The art is bright and colorful, and there's a good cadence to the words that would work fabulously for a storytime session. He spends his non-writing time thinking about writing and going to as many live music shows as he can. Each page has a word in English that is highlighted, and in the illsutration on the page, the corresponding Chinese character is drawn. I only know for sure because I asked someone but a simple heading or footnote stating that it is a 'Mandarin translation' would have been helpful.

For more children's literature, middle grade literature, and YA literature reviews, feel free to visit my personal blog at The Miller Memo! This one though, was set in what seems like China, and yet the ethnicity of the characters seem varied.Her best-selling Princess series and Albie series have each sold over a quarter of a million copies and her books are published in numerous languages all over the world. My grandson had not really heard about the celebration of Chinese New Year, so was very interested in what they do to celebrate. I really enjoyed this one in particular because it talks about the Chinese New Year, as well as the Chinese culture in general. In addition, the artwork is very colorful, and works well with the Chinese culture that the story is representing. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

Set in China during the Spring Festival, otherwise known as Chinese New Year, the wily dragon will have to avoid trap after trap as the kids run through paper lanterns, red lunar envelopes, fireworks, and more! My favorite part, however, was the inclusion of Mandarin translated words both throughout the book and in the back. On the one hand, I really wanted to enjoy the story, but on the other, it's just kind of missing the mark.Cute story from the famous author of the "How to catch" series , but this has to be my favorite; its got a DRAGON! The entire text is translated into Simplified Chinese with Pinyin in the backmatter for cross-referencing. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

With adventure around every corner, and core values of friendship, kindness and imaginative play, the Albie stories make great bedtime stories and support early years education too! This book introduces a couple Chinese New Year traditions while the kids trying to catch a dragon while getting ready for the holiday.Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. If you know a little one who is looking for a bilingual tale or is bored of the same old Chinese New Year tales, give this one a shot. On liftoff day (a space shuttle–themed calendar counts down the days; a stopwatch, the minutes), the small family boards their rocket ship (depicted in the illustrations as the family car), and “the boosters fire. With that said, I did really enjoy most of the artwork and though the meter of the poetry is way off, it didn't bother me so much that it took too much away from the story. Join Albie on a knightly quest in this fantastic follow up to Welcome to Alien School and How to Grow a Dinosaur.