Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
My Family Celebrates Kwanzaa
Lisa Bullard · 2018
76/100
👍 Worth It
Lisa Bullard's Kwanzaa entry in the Holiday Time series does something important: it ties the celebration to its civil rights movement origins, so young readers get cultural history alongside the traditions. The back matter and discussion questions make it genuinely classroom-useful, and the inclusive multicultural framing is executed with care. Brief, but the depth-per-page ratio is better than most holiday picture books at this level.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety96
substance74
craft74
originality70
accuracy82
hype70
age-fit88
human-eye76
Penny’s verdict76
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