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.
year: 2009, 2015
call number/section: 1000, 394.26, 394.2, 394.14
subjects: chinese new year, china, social life and customs, manners and customs, china, juvenile literature, juvenile literature
Editions
Otto, Carolyn
National Geographic (2009)
Introduces young readers to Chinese New Year with a focus on the historical and cultural aspects of the holiday.
Schools: 28
Otto, Carolyn
National Geographic Society (2015)
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.
Schools: 12
Otto, Carolyn
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.
Schools: 4
Otto, Carolyn
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.
Schools: 1