Junior/intermediate (Gr. 5-7) Canadian "... a colourful, condensed exploration of the arts, traditions, and modern day celebrations of people with both European and African heritage. Identifying religious beliefs, ceremonies, and people of the local areas, allows readers to learn and become excited about people and places they have yet to understand... ...many photographs throughout the books... complement the text... photographs are alive, and rich with people's expressions, faces and places... bold faced words that appear throughout the text are... compiled in the glossary at the back... throughout the book, headings titles and photographs are clearly identified and explained.(3y <(BU+2013> Resource Links, Feb/09.

Includes index. "A Bobbie Kalman book". "Guided reading: S"