SOCIAL SCIENCES
Ganeri, Anita

Celebrating Birth Around the World

(4) 4-6 Cultures and Customs series. With clear texts and contemporary color photos, the books will generally inform young middle graders about birth and death rituals practiced by varied religious and cultural groups, but there are occasional lapses. Busy layouts include tiny, difficult-to-read maps. Birth features instructions for making tihu dolls, representing katsinas (Hopi spirits); Dead includes directions for Day of the Dead candy skulls. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Cultures and Customs titles: Celebrating Birth Around the World and Remembering the Dead Around the World.

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