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Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Diwali: With Sweets, Lights, and Fireworks

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We purchased this book - Celebrate Diwali With Sweets, Lights and Fireworks, by Deborah Heligman - along with two others in preparation for a Diwali party with friends, as well as an introduction to Diwali at my daughter's school for her classmates.

This one is the most complete we have found in terms of pictures and content, about 30 pages in all. The kids at my daughter's school (4 and 5 year olds) liked looking at the pictures very much, but the text is aimed more at the 6-8 year old range.

All in all, a worthwhile purchase that my kids will grow into.

Author Deborah Heiligman has embarked on an ambitious "Holidays Around the World Series" with National Geographic

Aimed at 6-9 year old children the series is rich in photographs from around the world and lower on textual explanations, letting the pictures speak for themselves.

The pictures are amazing and well laid out. For someone who celebrates Diwali, the pictures will seem incomplete because there are so many more aspects than can be represented in a 32 page book. But for someone who has no idea about Diwali, this is a very good introduction.

There are large vivid photographs, and large text and detailed text. The international coverage of Diwali in this book is unlike the others out there. That really makes this a global book. Check my blog on www.desimamma.ning.com to see how I used this book in the classroom.

I was doing a presentation on winter festivals for the adolescents at my work. I found this book on Diwali that gave me the basic information for the presentation, plus gave them a nice reference to look at afterwards. Since this was time based, the easy reading and numerous pictures were great. It also gave them a quick reference to finding more information if they needed it. Very nice, and I got several more in the series for other winter festivals.

another excellent information book in this series of Holidays around the world. I love this series!

The book indicates that the Taj Mahal is a "muslim mosque" which is quite a stretch. The Taj Mahal complex does include a mosque but the iconic Taj Mahal is not a mosque. I may white it out, I hate errors.

The photographs are lovely; but I am concerned the other facts may be erroneous too.