Children have never had so many reasons to learn how Chinese people everywhere ring in the new and ring out the old.
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Carolyn Otto brings the historical and cultural aspects of the Chinese New Year into focus, and young readers experience the full flavor of an event celebrated by over a billion people in China, and countless others worldwide.
With 25 colorful images and a simple, educational text, the book is a lively invitation to revel in this child-friendly, national and international holiday.
Celebrate Chinese New Year is the latest, timely addition to National Geographic\'s popular Holidays Around the World series.
Fireworks, parades, lanterns, presents, and feasts: these are some of the joys experienced by all who observe Chinese New Year.
The holiday ends With the Festival of Lanterns, as many large communities stage the famous Dragon Dance.
The Chinese New Year is also an opportunity to remember ancestors, and to wish peace and happiness to friends and family.
Children receive money wrapped in red paper, and friends and loved ones exchange poems written on red paper.
The color represents luck and happiness.
For two joyous weeks red is all around.
As China takes its new place on the global stage, understanding Chinese culture and values becomes ever more essential to our next generation.
Children have never had so many reasons to learn how Chinese people everywhere ring in the new and ring out the old
