The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice

I want to incorporate the winter solstice into our annual celebrations and this has proved as an excellent source of information for me aswell!

Wonderful book, very well written.

Nice book, very well structured

A good run down of different traditions.

Great for giving an overview for our 4 year old. She really enjoyed it.

Wendy Pfeffer (Author) & Jesse Reisch (Illustrator)From the back cover:'The beginning of winter is marked by the solstice, the shortest day of the year. Long ago, people grew afraid when each day had fewer hours of sunshine than the day before. Over time, they realized that one day each year the sun started moving toward them again. In lyrical prose and cozy illustrations, this book explains what the winter solstice is and how it has been observed by various cultures throughout history. Many contemporary holiday traditions were borrowed from ancient solstice celebrations.'