Let one of our favorite author Grace Lin celebrate the Lunar New Year with you. Bring in the New year follows a Chinese American Family as the welcome the New Year. Featured inside the cover page are items that are usually associate with the Chinese New Year, a great way to introduce the young ones to the ocassion.

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More books by Grace Lin

• Fortune Cookie Fortunes
• Kite Flying
• Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! (Passport to Reading Level 3)
• Dim Sum for Everyone!

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Why the Years Are Named for Animals

A young girl’s Nai-Nai, grandmother, explains why there is no Year of the Cat. As the beautiful tale unravels the it recounts the classic story of how the animals got their place in the Chinese Zodiac.

Learn more about  The Cat’s Tale: Why the Years Are Named for Animals

More books on the topic of Chinese Zodiac

• Cat and Rat: The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac
• Great Race

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Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes:

Share and Sing in Two Languages

About half of the words are in the 100 words list, we used this book to supplement and reintroduce new characters for the first time.

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A review from the School Library Journal

“This collection pairs English-language nursery rhymes and songs with their counterparts from China. Wu also includes some lesser-known English-language selections. The book is organized into themes: Outside, Inside, Party, Play, and Night. Hickory Dickory Dock shares a spread with Little Mouse, a rhyme about a mouse that climbed a lamp to eat the oil and can’t get down. The Chinese rhymes are presented in simplified characters, pinyin Romanization, and translated into English. Large, brightly colored illustrations feature a multiethnic cast of children and adults. Most spreads have additional information about Chinese culture and ask readers to find items in the art. This book works best for one-on-one reading or as a resource for educators and parents.”—School Library Journal

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A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters

by Christoph Niemann

This is one of the first books that introduced us to Chinese ideograms and pictographs.

The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters

Christoph Niemann is an author and has a regular visual column at The New York Times.

Tickle your mind @ http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/

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