Hurray for Three Kings' Day!
Description
Three Kings' Day -- the sixth of January -- is almost here! Anita and her older brothers, Tito and Tomas, walk in the streets the night before, celebrating and singing. Carrying gifts and dressed as the Three Kings --Balthazar, Kaspar, and Melchoir -- they join the colorful procession in their town and visit neighbors.In telling the rich history of the Christmas gift-giver, Gail Gibbons draws upon many cultures. From the legend of Saint Nicholas to the Dutch Sinter Cleas, from "The Night before Christmas" to Thomas Nast's famous cartoons, her lively, well-researched text...
ISBN(s)
0688162401, 9780688162405
