Omaha Reading Challenge 2025: Read a book about celebrations
The Omaha Public Library (OPL) Reading Challenge is back! OPL staff have created a series of reading challenges to push you outside of your reading comfort zone and into new literary realms. This list contains titles about celebrations. For more details on the reading challenge go to omahalibrary.org/reading-challenge.


25 items
The Matzah Ball
A Novel
Once Upon An Eid
Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices.
The Year of the Dog
a Novel
This Party's Dead
Grief, Joy and Spilled Rum at the World's Death Festivals
The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas
Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil
Celebrations
Rituals of Peace and Prayer
African-American Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations
the History, Customs, and Symbols Associated With Both Traditional and Contemporary Religious and Secular Events Observed by Americans of African Descent
The Pioneer Woman Cooks
a Year of Holidays : 140 Step-by-step Recipes for Simple, Scrumptious Celebrations
Scandinavian Gatherings
From Afternoon Fika to Midsummer Feast : 70 Simple Recipes & Crafts for Everyday Celebrations
The Joy of Family Traditions
a Season-by-season Companion to Celebrations, Hoidays and Special Occasions
Martha Stewart's Handmade Holiday Crafts
225 Inspired Projects for Year-round Celebrations
Los Muertos
Day of the Dead Fiction
Thanksgiving
the Biography of An American Holiday
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