3.+Literature+List

= Meghan Kirker- Day One: "Italian Carnevale" =  Carnevale Italiano - __Italian Carnival: An Introduction to One of Italy's Most Joyful Celebrations__ by Claudia Cerulli

This book discusses in detail the actual celebrations during Carnevale.

__Carnevale Italiano: The Romagnolis’ Meatless Cookbook__ by G. Franco and Margaret Romagnoli This book gives examples of recipes used during the Carnevale celebration in Italy.

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This book provides visuals of what ancient Italy looked like compared to modern day Italy. Gives children a good picture of the Country they are learning about.
= Amanda Davis- Day Two: "The Celebration of the Chinese New Year" =

__Celebrating the Chinese New Year__ by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith and photographed by Lawrence Migdale. This is a non-fiction book that
====follows the life of a boy and his family as they prepare and celebrate the Chinese New Year Celebrations. The photographs are very colorful ====

====__Dim Sum for Everyone!__ By Grace Lin follows a Chinese Girl during the Chinese New Year celebration. She and her family go out to eat and ==== ==== we learn about the different types of food served during the traditional Chinese New Year. It has very cute pictures ====

==== **__ Dragon Dance - A Chinese New Year Lift-the-Flap Book __ **** by Joan Holub and Benrei Huang. This is a lift-the-flap book for young elementary children. ** ==== ==== ** It shows the streets of China during the Nw Year celebration. We can walk through the street of the market while everyone looks for ingredients, ** ==== ==== ** watching the family eat New Years dinner, and see the New Year Parade. This book is very colorful and interactive for kids. ** ====

==== **__ Grandfather Tang's Story __ **** by Ann Tompert is a story told to us through a little girl and her grandfather. It is a story that incorporates math puzzles ** ====

**that will keep kids interested with the interaction as well as the pictures. **

 * Lauren DiVico- Day Three: St. Patrick's Day **

Shamrocks, Harps, and Shillelaghs: The Story of the St. Patrick's Day Symbols By: Edna Barth This book is rich with content on the holiday and all of the symbols.

Hooray for St. Patrick's Day by: Joan Holub This is an interactive children's book. When the children lift the flaps in this book they will see the children in the book make traditional Irish food, dance, perform a play, and even make a parade!

St. Patrick's Day in the Morning by: Eve Bunting This book is about a little boy named Jamie who was told he was too young to walk all the way up Acorn Hill in the St. Patrick's Day parade. So he takes matters into his own hands and decides to walk up the hill by himself and makes it back home before breakfast!


 * Sharyn Stieglitz- Day Four- Learning About Hanukkah**


 * D is for Dreidel by Tanya Lee Stone**
 * This story goes through the A-Z of Hanukkah and gives a different word for every letter and a little rhyme to go with it to help the reader remember what they're reading about.**


 * Light the Candles: A Hanukkah Life-the-Flap Book by Joan Holub**
 * The book is all about the different things there are to do during Hanukkah such as play dreidel, eat latkes, light the menorah, etc. Every page that is turned another candle is lit. There are different flaps on each page which the reader can lift up and see the different ways to celebrate the holiday.**


 * My First Menorah by Salina Yoon**
 * This book has pages shaped like candles and as you turn each page you learn about the holiday, blessings, gifts and fun family activities.**