Product Description

With a little help from the Birthday Bird of Katroo, the Cat and Co. explain (in rhymed verse!) the origin of common holiday rituals such as lighting candles, dying eggs, and sending cards. Holidays include Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s, Groundhog’s Day, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day—and that’s only through March!
“The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library shows young readers that books can be entertaining and educational at the same time. This is a wonderful series!”—Barbara Kiefer, Ph.D.
Bonnie Worth is the author of the Cat in the Hat Learning Library titles If I Ran the Rain Forest, Great Day for Pup!, Oh Say Can You Seed? (winner of the 2003 Ohio Farm Bureau Children’s Literature Award), Wish for a Fish, and Oh Say Can You Say Di-No-Saur? She lives in Middletown, NY.
Among his many other credits, Aristides Ruiz is the illustrator of all the Cat in the Hat Learning Library Books. He lives in Newark, NJ.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #708568 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-26
• Released on: 2004-10-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 48 pages

Customer Reviews

Seasons and festivals for all of us
In this colorfull book the Cat in the Hat takes us around a whole year.

Starting in winter we sail through all four seasons, it's rituals, age old and newer. The earths position to the sun, creating cold weather in winter and warmth in summer, is explained. Festivals are described with their origins and what many people do to observe them. Starting with December and it's festivals the book ends with Thanksgiving with a verse about peace and plenty in all the worlds lands. Very nice and comforting thought if read before bedtime.

Reading this with my children (7, 4 and 2) is a joy. They recognize their favorite traditions. I also got to learn a lot of interesting facts myself, like how the Easter bunny came to be. A great book to come back to time and time again, to see what season is now and what's coming soon.

On the last pages you have, like in all books of this series, a glossary for special terms and a list of other books to read about holidays.