Susan Hughes,
Canadian Festivals (Canada Close Up Series)
Scholastic Canada, 2007

Rating: G*

Celebrate Canada’s multiculturalism by learning about six of the festivals celebrated by different Canadian ethnic groups. The festivals discussed range from Eid, ul-Fitr and the Chinese New Year to Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa near the end of the year. While there are obviously many more cultural festivals than are discussed here, this book gives a brief glimpse into some of the festivals celebrated in our Canadian melting pot.

Also available in French.

Thematic Links: Festivals; Holidays; Canada; Multiculturalism

Heather Empey
Vol. 13, number 2
December 2007

*Rating System:
E - Excellent, enduring, everyone should see it!
G - Good, even great at times, generally useful!
A - Average, all right, has its applications.
P - Problematic, puzzling, poorly presented.