Everyone looks forward to their holidays. In this book you can learn how holidays began, and what they are like today.

• Orange/Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages.
• Text type: An information text.
• Curriculum links: History: ‘how people’s lives have shaped this nation’.
• A timeline on pages 22–23 allows children to see the history of holidays in one neat summary.
• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.