It's Chinese New Year, Curious George! by H. A. Rey
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Web ID: 15418816Fun book for sharing Chinese New Year traditions!
This delightful book provides a great introduction to some of the most popular Chinese New Year traditions, all with the help of everyone's favorite monkey, Curious George, and his friend Mei. From cleaning house and getting haircuts to eating foods rich in symbolism, young children will have fun learning about these customs while enjoying curious George's silly antics. The easy to flip tabs, each illustrated with an icon for that page’s topic, also make it a fun for even the youngest of pre-readers to hold the book on their own and enjoy its whimsical artwork. Great for home, school, and library collections!
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Fun and Festive!
An adorable, fun way to learn about Chinese New Year with a familiar monkey friend!
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Celebrate!
A wonderful way to celebrate the Lunar New Year! Full of information and rhythm, this book can be read every year!
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Wonderful book about Chinese New Year!
It's Chinese New Year Curious George is an adorable and fun introduction to Chinese New Year. The tabbed book is perfect for little hands! Each tab highlights a custom/tradition for Chinese New Year. I’ve recently learned that Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year are not identical! Some countries celebrate Lunar New Year with different traditions than in this book. It’s Chinese New Year Curious George is about the traditions found in Chinese culture.The illustrations are lively and will draw in readers of all ages. The rhyming text is engaging and informative. I learned a lot about this holiday and I think this book is will be great for those who celebrate and those who want to learn more about the Chinese New Year and learn about a different culture.
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Great Addition to Curious George Series!
This is a great book to learn more about Chinese New Year and its traditions and history. Kids and parents are introduced to the unique customs of Chinese New Year and experience them along with Curious George and his friend Mei. As kids grow older, they can still read the book and understand more about the holiday, and may even want to try some of the food or activities that the book shows and describes. The School Library Journal's review above is misleading in that it seems to attempt to equate other Asian countries' Lunar New Year celebrations to Chinese New Year. While each culture has unique ways of celebrating, this book is focused on Chinese New Year so that readers can learn more about this specific holiday.
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Charming Book!
This book was truly delightful. I think all children would really enjoy it, from toddlers to the early grades. It conveys a lot of information with a light touch. I am buying it for my grandchildren and I know they will love it!
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My childhood favorite explores my culture!
I love this book! It's absolutely perfect for young children to learn about their cultural heritage and so many Chinese New Year traditions. While Lunar New Year is celebrated by many different countries, this book focuses specifically on Chinese New Year (the two are not synonymous). I also appreciated the attention to detail with adding the tones to the pinyin. It's refreshing to see a childhood favorite character of mine get a story related to my own culture, and nostalgic to see the classic illustrations brought to life again! I am eyeing this as a gift for my young niece and nephews.
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Wish I had this book a long time ago!
WOW. I wish I had this book when I was a little kid, and also as a parent when my own kids were little! This book explains in rhyme, both warmly and succinctly, all the major traditions connected to Chinese New Year. Some of these things I myself didn't even learn about until I was in my 20s and 30s! The style of artwork that I grew up seeing in the Curious George books is presented here in a way that's whimsical and fun; it perfectly complements the story's tone, and it gives Chinese American kids a chance to see themselves represented in a story about one of the iconic characters in all of young kids' literature. This would make a great gift at Lunar New Year!
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