Asheigh Barton explores how children from different cultures around the world celebrate significant events. Each double page spread introduces a child from a different culture in a vibrant, colourful and inclusive picture book, highlighting unique cultural celebrations such as Lunar New Year, St Basil’s Day, Diwali, and many more. The poetic and rhythmic text is engaging and easy for young readers, promoting curiosity about global traditions and cultural diversity. The illustrator Martina Heiduczek adds soft textured illustrations with warmth and depth to the text.

The final section of the book offers a valuable feature, where each celebration lists the character of each story and describes the celebration in more detail. This section is informative, providing factual explanation, making it a useful resource for classroom discussions, projects, artworks and at home conversations. The book supports intercultural understanding and empathy that is suitable in early childhood and primary classroom use, especially in unit areas of diversity, culture and celebrations.

1. Celebrations
2. Cultural Traditions
3. Family
4. Language
5. Respect
6. Social Life