Holidays - holy days - are those times during the year when we mark an event or passing with celebration and even whimsy. Historical, religious, spiritual and eternal, holidays morph and shape through time and culture changing to meet the people's needs. Found across the globe in all societies, holidays give us hope, happiness and reason around which to center and infuse the every day with wonder. Below you will find children's picture books honoring holidays found worldwide. Please check back seasonally to learn new titles and holidays that have been added. OneWomansMind.net has partnered with Amazon.com to offer product previews using simple mouseovers. Just roll your mouse over a book title and the product information and associated links are provided. Any item linked from this site and purchased from Amazon.com helps support and maintain OneWomansMind.net. Search for a specific title, author or illustrator   Web OneWomansMind.net

New Clothes for New Year's Day by Hyun-joo Bae

Authors and Illustrators

Adrienne Adams

Tomie de Paola

Michael Garland

Gail Gibbons

David F. Marx - Rookie Read-About Holidays Series

Patricia Polacco

Anne Rockwell and Lizzy Rockwell

Natasha Wing

Chinese New Year

New Clothes for New Year's Day by Hyun-joo Bae

Happy New Year! Kung-Hsi Fa-Ts'ai! by Demi

Bringing in the New Year by Grace Lin

Long-Long's New Year: A Story About The Chinese Spring Festival by Catherine Gower (Author), He Zhihong (Author)

The Dancing Dragon by Marcia K. Vaughan (Author), Stanley Wong Hoo Foon (Illustrator)

Hiss! Pop! Boom! Celebrating Chinese New Year by Tricia Morrissey

Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan

Chinese New Year's Dragon by Rachel Sing, illus by Shao Wei Liu

Day of the Dead - Latin American Ancestral Holiday

Maria Molina and the Days of the Dead by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez

Day of the Dead by Tony Johnston; illustrated by Jeanette Winter

Felipa and the Day of the Dead by Birte Müller ; translated by Marianne Martens

Easter

Easter titles can be found at Easter - rebirth of life and the greening of the world

Father's Day

A Perfect Father's Day by Eve Bunting ; illustrated by Susan Meddaugh

Fourth of July

Celebration! by Jane Thomas, Raul Colon;

Fourth of July Bear by Kathryn Lasky (Author), Helen Cogancherry (Illustrator)

A Fourth of July on the Plains by Jean Van Leeuwen ; pictures by Henri Sorensen.

Saving Strawberry Farm by Deborah Hopkinson ; pictures by Rachel Isadora

Groundhog Day

Secret Of The First One Up by Iris Hiskey Arno, illus by Renee Graef

Groundhog Stays Up Late by Margery Cuyler and Jean Cassels

A Garden for a Groundhog by Lorna Balian

Halloween

Halloween titles can be found at Halloween - the most delicious night of the year

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Dorenn Rappaport, illus by Bryan Collier

My Dream of Martin Luther King (Dragonfly Books) by Faith Ringgold

May Day

The Rainbow Tulip by Pat Mora ; illustrated by Elizabeth Sayles

On The Morn Of Mayfest by Erica Silverman ; illustrated by Marla Frazee

Mother's Day

My Mama Had A Dancing Heart by Libba Gray, illustrated by Raul Colon

Fanny's Dream by Caralyn Buehner with pictures by Mark Buehner

Chinese Moon Festival

Moon Festival by Ching Yeung Russell, illus by Christoper Zhong Yuan Zhang

The Moon Lady by Amy Tan, Gretchen Schields

New Year

P. Bear's New Year's Party! - A Counting Book by Paul Owen Lewis

Happy New Year! by Emery Bernhard, illus by Durga Bernhard

President's Day

Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books by Kay Winters, illus by Nancy Carpenter

The Joke's on George by Michael O. Tunnell; pictures by Kathy Osborn.

Rosh Hashannah

Gershon's Monster: A Story For The Jewish New Year by Eric Kimmel (Author), Jon J Muth (Illustrator)

On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur by Cathy Goldberg Fishman, illus by Melanie W. Hall

When the Chickens Went on Strike - A Rosh Hashanah Tale, by Erica Silverman, illus by Matthew Trueman

Season of Light

Hannukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa can be found at Season of Light - the birth of light from darkness.

St. Patrick's Day

The Last Snake in Ireland: a story about St. Patrick / Sheila MacGill-Callahan ; illustrated by Will Hillenbrand

A Fine St. Patrick's Day by Susan Wojciechowski, illus by Tom Curry

St. Patrick's Day in the Morning by Eve Bunting, ill. by Jan Brett

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving can be found at Thanksgiving and Family - grace, gratitude and humility

Valentine's Day

The Valentine Bears by Eve Bunting, illus by Jan Brett

The Ballad of Valentine by Alison Jackson, illus by Tricia Tusa

The Great Valentine's Day Balloon Race by Adrienne Adams

Stoneheart : (The Real Valentine's Day Story) by Gib Twyman (Author), Meg Michele Cundiff (Illustrator)

The Day It Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond