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(Festival Time)
Product: Dragon Dance - Lanterns and Fireworks - A Chinese New Year
Story (Festival Time)
Category: Chinese New Year
ISBN: 0764126687
Sharing Level: toddler, preschool, kindergarten, elementary
Lanterns and Firecrackers - A Chinese New Year Story (Festival
Time) by
Jonny Zucker, Jan Barger Cohen
Product Description:
A Chinese family prepares for their New Year festivities they decorate
the house with flowers, then set off firecrackers to scare away bad
spirits and welcome the coming year. Family and friends sit down together
for a festive dinner, then go outside to watch the parade of dragon
dancers. The festival ends on its final night with a display of colored
lanterns. Festival Time books depict the activities of typical families,
as Mom, Dad, and children celebrate holidays that have special religious
or cultural significance for them.
Cheerfully attractive color illustrations
supplement a simply-told story of the holiday's origins and a description
of the festivities that are part of that holiday. Festival Time books
can be read aloud to toddlers, but are easy enough for many first
and second graders to read to themselves. Each book's final two-page
spread is written mainly for parents, offering suggestions for ways to
communicate the holiday's meaning to kids.
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