new year

Introduces readers to the traditions and celebrations surrounding New Year's Day. Including why the calendar starts on January 1st, and the calendars of other people from around the world and their New Year's traditions that they have brought to the United States.

Simple text and photographs describe the history of New Year's Day and the many ways in which it is celebrated.

"Photographs and ... text introduce readers to New Year celebrations including Songkran, Chinese New Year, Rosh Hashanah, and Diwali."--Publisher.

A former talk-show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother, each intending to commit suicide, find themselves together on the roof of a London building and begin to contemplate their individual choices and circumstances.

A basic introduction to how and why New Year's Day is celebrated as a holiday.

On Christmas Eve the children's choir goes missing and it is up to Batman and Nightwing to track down the culprit and recover the children in time for Gotham's annual tree-lighting celebration--and more trouble is waiting on New Year's Eve.

Examines the history of New Year's Day, a holiday observed around the world, and looks at traditions associated with the celebration.

When a bad stomachache sends Mallory to the hospital during a winter reunion with neighbor Mary Ann and their summer camp bunkmates, she is sad that her friends seem to be having great fun without her.

Describes the way in which the new year is celebrated throughout the world, often on days other than January 1.

Many of the world's religions have new year's celebrations based on their own calendars, each with its own history and set of traditions.