New Year (A Lunar New Year Book for Kids)
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- USD 9.99
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- USD 9.99
Descripción editorial
A moving picture book to read when we’re missing family far away, set during Lunar New Year.
It’s Lunar New Year, a time when families come together for a wonderful feast, and a father longs to be with his daughter—but she lives in another country. As he imagines how his daughter is spending the festivities, he recalls fond memories of time spent with her, feeling a sense of loss and dislocation. While he misses her deeply, he also recognizes her need to move away, grow up, and become herself. New Year is a stunning portrait of leaving home, finding independence, and loving those who are many miles away.
With so many families living far apart, readers will relate to the universal message of missing our loved ones and dreaming of being together again.
An excellent resource for teachers, librarians, and parents for starting conversations about:
The traditions and importance of Lunar New YearUnderstanding the complex feelings that come from family and friends living far awayHow to cope with feelings of loneliness and missing loved ones
An Aldana Libros Book, Greystone Kids
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A Chinese father living in Beijing pens this heartfelt, gracefully sketched letter to his adult daughter, a translator living in France with her French husband, Sylvain. As the father reminisces on holidays spent with his daughter, recalling memories with her from infancy to childhood to adolescence, he hopes that she is celebrating the Lunar New Year well abroad: "It's New Year's Eve and I still miss you./ I wonder what you and Sylvain are eating at the moment." Leng's distinct, delicate ink-and-watercolor illustrations offer scenes from both China and France, with intricate details conjuring each location. Parents of adult children will resonate most with Mei's wistful narrative—and will best appreciate its allusive text ("You are no longer that madeleine lover in search of lost time"). Ages 9–up.
