Chart the preparations behind several familiar holidays and two Japanese holidays after reading A Carp for Kimiko with your class.
A Carp for Kimiko Holiday Chart
Excerpted from
A Carp for Kimiko
A Carp for Kimiko is the story of a young girl's struggle against the strong current of tradition. Every year on Children's Day in Japan a kite in the shape of a carp is flown for each boy in the family. Kimiko is a little girl who desperately wants an orange, black, and white calico carp kite of her own to fly on this holiday. Katherine Roundtree's beautiful illustrations evoke the wonder and excitement of childhood, which will charm readers of all cultures.
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