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Columbus Day / Joanna Ponto.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Story of our holidaysPublisher: New York, NY : Enslow Publishing, 2016Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780766076570 (library bound)
  • 0766076571 (library bound)
  • 9780766076549 (pbk.)
  • 0766076547 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
A day to celebrate Columbus -- The man behind the holiday -- Setting sail -- A whole new world -- The start of Columbus Day -- How do you celebrate? -- Columbus Day craft.
Summary: Columbus Day might seem like just another day off from school, but every year we remember Columbus important contributions to our nation. Today Columbus journey to the West Indies is celebrated in a variety of ways, including parades, reenactments, and Italian-American festivals. Readers can learn about the holidays history and significance, in addition to following a blue corn cake recipe and making a boat craft from a walnut shell and clay.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 394.264 P818 Available 33111008723617
Total holds: 0

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Columbus Day might seem like just another day off from school, but every year we remember Columbus's important contributions to our nation. Today Columbus's journey to the West Indies is celebrated in a variety of ways, including parades, reenactments, and Italian-American festivals. Readers can learn about the holiday's history and significance, in addition to following a blue corn cake recipe and making a boat craft from a walnut shell and clay.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A day to celebrate Columbus -- The man behind the holiday -- Setting sail -- A whole new world -- The start of Columbus Day -- How do you celebrate? -- Columbus Day craft.

Columbus Day might seem like just another day off from school, but every year we remember Columbus important contributions to our nation. Today Columbus journey to the West Indies is celebrated in a variety of ways, including parades, reenactments, and Italian-American festivals. Readers can learn about the holidays history and significance, in addition to following a blue corn cake recipe and making a boat craft from a walnut shell and clay.

Ages 8-up.

Grade 4 to 6.

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