Ruth Hobart Cultural reader Some festivals are popular all over the world. Festivals! tells children how Christmas, Easter, Halloween and other festivities are celebrated in many countries of the world. Young readers are encouraged to use fine-motor skills to colour in, cut out, glue on to create fun decorations and greeting cards. Festivals! offers an innovative approach to teaching English: teachers and children alike won't be able to do without it! In fact, the book is not only a unique language learning experience, but an vive cultural one as well.