Home for the Holidays: A Little Book about the Different Holidays That Bring Us Together

by Sesame Workshop, Craig Manning

Overview

There's no place like home for the holidays! Join in a special Sesame Street celebration in this all-new multicultural book for kids!

No matter what holidays you celebrate during the most wonderful time of the year, love, family, togetherness, and giving are universal. In this diversity book for kids, share in the joy with Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, and more friends with festivities on Sesame Street! From Thanksgiving and Eid al-Fitr, to Chinese New Year, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Christmas, and New Year's, this special picture book is a heartfelt celebration of different cultures and holidays from around the world. Featuring new and international Sesame Street characters, this sweet story proves that the things everyone cherishes are the same…because there's no place like home for the holidays.

Why readers love Home for the Holidays:

• Parents, grandparents, and teachers will enjoy reading this festive, multicultural book with children
• Ideal holiday gift and novelty stocking stuffer for kids ages 3-7—perfect for anyone looking for Ramadan books or Christmas or Hanukkah gifts for kids
• Features new and international Sesame Street characters including Tamir, Chamki, Lily the Tiger, Gabrielle, Pino, Boombah, and more!
• Learn about the special traditions of each holiday with bonus educational content in the back, perfect for classrooms and at-home learning!
• Screen-free fun for children

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728240244
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	10/05/2021
Series:	Sesame Street Scribbles Series
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	259,913
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	AD1030L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization behind the world-renowned children’s program Sesame Street. With the mission of helping kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder, Sesame Workshop has worked with educators to develop programs tailored to the unique needs of children all over the world. Sesame Workshop works to teach the whole child, providing lessons on topics from ABCs and 123s to health, emotional well-being, and respect.

Craig Manning is an author, journalist, songwriter, and storyteller. He has written several children’s books for iconic brands like Sesame Street and Peanuts, including the USA Today-bestselling Sesame Street story The Great Easter Race. He lives in northern Michigan with his wife and their three cats.

Editorial Reviews

2021-09-15
Sesame Street characters gather together to celebrate select turn-of-the-year holidays.

Rather than describe specific practices or origins in his clumsily constructed rhyme, Manning hammers on the titular theme and on general feelings of love and togetherness all the way to an inevitable “there’s no place like home.” He leaves it up to the “grown-ups” addressed in closing crib notes to identify the eight holidays highlighted in turn in Kwiat’s set of cartoon feasts and frolics. Throughout, secular customs and symbols get far more play than religious contexts, and the entry for the Lunar New Year (following a description of the calendrical one) retains the parochial header “Chinese New Year.” However, the gloss for “Thanksgiving” does acknowledge similar celebrations in other parts of the world, and the inclusion of Eid al-Fitr, Kwanzaa, and Diwali alongside Christmas and Hanukkah in the roster likewise signal a generally multicultural outlook. Cameos from stars like Pino (Big Bird’s blue Dutch cousin), Lily the Chinese tiger cat, and hijab-clad Zari expand the already-diverse Sesame Street cast. Younger audiences may be less drawn in by the topic than the challenge of naming all the puppets that put in appearances here (there’s no key), but the festive tone is at least appropriate for the season.

Points for offering a broad picture even if the presentation is nothing to write home about. (Informational picture book. 4-6)

Kirkus Reviews