Astrid & Apollo and the happy New Year [Astrid & Apollo]by Bidania, V. T. 

BTSB Prebound(Picture Window Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 119513 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-9   
AR: 2.9 LG Lexile: 500

Genres: Holidays Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Hmong Americans - Fiction Twins - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Hmong New Year - Fiction Lost children - Fiction Festivals - Fiction

Summary: Astrid and Apollo are attending the Hmong New Year festival (which is held at a big arena in St. Paul or Minneapolis in November or December), but in the crowded arena they are soon separated from their parents and younger sister, and between rescuing a little lost boy, and getting mistaken for a pair of famous child singers, the festival turns into quite an adventure for the twins.

Astrid & Apollo and the soccer celebration [Astrid & Apollo]by Bidania, V. T. 

BTSB Prebound(Picture Window Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 119514 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-9   
AR: 3.1 LG Lexile: 500

Genres: Sports Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Hmong Americans - Fiction Twins - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Festivals - Fiction Soccer - Fiction

Summary: Twins Astrid and Apollo are excited to be going to the Hmong July Fourth Soccer Festival, but when they are told to babysit their baby sister, Eliana, it looks like they will miss the particular match their father is interested in--especially as they cannot figure out what the "yummy milk" Eliana demands is, and are forced to spend their money on buying different treats to keep her from throwing a tantrum.

Caraval by Garber, Stephanie 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2017)

BTSB #: P03618 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   


Genres: Mystery Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Festivals - Fiction Kidnapping - Fiction Arranged marriage - Fiction Sisters - Fiction Treasure hunt (Game) - Fiction Contests - Fiction

Summary: Two sisters who escape their ruthless father enter the dangerous intrigue of a legendary game when one of them is kidnapped.

Crane Boy by Cohn, Diana 

BTSB Prebound(Cinco Puntos Press, 2015)

BTSB #: 226325 Available

Dewey: EAges: 6-8   
F&P: R

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Black-necked cranes - Fiction Cranes (Birds) - Fiction Wildlife conservation - Fiction Dance - Fiction Festivals - Fiction Bhutan - Fiction

Summary: Every year, Kinga and his classmates wait for the black-necked cranes to return to the kingdom of Bhutan, deep in the Himalayas. Every year, fewer cranes return. Together with classmates, Kinga creates and performs a dance to honor the cranes and also remind people of their duty to care for them.

Eva's treetop festival [Owl diaries Volume: bk. 1]by Elliott, Rebecca 

Paperback(Branches, 2015)

BTSB #: 306976 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-8   
AR: 3 LG Lexile: 560

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Owls - Fiction Festivals - Fiction School stories Helping behavior - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Diaries - Fiction

Summary: Having a Bloomtastic Festival at school to celebrate spring is a great idea--but Eva Wingdale, a young owl, discovers that it is also a lot of work, and there is nothing wrong with asking her friends for help.

Eva's treetop festival [Owl diaries Volume: bk. 1]by Elliott, Rebecca 

BTSB Prebound(Branches, 2015)

BTSB #: 307088 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-8   
AR: 3 LG Lexile: 560

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Owls - Fiction Festivals - Fiction School stories Helpfulness - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Diaries - Fiction

Summary: Book 1--Having a Bloomtastic Festival at school to celebrate spring is a great idea--but Eva Wingdale, a young owl, discovers that it is also a lot of work, and there is nothing wrong with asking her friends for help.

Festival florestastico de Eva [Diario De Una Lechuza (Owl Diaries--Spanish) Volume: 1]by Elliott, Rebecca 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Branches, 2016)

BTSB #: 307089 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-8   


Genres: Spanish Language

Subjects: Owls - Fiction Festivals - Fiction School stories Helping behavior - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Diaries - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials

Summary: Book 1--Having a Bloomtastic Festival at school to celebrate spring is a great idea--but Eva Wingdale, a young owl, discovers that it is also a lot of work, and there is nothing wrong with asking her friends for help. In Spanish.

Food truck fest! by Penfold, Alexandra 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018)

BTSB #: 709119 Available

Dewey: EAges: 2-6   
Lexile: 510 AD

Genres:

Subjects: Stories in rhyme Food trucks - Fiction Festivals - Fiction

Summary: A family prepares for a day at the food truck festival, while at the same time, the food truck crews get ready for the same event, checking recipes, starting to cook, and driving to the festival site.

Giving day [Cubby Hill tale]by Doerrfeld, Cori 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 282459 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   
F&P: K

Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Generosity - Fiction Helping behavior - Fiction Festivals - Fiction Animals - Fiction

Summary: Cooper is excited to help his grandmother by delivering honey at the annual Great Giving Festival, but one jar after another is ruined when he takes time to help his friends.

Natsumi! by Lendroth, Susan 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2018)

BTSB #: 559854 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.9 LG Lexile: 650 AD

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Festivals - Fiction Japan - Fiction

Summary: The festival of traditional Japanese arts is coming up, and little Natsumi's big personality is too much for her family's quieter traditions, until her grandfather introduces her to taiko drumming.

Song of wraiths and ruin [Song of wraiths and ruin Volume: 1]by Brown, Roseanne A. 

Paperback(HarperCollins, 2021)

BTSB #: 158150 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   
AR: 6.9 UG Lexile: 960

Genres: Fantasy Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Siblings - Fiction Kings and rulers - Fiction Princesses - Fiction Festivals - Fiction Contests - Fiction Magic - Fiction Fantasy fiction

Summary: For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts his younger sister, Nadia, as payment to enter the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal--kill Karina, Crown Princess of Ziran, for Nadia's freedom. But as mutual attraction grows between Malik and Karina, will they be able to remain deadly enemies?

Soul lanterns by Kuzki, Shaw 

BTSB Prebound(Delacorte Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 535716 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 850

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Festivals - Fiction Atomic bomb - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Japan - Hiroshima-shi - Fiction Hiroshima-shi (Japan) - History|yBombardment, 1945 - Fiction Japan - History|y1945-1989 - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Nozomi's understanding of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 is transformed when she learns how those she knows and loves were affected by the event.

Tiara on the terrace by Kittscher, Kristen 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2016)

BTSB #: 521592 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.5 MG Lexile: 810

Genres: Mystery Fiction Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Mystery fiction Homicide - Fiction Festivals - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: Best friends and amateur pre-teen sleuths Sophie Young and Grace Yang go undercover at their town's annual festival and parade to catch a murderer before he or she strikes again.