Come and Join Us!: 18 Holidays Celebrated All Year Long
Meet kids who share how they celebrate holidays all year long—perfect for discussions about de-centering winter holidays!
Who says the holidays only happen in the winter? Every day’s a holiday when you live in a world as diverse as ours! From Juneteenth to Vesak, and Yom Kippur to Día de las Muertos, the festivities never end.
Come and join us and learn about eighteen holidays celebrated by a diverse group of children in this inviting and joyful picture book written by renowned antibias and antiracist educator, Liz Kleinrock of Teach and Transform, with vibrant illustrations by Chaaya Prabhat.
This book is useful for discussing holidays in the classroom and can be an enjoyable resource for making sure no one holiday is more valued than the other.
Holidays featured include: Seollal, Holi, Nowruz, Passover, Vaisakhi, Vesak, Juneteenth, Homecoming, Onam, Obon, Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur, Makahiki, Día de los Muertos, Diwali, Kwanzaa, Ramadan & Eid al-Fitr
Book At A Glance
# of Pages: 40
Book Binding: Hardcover
Year of Publication: 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins
Language: en
ISBN: 9780063144477
Creator Bio
Liz Kleinrock is an educator, speaker, and author who is passionate about promoting diversity and inclusivity in the classroom. She has a Masters in Education from UCLA and has been teaching for over a decade. In 2018, she gained recognition for her viral lesson on racial segregation and has since become a sought-after speaker on topics such as anti-bias education and equity. She has also been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Huffington Post, and CNN. Her picture book, Come and Join Us!: 18 Holidays Celebrated All Year Long, is a celebration of diversity and aims to teach children about different holidays celebrated around the world.
