Celebrate Chinese New Year - With Fireworks, Dragons, and Lanterns (Hardcover)

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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General

Imprint:	National Geographic Kids
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Holidays Around The World
Release date:	February 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Carolyn Otto • National Geographic Kids
Dimensions:	266 x 204 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	32
ISBN-13:	978-1-4263-0381-4
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Leisure interests, hobbies & sport > Practical interests & handicrafts > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun
LSN:	1-4263-0381-5
Barcode:	9781426303814

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