Celebrate Chinese New Year / Carolyn Otto ; consultant, Haiwang Yuan.
Material type:
TextSeries: Holidays around the world (National Geographic Society (U.S.)) | National Geographic kidsPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 31 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781426303814
- 1426303815
- 9781426303821
- 1426303823
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Children have never had so many reasons to learn how Chinese people everywhere ring in the new and ring out the old. As China takes its new place on the global stage, understanding Chinese culture and values becomes ever more essential to our next generation.
For two joyous weeks red is all around. The color represents luck and happiness. Children receive money wrapped in red paper, and friends and loved ones exchange poems written on red paper. The Chinese New Year is also an opportunity to remember ancestors, and to wish peace and happiness to friends and family. The holiday ends with the Festival of Lanterns, as many large communities stage the famous Dragon Dance. Fireworks, parades, lanterns, presents, and feasts: these are some of the joys experienced by all who observe Chinese New Year.
Celebrate Chinese New Year is the latest, timely addition to National Geographic's popular Holidays Around the World series. With 25 colorful images and a simple, educational text, the book is a lively invitation to revel in this child-friendly, national and international holiday. Carolyn Otto brings the historical and cultural aspects of the Chinese New Year into focus, and young readers experience the full flavor of an event celebrated by over a billion people in China, and countless others worldwide.
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"Reprinted in paperback and library binding, 2015"--Page 32.
This 2015 reprint edition has a different cover and includes the statement "National Geographic kids." The content on the inside of the book including text, photographs, and resources are exactly the same as the 2009 edition.
Includes bibliographical references (page 29).
For two joyous weeks red is all around. The color represents luck and happiness. Children receive money wrapped in red paper, and friends and loved ones exchange poems written on red paper. The Chinese New Year is also an opportunity to remember ancestors, and to wish peace and happiness to friends and family. The holiday ends with the Festival of Lanterns, as many large communities stage the famous Dragon Dance. Fireworks, parades, lanterns, presents, and feasts: these are some of the joys experienced by all who observe Chinese New Year.
Family, fireworks, lanterns -- Hope and promise -- We travel to be with our families -- We decorate with bright colors -- There is plenty to eat -- Sing, play, eat -- We let the old year out -- Good wishes! -- We watch the parade of lights -- We dance with dragons! -- Bang, clang, boom! -- Gung Hay Fat Choy! -- Just the facts -- Make a Chinese lantern -- The Chinese calendar -- Fortune cookies -- Learn more -- Glossary -- The origins of Chinese New Year / by Haiwang Yuan.
Accelerated Reader 3.6.