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Independent Reading Level: 3rd greade
Awards: Kansas NEA Reading Circle List PrimaryTitle
Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award Reading List (PA)

A group of boys from different backgrounds throughout the school year as they become the best of friends.

A beautiful book full of detailed illustrations that make the children's favorite holidays come alive. I would read this one with older children, as it the concepts are fairly advanced for toddlers or young preschoolers. Great for kindergarten on up, though. For my storytime, this is too long and involved, but for a classroom setting, it would work well.

I absolutely love this book. Students share their favorite day of the year, which is quite a variety! Then on their day, they share about their day- whether it's culture, tradition, food, words, family... and at the end, the teacher makes a calendar with each student's favorite day in it so they can all remember each other.