The Autumn Equinox: Celebrrating the Harvest

By Ellen Jackson

Book Overview

In autumn, daylight begins to decrease, the weather grows colder, and the harvest begins to wither. Just as Americans today celebrate Thanksgiving, peoples of many cultures brighten this season of increasing darkness with festivals to give thanks for the harvest bounty that will sustain them through the long winter to come. THE AUTUMN EQUINOX offers some fascinating descriptions of how peoples of the past celebrated the harvest season. Features include a Native American harvest tale, and some hands-on activities, among them instructions for making Chinese Moon Cakes, an African Harvest Drum, and a model of a Jewish Sukkah.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761319840
• ISBN13: 9780761319849
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Millbrook Pr
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

Includes at home activities.

Add more to Thanksgiving by sharing the stories of other cultures and understanding different traditions.

Perfect for our homeschooling family!

We have been reading this book over and over again at bedtime. My children are 5.5 and 2 and both of them love hearing about how different people around the world celebrate one of our favorite times of the year. As a bonus, it gives us all kind of fodder for unit studies! I can't wait till it's time to start reading the Shortest Day!

Wonderful Book for ALL Children!

Even though we happen to be a Pagan family, any family would enjoy the history of the Autumn Equinox in this book. It's great to read what many ancient cultures did to celebrate the harvest and incorporate some into our modern life. Wonderful Native American Tale at the end. Buy with the Winter Solstice book. I wish they would come out with the Summer Solstice and Spring Equinox!!!