Ann Boyajian
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Publisher
Scholastic Reference
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
There are stars-and-stripes T-shirts. There are Statue of Liberty pencil sharpeners. There's an eagle on our money and Uncle Sam Halloween costumes. Symbols are everywhere...but where do they come from? What do they mean? How does something become a symbol?This celebration of twenty of America's important places, interesting objects, and inspiring words is for the youngest Americans. Each symbol is decribed on a two-page spread that is decorated with...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Look! A Child's Guide to Advent and Christmas presents Advent as special time for waiting and watching-paying attention-to the ways God comes to us. This treasured book reassures children of the presence of God in all times and places and invites them to become part of the holy work of making Christ present in the world.
Told from the point of a view of a child, the story weaves together familiar Advent traditions like the Jesse tree and the...