned her closest friends and her chance to climb the social ladder. Since then, she's eked out a living by telling fortunes with her Saturn Club tarot deck, a solemn initiation gift that Nina always considered a gag but has turned...
4) Fiber gathering: knit, crochet, spin and dye more than 25 projects inspired by America's festivals
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c2009
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164 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
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"Detective Elise King investigates a man's disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds with each other in this rich and captivating new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow. Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective-or she was before a medical leave left her unsure if she'd ever return to work. She now spends most days watching the growing tensions in her small seaside town of Ebbing-the...
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2014.
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viii, 295 pages ; 17 cm.
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After her dreams of romance are crushed, Piper Lamb decides to pursue her dream of opening her own shop of pickles and preserves, called Piper's Picklings, in the idyllic small town of Cloverdale. But she isn't in town long before she encounters a barrelful of trouble.
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2022.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Through lyrical, rhyming text and vibrant artwork, young readers can explore twelve cultures around the world (South Korea, Poland, India, Bolivia, Ghana, Barbados, Morocco, Liberia, Iran, Spain, Germany), learning all about their harvest festivals, days of thanks, ancient traditions and the activities associated with them. -- Provided by publisher.
Explore harvest festivals from around the globe! Lyrical, rhyming text and lush, detailed artwork...
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[2014]
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A celebration of both the unifying power of music and pursuit of the American dream, it is an all-access backstage pass to the one-of-a-kind festival created by rap superstar Jay Z, and directed by Academy Award-winner Ron Howard. Featuring remarkable performances and fascinating backstage interviews with many of today's biggest music stars and shows how one giant celebration of music can change people's lives.
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[2019]
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32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
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"Discover a world of celebrations! This entertaining book introduces kids to 14 holidays, from Brazilian carnival, Chinese New Year, Bastille Day, and the Cherry Blossom Festival to Purim, Holi, Eid al-Fitr, Day of the Dead, and Halloween. As in the popular What's On Your Plate?, each spread showcases a different holiday, offering background, cultural context, vocabulary words, photographs, and instructions for festive projects."--Publisher's description....
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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35 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"Good company, great food and drink, and most importantly, lots of fun--we all love the holidays! But have you ever wondered how people celebrate in other countries? Together we'll join in the many celebrations, all of them different. What's Halloween like in Ireland, and Timakat in Ethiopia? What are the customs observed during Hanukkah? You'll make new friends who'll tell you all about their culture. Ready to explore? It's party time all over the...
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In this fast-paced and funny debut mystery, movie stars are in Santa Barbara for the film festival, and powerful business interests are at stake. Detective Nola MacIntire and her partner, Tony, must untangle the complicated web behind three seemingly unrelated deaths in this idyllic beach town.
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Little Bridge Island volume 3
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2021.
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Jo Wright always swore she'd never step foot on Little Bridge Island, not as long as her nemesis, bestselling author Will Price, is living there. Then Jo's given an offer she can't refuse: an all-expense paid trip to speak and sign at the island's first ever book festival. Even though arrogant Will is the last person Jo wants to see, she could really use the festival's more-than-generous speaking fee. She's suffering from a crippling case of writer's...
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Pub. Date
2020.
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127 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"Countless different festivals are celebrated all over the world throughout the year. Some are national holidays, celebrated for religious and cultural reasons, or to mark an important date in history, while others are just for fun. Give thanks and tuck into a delicious meal with friends and family at Thanksgiving, get caught up in a messy tomato fight in Spain at La Tomatina, add a splash of color to your day at the Holi festival of colors and celebrate...
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"When Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic island off the south coast of England, they don't expect to find themselves in the middle of murder investigation--or to be trapped with a cold-blooded killer in a remote place with a murky, haunted past. Arriving on Alderney, Hawthorne and Horowitz soon meet the festival's other guests--an...
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[2019]
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xi, 605 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map, portraits (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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This project presents the history of the Olympic Music Festival, a chamber music festival on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, from its 1984 founding through 2015, a period referred to as the Concerts-in-the-Barn years. Using information from a wide range of sources, including archival and contemporary documents, press articles and reviews, radio broadcasts, and extensive interviewing of founder Alan Iglitzin, performing artists, and others, the...
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2019.
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47 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
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It's time to celebrate! From Christmas and Thanksgiving, to Diwali and Halloween, kids won't want to miss out on all the festivities. Embark on an exciting journey through the most interesting and important festivals, celebrations, and holidays enjoyed by people around the world. Stunning original illustrations and fascinating facts will inspire and inform children about cultures and religions from the countries of the world. Witness a camel marathon...
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c2013
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1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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"Iconic and unique, Glastonbury is the legendary forerunner of music festivals. Over the years it has become a rite of passage for millions of British youths and an essential annual pilgrimage for hundreds of thousands of fans." -- Container.
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