The good luck book : a celebration of global traditions, superstitions, and folklore

Titre
The good luck book : a celebration of global traditions, superstitions, and folklore

Heather, Alexander

Sommaire
Ever wondered why we knock on wood, cross our fingers, or say "white rabbits" on the first day of the month? Dive in and learn about fascinating traditions and superstitions from all over the world! The Good Luck Book explores the surprising -- and sometimes scary -- history of the world's most practiced traditions and superstitions (and plenty more that you probably won't have heard of!). Discover superstitions old and new from China to Chile, the USA to the Ukraine. Learn how and why they started, and why people still participate in them today.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2023

Description matérielle
127 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Note générale
Includes index.

Terme de vedette-matière
Legends.
 
Fortune.
 
Fortune -- Folklore.
 
Superstition -- Folklore.
 
Tales.

Genre
Folk tales.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Burrows, Ruth.
 
Georgiev, Teo, 1992-
 
Ross, Sonny.
 
Walsh, Sarah (Illustrator)

Résumé
Ever wondered why we knock on wood, cross our fingers, or say "white rabbits" on the first day of the month? Dive in and learn about fascinating traditions and superstitions from all over the world! The Good Luck Book explores the surprising -- and sometimes scary -- history of the world's most practiced traditions and superstitions (and plenty more that you probably won't have heard of!). Discover superstitions old and new from China to Chile, the USA to the Ukraine. Learn how and why they started, and why people still participate in them today.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780744084696

Informations de publication
New York : DK Publishing, 2023.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
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