Happy New Year! / Kung-Hsi Fa-Ts'ai!

By Demi

Book Overview

"In a book that is itself a celebration, Demi explains the rituals and ideas behind the Chinese New Year festival. The last 15 days of the old year are spent cleaning and preparing ('Wash your hair... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517885921
• ISBN13: 9780517885925
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Dragonfly Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.1" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

The lively, whimsical drawings are classic Demi

Demi's celebration of Chinese New Year provides a short set of insights on how the Chinese prepare for their celebration from cleaning the home to cooking, preparing for planting, and making ready for a fresh start. The lively, whimsical drawings are classic Demi and provide easy insights into the Chinese New Year's meaning.

Informative book!

This is a nice introduction to chinese new year. I will use it as a informational guide and have my Chinese-Vietnamese students look it over to facilitate a discussion about their new year. Thanks.

Simply written and beautifully illustrated

This is a simply written and beautifully illustrated book about the Chinese New Year. Through delicate line drawings and jewel like colors the author/illustrator captures the essence of Chinese mythical creatures, flora, fauna, heavenly creatures and mortals. We learn about Chinese zodiac symbols, gods, how Chinese people prepare for the New Year, why they eat special kinds of foods on New Year's Day, the symbolism of specific flowers as gifts, and the meanings of Chinese characters hung on doorways. Demi is the talented author and illustrator of many children's books with Chinese themes. This book is definitely one of my favorites.

A Great Classroom Stimulant

Need an excuse to explore ethnic and religious holidays and practices? This is your vehicle. The interesting and exciting practices surrounding Chinese New Year can so easily be compared in writing, drama and story-telling of many other cultures. You cannot go wrong with this book.

Very cultural, brilliantly written & illustrated!

I highly recommend this book to anybody who wants to learn about the Chinese tradition and culture when celebrating the lunar New Year. I especially recommend it to the younger Chinese-American parents who want their children to learn about the value & meaning of celebrating Chinese New Year. Next to our older Chinese parents and grandparents, this book is absolutely wonderful in explaining how Chinese New Year is celebrated!