Dragon Dance: A Chinese New Year Lift-The-Flap Book
Contributor(s): Joan Holub (Author), Benrei Huang (Illustrator)
Publisher: Puffin Books: 2003
Format: Paperback: New
ISBN: 9780142400005
DESCRIPTION
A great introduction to the customs of Lunar New Year. This interactive lift-the-flap book is perfect for parents and early readers to enjoy together!
Note. This book is interactive and suited for ages 2-4. There are 17 beautifully designed pages with flaps for young readers to lift and read more. Last page has a Chinese astrology chart to cross-check animals with birth years. Also included are instructions to design your own dragon puppet!
It's Chinese New Year and there are so many fun things to do! Shopping at the outdoor market for fresh flowers, eating New Year's dinner with the whole family, receiving red envelopes from Grandma and Grandpa, and best of all-watching the spectacular Chinese New Year's parade! Introduce the customs of Chinese New Year to even the youngest readers with this festive new lift-the-flap book.
CONTRIBUTOR
Joan Holub. New York Times best-selling author and award winner Joan Holub has written 220+ books for children from age two through middle school age. Joan’s books have been named Junior Library Guild Selections and Bank Street College’s Best Children’s Books of the Year. Zero the Hero is a Mathical Book Prize Honor Award and Little Red Writing is a School Library Journal Best Children’s Books of the Year, with starred reviews from Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly, and School Library Journal.
Benrei Huang studied fine art at National Taiwan Normal University in Taiwan and received a MFA in Illustration at the school of Visual Arts in New York in 1992. From 1988 to 2008 Benrei worked primarily as a children’s book illustrator.