The Seven Days of Kwanzaa, like the holiday itself,celebrates people pulling together to make things better. John Ward's warm illustrations, framed by painted kente cloth borders, illuminate a text that honors the richness of African-American culture and traditions from lighting candles to singing songs to storytelling to making mkeka mats. The text also includes the principle and symbol of each day of Kwanzaa, lyrics to songs, and four simple recipes to make for the holiday feast. Progressively wider pages, made of durable card stock, create an eye-catching step-format that makes it easy for little fingers to turn the page.