Title: Fun book for preschoolers
Product review: Joan Holub's Dragon Dance: A Chinese New Year Lift-the-Flap Book is a popular one. Each page has 4 lines of simple text in a classic ABCB rhyming pattern (hope that's right...trying to remember 7th grade English class) with good sized flaps to open to reveal some part of the New Year celebration, supposedly one in New York City's Chinatown (though it wouldn't have to be). Colorful and bold illustrations include little "extras" you can point out--the significance of the flowers, the oranges, and the super long noodles. Only complaint? The last flap ends with "Gung Hat Fat Choy!" in big ole print which is Cantonese rather than the Mandarin "Xin Nian Kuai Le!" New Year's greeting - something that really bothered my Mandaring-learning 7 year old.See my reviews for a bunch of CNY kids' books on my blog [....]- look for the post from January 25, 2012
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