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What English picture books are there about the Spring Festival?

The English picture books about the Spring Festival are as follows:

1, "Happy New Year"

This is an original picture book from China. The original Chinese version is called Reunion, which is the winning work of the first "Feng Zikai Children's Picture Book Award". 20 1 1 translated into English and introduced to the United States. At the end of 20 1 1, it was named the top ten best children's picture books of 201by The New York Times.

It tells a very warm and sad family story from the perspective of Mao Mao, a left-behind child. It tells the story of Mao Mao's father, who built a big house far away and could only go home once a year for the New Year. In just a few days, he and Mao Mao quickly cultivated their feelings during the Spring Festival holiday. ...

2. Spring Festival of Little Pink Pig.

In this picture book, Paige rarely wears a Tang suit and holds a folding fan ... What kind of spark will it have with the Year of China? Is today a lucky day? Everyone is at a loss. It was not until they saw the hanging lanterns, wrote down the word "Fu" and ate sweets and biscuits that Page and his friends gradually learned about "China New Year". ...

This book shows the China New Year from various angles with diversified scenes, and feels the strong atmosphere of traditional culture. Pass on the knowledge of Spring Festival customs with simple daily conversations and vivid stories, and entertain and educate; The combination of Chinese and western cultures has enabled children to form a broader world outlook since childhood.

3. My First Spring Festival

This book is the representative work of Karen Katz, winner of the National Parent-child Publishing Gold Award and the oppenheim Toy Gold Award. There are many English expressions about the Spring Festival in China, such as paper-cutting, New Year's Eve dinner and so on.

From the perspective of Mary, a little girl living overseas, this picture book tells the New Year customs in China, and describes the details related to the Spring Festival, such as cleaning the house, putting up Spring Festival couplets, giving out red envelopes, wearing new clothes, and dancing dragons and lions. On this day of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, it is especially suitable for reading with children. We are looking forward to the Spring Festival!

4. Chelsea's China New Year

This picture book is slightly different from the previous one. It tells how they celebrate the Spring Festival in the United States from the perspective of a little girl from China who lives in the United States. Of course, customs such as putting up Spring Festival couplets, hanging lanterns, wearing new clothes, having a reunion dinner, receiving red envelopes and dancing lions have not fallen.

It's just that the painting style is more like children's graffiti and more inclined to the style of western picture books. But the creative angle of this book is very interesting. The little girl's statement seems to be talking to you, which can arouse children's interactive interest.