Happy New Year Minnie China Adventure [Hardcover]

Disney (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Stoddart+publishing (1000)
• ISBN-10: 0717282260
• ISBN-13: 978-0717282265
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,686,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A book on the Chinese New Year from the early to late 70's?, April 26, 2005

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KSL "emma-and-me" (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Happy New Year Minnie China Adventure (Hardcover)

I think this is one of the kind of book that we have all seen at our grocery stores where you get a chance to purchase 1 book in a series per week. And at the end of the sales run you have books by Disney from about children and places from all over the world.

It begins with Minnie going by train to meet her friend Tang in China for the coming Chinese New Year. While on the train Minnie meets Li-Li who is also on her way home for the holiday. They talk about the Chinese New Year and Li-li points out the Great Wall to Minnie as they passby it. The train arrives at the station Minnie meets her friend while Li-li is united with her family. While saying goodbye to Li-li she give Minnie a map of Beijing and the best places to visit. And also invites her to come and visit her and her family.

From there the 2 stories sorta split and then Minnie visits Li-Li and gets to see people doing Tai Chi, the stone lion statues and Minnie helps Li-li and her baby brother make a Lion costume to dance for their parents to chase away the bad spirits before the New Year comes.

It's a cute little book that I got mostly because it had Minnie Mouse in it and it does have 4 pages in the back on Did You Know facts of China. Althought I couldn't find the date this book was published in, but it does seem to be in the 70's and it doesn't really go deeply into the Chinese New Yearlike many of the books that are out there today do. It's a cute for the younger toddler but I think older children would be bored with it.