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.
Simple text and color images present various aspects of the Chinese New Year celebration including red decorations, the exchange of poems, Festival of Lanterns, Dragon Dance, fireworks, parades, feasts, and the remembrance of ancestors.
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.
