Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL This story is a perfect introduction for youngsters to the Lunar New Year. It follows a Chinese family as they prepare and celebrate the coming new year. Simple sentences and colorful, energetic cartoon illustrations depict the cleaning, decorating, cooking, dressing and celebrating along with the reasons for each activity to bring [...]
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Bringing In the New Year
February 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Tags:Asia·Asian·Chinese New Year·Cleaning·Cooking·Cultural Traditions·Dumplings·Early Elementary·Ethnic Food·Grace Lin·Holidays·Huyen MacMichael·Lunar New Year·Preschoolers
The Ugly Vegetables
July 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT In The Ugly Vegetables, author and illustrator Grace Lin‘s narrator is excited about planting a garden with her mother, but her joy quickly turns to concern as she notices all of the things that her mom is doing differently from their neighbors. Why, she wonders, does it seem that everyone else [...]
Tags:Chinese Vegetables·Cooking·Female Protagonist·Garden·Gardening·Grace Lin·Jennifer Gannett·Preschoolers·Vegetables
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