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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

  • Graphic NovelNew York : DC Comics, 2005. — GRAPHIC NOVEL Moore
  • Once Upon An Eid

    Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices.

    BookNew York : Amulet Books, 2020. — jFICTION Once
  • BookNew York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2021] — FICTION Knox 2021
  • BookNew York : Little, Brown & Co., 2006. — jFICTION Lin
  • This Party's Dead

    Grief, Joy and Spilled Rum at the World's Death Festivals

    Buist, Erica,
    BookLondon : Unbound, 2021. — 393.9 Buist 2021
  • Celebrations

    Rituals of Peace and Prayer

    Angelou, Maya
    BookNew York : Random House, c2006. — 811 Angelou
  • 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

    Gay, Kathlyn
    BookDetroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c2007. — 394.26 Gay
  • The Pioneer Woman Cooks

    a Year of Holidays : 140 Step-by-step Recipes for Simple, Scrumptious Celebrations

    Drummond, Ree
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2013] — 641.568 Drummond 2013
  • Scandinavian Gatherings

    From Afternoon Fika to Midsummer Feast : 70 Simple Recipes & Crafts for Everyday Celebrations

    Bahen, Melissa,
    BookSeattle : Sasquatch Books, [2016] — 641.5948 Bahen 2016
  • The Joy of Family Traditions

    a Season-by-season Companion to Celebrations, Hoidays and Special Occasions

    Thompson, Jennifer Trainer
    BookBerkeley CA : Ten Speed Press, c2008. — 394.269 Thompson
  • Martha Stewart's Handmade Holiday Crafts

    225 Inspired Projects for Year-round Celebrations

    BookNew York : Potter Craft, 2011. — 745.5941 Martha 2011
  • Los Muertos

    Day of the Dead Fiction

    BookSan Antonio, Texas : Tinta Books, an imprint of Trinity University Press, [2024] — FICTION Muertos 2024
  • Thanksgiving

    the Biography of An American Holiday

    Baker, James W., 1926-
    BookDurham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : Published by University Press of New England, c2009. — 394.268 Baker