Happy Chinese New Year, Kai-lan! (Ni Hao, Kai-lan)

Silverhardt, Lauryn [Adapter]; Fruchter, Jason [Illustrator]; Chikasawa, Aka [Illustrator];

ISBN 10: 1416985050 / ISBN 13: 9781416985051

Published by Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Happy Chinese New Year, Kai-lan! (Ni Hao, Kai-lan)
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1416985050
• ISBN 13: 9781416985051
• Binding: hardcover
• Illustrator: Fruchter, Jason; Chikasawa, Aka
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Join Kai-lan for a Chinese New Year celebration! Kai-lan and her friends get to carry the dragon costume in the big parade - but can they work together to make the dragon dance?

Reviews

Kindergarten-Grade 2—This story, based on the popular Nickelodeon cartoon series, introduces children to the Chinese New Year. Kai-lan and her friends are getting ready for a big celebration. They hang red lanterns and banners and place flowers on the tables. During this preparation, Kai-lan's grandfather, YeYe, comes by wearing a dragon costume. He suggests that the children work together to carry the dragon in the parade. He has each one take a number from his hat so they will know which end of the creature to hold up. Rintoo is unhappy when he draws the middle, a position he feels is the least important. However, the entire dragon sags when he refuses to hold up his part, and Kai-lan convinces him that each part is "super, super, super important." The cartoons are bright and colorful. Kai-lan and her grandfather are the only human characters; the rest are cuddly, anthropomorphic animals. This book promises to be a welcome addition to the series.—Donna Atmur, Los Angeles Public Library
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