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Dragon Dance: A Chinese New Year Lift-the-Flap Book
A great introduction to the customs of Lunar New Year. This interactive lift-the-flap book is p erfect for parents and early readers to enjoy together!
It's Lunar New Year and there are so many fun things to do! Shopping at the outdoor market for fresh flowers, eating New Year's dinner with the whole family, receiving red envelopes from Grandma and Grandpa, and best of all-watching the spectacular Lunar New Year's parade!
Illustrated by Benrei Huang.
It's Lunar New Year and there are so many fun things to do! Shopping at the outdoor market for fresh flowers, eating New Year's dinner with the whole family, receiving red envelopes from Grandma and Grandpa, and best of all-watching the spectacular Lunar New Year's parade!
Illustrated by Benrei Huang.
16 pages, Novelty Book
First published December 29, 2003
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February 3, 2011
Getting ready for Chinese New Year is a lot of work! The many preparations are presented in four lines of verse per page, accentuated by lift-the-flap page elements. The last page includes a wheel covering 1965-2012. The inside back cover includes illustrated instructions for making a paper-sack dragon puppet.
February 18, 2018
Each Chinese New Year book I read teaches a little different things, which is why I love reading as many as possible.
February 25, 2018
Cute book!
August 7, 2018
Very popular with my granddaughter
February 10, 2019
Cute book, read for story time at the library, liked the flaps for the little ones and the last page in the book had all the signs for people born up to 2012 or 2013 I believe.
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January 8, 2023Great way to bring Chinese cultural information to the classroom.
January 16, 2023
A colorful introduction to Chinese New Year for the preschool set.
February 1, 2024
This was a fun intro book to Chinese new year, has lift the flaps, and it rhymes!
March 25, 2015
It's Chinese New Year and there are so many fun things to do! Shopping at the outdoor market for fresh flowers, eating New Year's dinner with the whole family, receiving red envelopes from Grandma and Grandpa, and best of all-watching the spectacular Chinese New Year's parade! Introduce the customs of Chinese New Year to even the youngest readers with this festive new lift-the-flap book.
This book describes Chinese New Year activities. The illustrations are really nice, not scary. The text uses rhyming and explains why something is done. I like that this has some funny things happening and flaps for the children to open. Also good in the early year settings - the kids can take turns opening a flap. The back has a Chinese zodiac calendar so that you can look up your animal (no description of animal qualities) as well as an activity to make your own dragon puppet. This activity can be done at home and isn't that difficult. For older kids, they can do more of the activity, like cutting. The New Year’s greeting on the back cover is Cantonese.
This book allows children to learn about other traditions and an opportunity to discuss similarities and differences to their traditions.
This book describes Chinese New Year activities. The illustrations are really nice, not scary. The text uses rhyming and explains why something is done. I like that this has some funny things happening and flaps for the children to open. Also good in the early year settings - the kids can take turns opening a flap. The back has a Chinese zodiac calendar so that you can look up your animal (no description of animal qualities) as well as an activity to make your own dragon puppet. This activity can be done at home and isn't that difficult. For older kids, they can do more of the activity, like cutting. The New Year’s greeting on the back cover is Cantonese.
This book allows children to learn about other traditions and an opportunity to discuss similarities and differences to their traditions.
February 18, 2015
Happy Chinese New Year!
I absolutely adored this cute lift-the-flap book. The book drew me in from the very first page. Joy and laughter is throughout the pages as the characters celebrate the Chinese New Year Holiday. The kids in the book express enchantment as they discover items given by family and friends. That same excitement is revealed to the reader as each pages flap shows another hidden discovery.
The illustrations were done beautifully in bold pictures and colors. Traditional colors are discussed in the book and is evident in the illustrators pictures.
Finally, if that was not enough, the poetry by the author is simple as you would expect from a mostly picture book but it is also done well as I would expect from this author.
Go get a copy of this book for your own collections and celebrate the Chinese New Year together. 5 stars!
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book for my open and honest opinion. The views expressed here are 100% my own and may differ from yours. ~Naila Moon
I absolutely adored this cute lift-the-flap book. The book drew me in from the very first page. Joy and laughter is throughout the pages as the characters celebrate the Chinese New Year Holiday. The kids in the book express enchantment as they discover items given by family and friends. That same excitement is revealed to the reader as each pages flap shows another hidden discovery.
The illustrations were done beautifully in bold pictures and colors. Traditional colors are discussed in the book and is evident in the illustrators pictures.
Finally, if that was not enough, the poetry by the author is simple as you would expect from a mostly picture book but it is also done well as I would expect from this author.
Go get a copy of this book for your own collections and celebrate the Chinese New Year together. 5 stars!
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book for my open and honest opinion. The views expressed here are 100% my own and may differ from yours. ~Naila Moon
March 14, 2010
This is a simple book that effectively explains the holiday. The rhyming and flaps add more fun to the story, and the words and pictures make this an easy to understand and educational book.
January 20, 2017
Informational and cute. Tough for story time though.
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