Birthdays Around the World

by Margriet Ruurs and Ashley Barron

Book Overview

Everyone in the world has a birthday. But birthdays are not celebrated in the same way everywhere. Meet Mercedes in Peru, who eats a cake and a purple pudding called mazamorra morada. Ieva in Latvia is raised in the birthday chair, one lift for each year. And rather than celebrating his own birthday, Ph?c Khang in Vietnam joins in the festivities during Tet, when everyone in the country turns one year older. Based on interviews with real people, award-winning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 177138624X
• ISBN13: 9781771386241
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.2" x 12.1"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2