Celebrating Birth Around the World

By Anita Ganeri

Discover a wonderful world of celebrations from around the world. Featuring the world's main religions as well as some little-known ceremonies and festivals, this book takes an intriguing and colorful look at how birth is celebrated in many different places.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781410992468

Anita Ganeri

Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author of information books for children. Educated at Cambridge University, she has written more than 300 books, including the best-selling 'Horrible Geography' series (Scholastic Children's Books) which won a 2009 Blue Peter Book Award. She writes widely on animals and the natural world. A recent title for Raintree, A Day in the Life of Rainforest Animals: Capybara, has been shortlisted for a Maryland Blue Crab Award 2012. Anita lives in the north of England with her husband, children and assorted pets.

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Cultures and Customs: Celebrating Birth Around the World by Anita Ganeri

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Celebrating Birth

Honey and Horoscopes

Sacred Names

Red Eggs and Ginger

Special Food Around the World

Call to Prayer

Sitting in a Cradle

Being Baptized

Inuit Names

Seeing the Sun

Happy Birthday, Everyone!

Birthday Fun Around the World

Make a Hopi Cradle Doll

Glossary

Find Out More

Index

Copyright

Back Cover

Celebrating Birth

In cultures around the world, important events in people’s lives are marked with special customs and ceremonies. They help people to celebrate occasions, such as the birth of a baby, a wedding, or remembering people after they have died. They are also a way to guide people from one stage of their lives to the next. This book looks at how people from different cultures and religions welcome a new baby into the world.

Many ceremonies and traditions focus on giving the baby a name. Naming a baby is a very important event. A name can show a person’s family, culture, and religion, so it needs to be chosen carefully. Some naming ceremonies take place at the time of the birth itself; others happen weeks or even months later.

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