Chinese New Year Bundle: Busy New Year's Eve & A New Year's Reunion 好忙的除夕 团圆
Perfect CNY books bundle of 2 books to celebrate Chinese New Year and share the culture with your little ones on how families celebrate this occasion and what they can expect during this celebration.
On New Year's Eve, our family is very very busy. Everyone is chipping in to cook New Year Eve's dinner, praying, cleaning, buying new year goodies, decorating the house with Spring Festival couplets. During this preparation to welcome the new year, adults and children are all kept busy.
In rhythmic text, the story depicts 3 generations busy preparing for the Chinese New Year. Discover what's in store for them this coming Chinese New Year!
A New Year's Reunion 团圆 by Yu Li-Qiong 余丽琼
This award-winning picture-book features a poignant family, vibrantly illustrated tale will resonate with every child who misses relatives when they are away and shows that family's love is strong enough to endure time and distance.
In China, parents work in faraway places and often goes home only once a year, for Chinese New Year. In this story, you meet Little Maomao and his father who came back for CNY celebration.
At first, it felt distant, but shortly after, the family is happily making sticky rice balls, listening to firecrackers, and watching the dragon dance in the streets below. Papa gets a haircut, makes repairs to the house, and hides a lucky coin for Maomao to find. Which she does!
But all too soon it is time for Papa to go away again. A moving story for the family to bond over and appreciate.