Celebrating Norouz (Persian New Year)

By Yassaman Jalali

Simple and colorful, this book introduces the Persian New Year to young children. It includes 3 simple crafts which provide parents and teachers practical and easy ways to celebrate Norouz at home and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972802002
• ISBN13: 9780972802000
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Saman Publishing
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 3 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 6

Customer Reviews

Great book for your child and his/her school library. Wish it had the Farsi translation alongside th

My children attend the local Montessori program. I bought two copies of the book, one for them at home and one for their school. Before the new year I donated the book along with a small Sabzeh (sprouts grown for Persian New Year) to the classroom library. Their teacher loved it and read the book aloud for other children. I read this and all other books in Farsi for my children, so I wish the author had provided the Farsi translation as well. They are at an age now that can distinguish Farsi script from English, and wonder how or why I am reading an English book in Farsi!

Wonderful book for 2 to 8 year olds

The book is well written and simple. Perfect for little ones who have a short attention span and love colorful pictures. The book is perfect to read to a pre-school class. The activities in the back of the book were also a hit with my 4 year old. Also a perfect gift for youngsters, your pre-school and local library.

Explaining Norouz From a Second Generation Perspective

This book ended my desperate search for material to present to my kids'schools about Norooz! Ever since my first child started pre-school (heis 8 now and in 3rd grade), I have been looking for a good book tointroduce Norooz to his classmates. Every year, I have done myimprovisation of what I thought was the best language for kids tofollow. But needless to say, my presentations would go way over theirhead, and I could see that they were anxious for me to pass the goodiesaround!! Last year, I ordered a video called "bachehaye Bahar". It wassupposed to have a description of Norooz in English as well. It was yetanother disappointment. Besides the very bad quality of filming andsound, the whole thing was in Farsi!In this book, Yassaman talks about Norooz very eloquently from a child'sperspective who is born and raised here in the US (San Jose). Both mykids, 6 and 8 enjoyed the book and now for the first time, I finallyhave a book to share with their class about Norooz! I highly recommendit to all parents with young children.