Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Chinese New Year: With Fireworks, Dragons,

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		Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Chinese New Year: With Fireworks, Dragons,
		Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Chinese New Year: With Fireworks, Dragons,

基本信息·出版社：National Geographic Children's Books
·页码：32 页
·出版日期：2009年01月
·ISBN：1426303815
·条形码：9781426303814
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语
·丛书名：Holidays Around the World

内容简介 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.
作者简介 Carolyn B. Otto is the author of more than 20 books, including several award-winning children’s non-fiction titles. She has also written poetry and fiction for children and adults. She earned her master’s degree from New York University. She now lives in Colorado Springs, CO.
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Vivid, colorful photographs of fireworks, lion dancers, lanterns, and food fill the pages of this introduction to Chinese New Year. The concise but informative narrative notes when the event occurs, cites a few of the countries where it is observed, and explains the reasons behind the customs and symbols, especially those traditions involving children. The well-captioned pictures capture the intense excitement and raucous exuberance of the festivities. Appended information on the Chinese calendar and zodiac, a craft idea, a recipe, a game, and sources for further information make this a great addition to primary classrooms as well as libraries. Grades 1-4. --Linda Perkins

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