Product Description

The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world…and right in their own backyards.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #207950 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780516274898
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Reviewed with Uma Krishnaswami's Holi.

K-Gr. 2. These titles in the ongoing Rookie Read-About Holidays series introduce two holidays in a format designed for beginning readers. Both books combine crisp color photographs with a few sentences per page, printed in large type set against bright white backgrounds. Holi briefly retells the Hindu holiday's story before describing the raucous, colorful ways that the day--a "holiday when everyone can be a kid!"--is celebrated. Cinco de Mayo is equally succinct. It outlines the events that led up to the Battle of Puebla in remarkably simple terms, and then shows various aspects of contemporary festivities, including a mariachi band, dancers, parades, and so on. Presenting only the basics, the books will leave many children with questions, including the location of Mexico and India (no maps are included). But these holidays are often overlooked in books for youth, especially for this age group, and the pictures and words combine to offer bright, serviceable introductions. A vocabulary review closes each book. Gillian Engberg
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About the Author
Mary Dodson Wade is the author of several nonfiction books for children.

Customer Reviews

Mexico
This is a great teaching source for young children learning about Mexico.

Rookie Read Read About Holidays Cinco de Mayo
I love this series. Great photos, appropriate vocabulary, rich language. These books are an excellent resource for teachers.

Holidays Explained
I teach First Grade and I find the Rookie Read-About Holidays series to be a good starter for a lesson. The holiday is explained in a simple way and can lead into a Social Studies or multicultural lesson. I used the Cinco De Mayo book this past Friday. I have about 8 books and I highly recommend them.