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Discusses the holidays, festivals, and customs that people in Russia celebrate each year, including birthdays, graduations, Christmas, and other events, as well as special days and events that are specific to their culture.

Presents poems written by authors from across the globe on such holidays and festivals as Diwali, Kwanzaa, and the Ice Festival.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text teach children how different cultures celebrate festivals about birth and death.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text teach children how different cultures celebrate many kinds of festivals, especially those involving the wearing of masks and costumes.

Describes a variety of holidays, festivals, and feasts that are celebrated around the world and throughout time.

Introduces Cinco de Mayo, including when, where, how and why it is celebrated.

Simple English and Arabic text describe different celebrations around the world.

Describes the folk traditions of North American festivals and holidays celebrated in the winter, spring, summer, and fall.

On the day before Midsummer Eve in England in 1340, eleven-year-old Juliet accompanies Gil on a trip to get medicine for a wounded falcon while hoping to arrive home on time for the fun.

Describes the background and context of over 300 celebrations, festivals, or religious holidays observed by countries and cultures around the world, with more than twenty listings for each month, and includes activities, sample recipes, and lists of related books and music.

Presents an illustrated tour of some of the world's livliest parties, carnivals, festivals, and feasts, including Chinese New Year, Halloween, Guy Fawkes Day, and others.

Contains an introduction to the different festivals and celebrations of Latin America, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on Three Kings Day, Day of the Dead, Independence Day, and Christmas, describing each tradition.