I loved The Gifts of Kwanzaa, by Synthia Saint James. Personally, I didn't know much about Kwanzaa before reading this book, but I learned a lot through reading. It started out with an introduction about the history of Kwanzaa which lasted one page. After this, the book was a story told from the perspective of a child. It was good in that it gave pronunciation for all of the Swahili words and it explained what happened during a Kwanzaa celebration and why everything happened. I would keep this book in my classroom. I would be sure to use this if we were also talking about Christmas and/or Hanukkah because I believe that it is important to incorporate a variety of cultures in the classroom.
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