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Book Detail
Dragon New Year, The |
Publication Information
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Author: Bouchard, David |
Illustrator: Huang, Zhong-Yang |
Title: Dragon New Year, The |
Date: 1999 |
Publisher: Peachtree |
City: Atlanta |
ISBN, paperback: 1561452106 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
Yes |
Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
folk tale
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HSE Descriptor(s):
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Summary: |
A beautifully illustrated, imaginative tale about why the Chinese celebrate New Year with firecrackers. A bereaved mother is helped by Buddah to thwart the New Year dragon. The author includes the background information for his created myth. |
Teaching Ideas: |
The book makes a good read aloud. Students could discuss and write about how they celebrate special holidays. This book could be used with others myths of how and why things started, using a matrix to compare and contrast this story with similar ones from other countries. Students could also look at books about storytelling to discuss and/or write about what makes good storytelling, books like Shadow Spinner, Come Go With Me, Drylongso, and Her Stories. . |
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