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Every Month Is a New Year: Celebrations Around the World
by Marilyn Singer (Author) and Susan L. Roth (Illustrator)
Booktalk: In many places around the globe, the new year starts on January 1. But not everywhere! In India the new year begins in November with Diwali.
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DIWALI
India
On this festival of lights,
we are beginning again —
shiny, busy,
and noisy with hope.
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Up & Down: The Adventures of John Jeffries, First American to Fly
by Don Brown (Author / Illustrator)
Booktalk: Swept up by the European ballooning craze of the 1780s, Dr. John Jeffries longed to become the first person to fly across the English Channel. But first he had to outwit a rascally copilot, keep the balloon from bursting, and avoid crashing into the sea.
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