Bringing in the New Year Grace Lin | ISBN : 0-375-83745-0

Bringing in the New Year

Author: Grace Lin

Publisher: Random House Children's Books

Publication Date: 08 January, 2008

ISBN: 9780375837456

Pages: 34

Subjects: Juvenile fiction

Available as: , Trade Cloth, 978-1-4379-7839-1 Trade Cloth, 978-1-4379-7698-4 Trade Cloth, 978-0-375-83745-6 Trade Paper, 978-0-375-86605-0

Description:

This exuberant story follows a Chinese American family as they prepare for the Lunar New Year. Each member of the family lends a hand as they sweep out the dust of the old year, hang decorations, and make dumplings. Then it’s time to put on new clothes and celebrate with family and friends. There will be fireworks and lion dancers, shining lanterns, and a great, long dragon parade to help bring in the Lunar New Year. And the dragon parade in our book is extra long–on a surprise fold-out page at the end of the story. Grace Lin’s artwork is a bright and gloriously patterned celebration in itself! And her story is tailor-made for reading aloud.

PW Publishers Weekly

Review Source: Publishers Weekly

Review Date: 2008-01-07

Bringing in the New Year by Grace Lin introduces readers to the traditions surrounding the Lunar New Year as a young girl and her family (from Fortune Cookie Fortunes) prepare to celebrate. Cleaning house, making "get-rich" dumplings, watching fireworks and other activities lead up to a lucky dragon parade featured on a fold-out spread. (Knopf, $15.99 34p ages 3-6 ISBN 9780-375-83745-6; Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved