{"id":213273,"date":"2021-09-09T16:39:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T16:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/?p=213273"},"modified":"2021-09-27T14:41:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T14:41:17","slug":"seasons-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/au\/discover\/geography\/countries\/seasons-in-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasons in the city"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In this beautiful new book by author and illustrator Megan McKean, discover what different seasons look like in cities across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You\u2019ll find out how springtime in Tokyo, Japan is cherry blossom season, and that on the longest day of summer in Stockholm, Sweden it\u2019s daylight for a whole 18 hours. Wow!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Seasons divide the year and bring about changes in the world around us. Different seasons bring warm or cool weather, and even big weather events like super storms and twisting tornadoes. Yikes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">When a country in Europe is celebrating the holiday season with snow angels and hot chocolate, a country like Australia is in the middle of summer, where celebrations might take place at the beach with plenty of sunscreen handy!  And in certain tropical regions there are no more than two seasons: wet and dry!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Each city is different and ever-changing, and <em>Seasons in the City<\/em> celebrates our wonderful world in all its year-round glory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">TAKE A PEEK INSIDE<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Want to take a look at an exclusive extract of <em>Seasons in the City? <\/em>Just click on the link below&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a href=\"blob:https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/50243991-df61-42eb-a3a2-e6bc0c887e8f\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Throughout history people have welcomed new seasons with important rituals.&nbsp;Let&#8217;s take a look at a few from around the globe!<br><br>\u2014 The <strong>Queenstown Winter Festival <\/strong>in New Zealand features a cowpat throwing celebration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2014 In Indian cities like Jaipur, spring is marked by <strong>Holi festival<\/strong>, where brightly coloured powders are thrown into the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2014 In the summer, Singapore holds the <strong>Dragon Boat Festival<\/strong> where narrow boats with painted dragon heads compete in exhilarating races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2014 During Hong Kong&#8217;s <strong>Mid-Autumn Festival<\/strong>, people gather to watch a 67-metre-long dragon parade through the city streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Seasons-in-the-city.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Seasons-in-the-city.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-213290\" width=\"427\" height=\"476\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><em>Seasons in the City<\/em> is out now!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this beautiful new book by author and illustrator Megan McKean, discover what different seasons look like in cities across the globe. 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