The seven days of Kwanzaa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Medearis, Angela Shelf, 1956-

Contributor:

Saint James, Synthia, cover artist.

Shea, Patricia B. A., illustrator.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holidays--African Americans--Juvenile literature.

Holidays.

African Americans--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.

African Americans.

African Americans--Social life and customs.

Handicraft--Juvenile literature.

Handicraft.

Holiday cooking--Juvenile literature.

Holiday cooking.

Kwanzaa.

Festivals.

Genre:

Literature.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

111 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm

Edition:

First Scholastic printing.

Place of Publication:

New York : Scholastic Inc., ©1994.

Summary:

Every year, for seven days beginning December 26th, African-Americans celebrate their heritage during the Kwanzaa holiday. In this book, you can find out about that special time so you can celebrate the seven days of Kwanzaa, too. Includes recipes for African dishes to make a Kwanzaa feast, and instructions for making masks, African toe puppets, and other special Kwanzaa gifts. Available October.

Contents:

How Kwanzaa began

Celebrating Kwanzaa

Habari gani? What's the news?

Preparing a Kwanzaa Karamu feast

Making Zawadi gifts

Seven celebration stories: Sheyann Webb's story; Wilma Rudolph's story; Ida B. Wells-Barnett's story; Benjamin "Pap" Singleton's story; Marcus Mosiah Garvey's story; James Van DerZee's story; Fannie Lou Hamer's story

Epilogue.

Notes:

RL 008-012.

"Cover art by Synthia St. James. Interior craft illustrations by Patricia B. A. Shea."

"First Scholastic printing, October 1994."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0590463608

9780590463607

0329008528

9780329008529

OCLC:

31304457