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No holiday is complete without CELEBRATIONS! This unique board book helps families and educators discuss belief systems, ceremonies, and holidays to spread love and understanding for all faiths. Complete with family discussion questions and a glossary detailing each celebration, faith, and practice. Created with 0-5-year-olds in mind. See families and communities celebrating Ramadan, Lunar New Year, Obon, PRIDE, Passover, Diwali, Day of the Dead, Kwanzaa, Easter, and Earth Day. See kids meditating, praying, and visiting shrines. Join in Black History celebrations, birthdays, preschool graduations, and International Women's Day! Learn about celebrations like Adoption Day, Powwows, and Lei Day. Part of the We Are Little Feminists series - the identity-affirming board book series developed to raise intersectional feminists. Created to help families and educators discuss diversity through everyday topics, We Are Little Feminists helps children stand against racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and ableism.

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The board book market offers vast, untapped opportunities to introduce babies, toddlers, and preschoolers to so many different kinds of people. I'm glad at least one series has the pluck and moxie to give kids a fuller first glimpse of the world. ...You just hit the board book jackpot. Seriously, if you haven't taken a look at these books then I urge you to run, not walk, to your nearest library or independent bookstore and grab yourself some copies. Any baby shower you bring these to will instantly make you the coolest gift giver in the room. - Elizabeth (Betsy) Bird, School Library Journal These books are the most inclusive (and beautiful!) board books I have ever seen! ...Each board book is full of beautiful photos depicting all kinds of kids and families from all different backgrounds, traditions, ages, shapes, and skin tones. The accompanying text in each book is pragmatic and joyful, creating a board book that transcends age. Seriously. I read this set of books to my 4th graders and they were transfixed! --Matthew Winner, The Children's Book Podcast

Love, joy, and wonder are palpable in all of the images of ceremonies and celebrations...Warmly celebratory and inclusive...This board book in the We Are Little Feminists series spotlights religious holidays like Ramadan and Obon, as well as family celebrations like adoption day and preschool graduation...People depicted are diverse in terms of family type, race, and religion. Two young Jewish children wearing yarmulkes celebrate Passover, a Black family lights candles for Kwanzaa, and a North American Indigenous child participates in a powwow. - Kirkus The board book market offers vast, untapped opportunities to introduce babies, toddlers, and preschoolers to so many different kinds of people. I'm glad at least one series has the pluck and moxie to give kids a fuller first glimpse of the world. ...You just hit the board book jackpot. Seriously, if you haven't taken a look at these books then I urge you to run, not walk, to your nearest library or independent bookstore and grab yourself some copies. Any baby shower you bring these to will instantly make you the coolest gift giver in the room. - Elizabeth (Betsy) Bird, School Library Journal This year, Little Feminist, the publishing house/children's book club subscription agency, has two more board books for us. Board books that essentially wipe the floor with the photos-for-babies competition. Oh. You thought your board book was inclusive? Uh-huh. Well, lemme see here. Let's look at How We Eat, where we're not just showing innovative methods of breast feeding, spoons, and chopsticks but IVs, feeding tubes, ports, and more. Essentially, we're normalizing the feeding process for everyone. As for Celebrations, powwows, pride parades, adoption days, and Obon make an appearance. On top of all that, the photos are really and truly magnificent. It's like I say, Little Feminist sort of wipes the floor with the competition. Check out these books yourself if you don't believe me. - Elizabeth (Betsy) Bird, School Library Journal These books are the most inclusive (and beautiful!) board books I have ever seen!...Each board book is full of beautiful photos depicting all kinds of kids and families from all different backgrounds, traditions, ages, shapes, and skin tones. The accompanying text in each book is pragmatic and joyful, creating a board book that transcends age. Seriously. I read this set of books to my 4th graders and they were transfixed! --Matthew Winner, The Children's Book Podcast

""" ★ This well-organized, beautifully photographed title is highly recommended as a way to introduce small children to diverse celebrations. It is also an excellent tool to spark discussion in families."" - School Library Journal Starred Review ""Each celebration is presented in an age-appropriate way, with a single photo featuring a child or children, and sometimes an adult, with one to four words underneath...All the photos lend themselves to discussion between children and adults. Back matter includes Family Discussion Questions and a glossary."" - School Library Journal Starred Review ""Warmly celebratory and inclusive."" - Kirkus ""Love, joy, and wonder are palpable in all of the images of ceremonies and celebrations. A helpful glossary, arranged by page number rather than alphabetically, identifies each celebration and names the related religion or culture as it applies."" - Kirkus ""You just hit the board book jackpot...I urge you to run, not walk, to your nearest library or independent bookstore and grab yourself some copies. Any baby shower you bring these to will instantly make you the coolest gift giver in the room."" - Betsy Bird, School Library Journal"

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Brook Sitgraves Turner (she/her) is a graduate of UC Berkeley and USC's Peter Stark Producing Program. Raised in a multi-generational family of Black women, she's focused on inclusive storytelling across many mediums: children's books, television, film, and podcasts. She's been a member of Film Independent's Project Involve Fellowship, produced documentaries, New York Times recognized podcasts, and written on television shows. In her spare time, she runs Pep Packs, a mutual aid delivering free care packages to people recovering from COVID at home.

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