[.ca] Spring Equinox:Greening Of The Earth (ISBN 0761319832)

Happy Spring Book:
This is such a wonderful book about Spring. It goes through celebrations of spring from different cultures and different times. Also, it explains where some of our current traditions and holidays may come from. Most of the book has descriptions of the holidays on one page, with a colorful, happy picture of on the next to it. Near the end there is "A Spring Story." This is a enduring 3 page story about the 'goddess of dawn and spring time.' It is a wonderful adoption of an very old myth. At the very end of the book there is a section called 'Spring Activates.' This section has five fun actives to do during spring. These are things include a new way to paint eggs using colorful tissue paper, a recipe for Matzo bread, instructions to make Japanese origami butterflies, an egg game and directions for the 'No Ruz' feast. This book is primarily for children, but would also make a great coffee table book to have around for Spring. Its colorful cover and upbeat descriptions would bring a smile to anyone's face.