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More Great Links

• CNN.com: Kwanzaa
• Kwanzaa Information Center
• Kwanzaa on the Net
• The Official Kwanzaa Web Site

Books

• The Children's Book of Kwanzaa: A Guide to Celebrating the Holiday, by Dolores Johnson
• Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture, by Maulana Karenga
• Kwanzaa Crafts, by Judith Hoffman Corwin
• My First Kwanzaa Book, by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate
• Seven Candles for Kwanzaa, by Andrea Davis Pinkney
• Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story, by Angela Shelf Medearis
• The Gifts of Kwanzaa, by Synthia Saint James

Sources

• Collier, Aldore. "The Man who Invented Kwanzaa," Ebony, January 1998, pages 116-118.
• Copage, Eric V. Kwanzaa: An African-American Celebration of Culture and Cooking. New York, New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1991.
• Everything About Kwanza
• Harris, Jessica B. A Kwanzaa Keepsake. New York, New York: Fireside, 1995.
• Kwanzaa Information Center
• The Official Kwanzaa Web Site
• Winchester, Faith. African-American Holidays. Mankato, Minnesota: Bridgestone Books, 1996.