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The Book of New Family Traditions : how to create great rituals for holidays and everyday / by Meg Cox ; illustrated by Sarah McMenemy.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cox, Meg.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--United States.
- Families.
- Family festivals--United States.
- Family festivals.
- Rites and ceremonies--United States.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Holidays--United States.
- Holidays.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- United States.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 128 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Distribution:
- London : Running Press,
- Other Title:
- New family traditions
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Celebrate Your Family
- Ritual Recipes: Getting Started. Ingredients: The Three Parts of Ritual; The Two P's: Find Your Purpose and Make It Personal; Ritual Actions
- Holidays. New Year's Celebrations; January 18: Celebrate the Birthday of A.A. Milne; Valentine's Day; Passover; Easter; First Day of Spring; Arbor Day; May Day; Mother's Day; Father's Day; July 4; Halloween; Thanksgiving; Hanukkah; Winter Solstice; Pre-Christmas: Celebrate the Whole Month; More Family Christmas Celebrations; Kwanzaa
- Family Festivities and Ceremonies. Birthdays; Milestone Birthdays; Half Birthdays; Star Birthdays; Adoption Days; School Days; Summer Vacation Rituals; Getting There: Rituals for Cars and Planes; Being There: Rituals for Peak Vacations; Family Reunions; Rare and Made-Up Family Holidays
- Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Rituals. Daily Rituals; Mealtimes; Bedtime; Hello and Good-bye Rituals; Rituals to Keep the Peace; Chore Rituals; Pet Rituals; Sports Rituals; Weekly Rituals; Monthly Rituals
- Rites of Passage. Childhood Milestones; Coming-of-Age Rituals; Coming-of-Age Rituals for Boys and Girls; Rituals for New Drivers; Graduations; Bonfire of Childhood.
- Notes:
- "More than 150 Ideas for Year-Round Celebrations"--Cover.
- "Edited by Lynn Rosen. Back cover photograph © Chris Bierlein. Typography: Avenir and Baskerville."--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128).
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copies are "1" printing.
- ISBN:
- 0762414421
- 9780762414420
- OCLC:
- 52128303
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- Publisher description
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