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Synopsis
The twelve updated and completely redesigned books in this series are each devoted to a month of the year. Featuring vibrant new photographs and fascinating facts, they cover the number of days, the season, the weather, holidays, and special events that happen for each month. Each book also addresses how weather varies each month for different parts of the country.
Marilyn Courtot - Children's Literature
As with the other books in the "Months of the Year" series, Brode introduces young readers to some of the characteristics, events and activities in the month of May. First, readers learn that it is the fifth month of the year and that it has 31 days. Since May is a spring month, some of the characteristics such as a playing outside are featured in the full-color pictures. May 1st is also known as May Day and in earlier centuries, it was a great time to celebrate and dance around a Maypole. Cinco de Mayo is another holiday that is great fun when those of Mexican heritage celebrate their culture. This is a month that has several more holidays including Mother's Day, which is the second Sunday of the month, and Memorial Day, which comes at the very end of the month. During the latter, we remember the men and women who lost their lives in war. The month of May is followed by June and that means summer will begin. A calendar showing the months of the year and the seasons wraps up the text. Some of the pages have rhetorical questions, which, rather than making it interactive, take away from the book. There is a three-word glossary that recaps three of the holidays. 2003, Weekly Reader,