See Where We Come From!: A First Book of Family Heritage
Show and Celebrate Today is a big day for the five friends This evening their class is hosting a Heritage Festival They’re going to celebrate the customs and traditions of people all over the world Each classmate will bring two things to the festival that represent their family heritage a favorite food and something for show-and-tell Martin Sally Pedro Nick and Yulee are best friends and they each have their own heritage Did your parents grandparents or great grandparents come from somewhere else Were you born somewhere else Or have you and your ancestors always lived on the same land Pedro's house
Ollie Nick's house Yulee's apartment building Max Sally's house Heritage Festival Martin's apartment building
Play Music Martin’s cousin Taeko is visiting from Japan and she and her family are coming to the festival Taeko brought Martin a special gift In Japan we call this a shakuhachi says Taeko Music is a tradition that is often handed down from generation to generation Many cultures celebrate and even tell stories through music or dance
A shakuhachi SHA-koo-ha-chee is a flute made of bamboo I can teach you how to play My dad taught me I’ll take it to the festival for show-and-tell
