Otto, Carolyn

Brings the historical and cultural aspects of the Chinese New Year into focus, and young readers experience the full flavor of an event celebrated by over a billion people in China, and countless others worldwide.

Explores the history of Kwanzaa, first created in the 1960s in order to provide awareness of African-American heritage.

Simple text and color images present various aspects of the Chinese New Year celebration including red decorations, the exchange of poems, Festival of Lanterns, Dragon Dance, fireworks, parades, feasts, and the remembrance of ancestors.

Explores the history of Kwanzaa, first created in the 1960s in order to provide awareness of African-American heritage.

Explores how people around the world celebrate Valentine's Day, discussing the holiday's history, traditions, and significance.

Children have never had so many reasons to learn how Chinese people everywhere ring in the new and ring out the old. As China takes its new place on the global stage, understanding Chinese culture and values becomes ever more essential to our next generation.

Explains how animals, birds, reptiles, and insects vary their markings and color to hide from their enemies and respond to their environment.

As a rainstorm approaches, a young girl and her grandfather take the farm animals into the shelter of the barn and then watch the rain begin.

Explores the history of Kwanzaa, first created in the 1960s in order to provide awareness of African-American heritage.

Explores how people around the world celebrate Valentine's Day, discussing the holiday's history, traditions, and significance.