harvest festivals

Describes Thanksgiving and harvest festival customs around the world.

A child's great-great-grandmother's diary reveals the story behind a fallen elm tree, "rescued" pumpkins, and an unusual pig who saves the Cobtown Harvest Festival in 1845.

Surveys the festivals and holidays celebrated by various cultures around the world at the autumn equinox or harvest time.

This book looks at how the regions of Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North America pay homage to the harvest and all it represents.

An introduction to harvest festivals, including Thanksgiving, Kwanzaa, and others, discussing why people celebrate the harvest, and the traditions associated with such occasions.

Describes the origin and traditions of the U.S. Thanksgiving Day, as well as thanksgiving celebrations in other cultures around the world.

Describes how people in various countries around the world give thanks for the harvest.

Kim's grandmother's smile is the inspiration for the jack-o-lantern face she draws on her pumpkin at a fall festival.

Step back in time and spend a day with Little Wolf and his sister, Skye, in an ancient Cherokee village on the feast day of Itse Selu.