Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year [Turtleback]

Kate Waters (Author)

Product Details

• Turtleback
• Publisher: Demco Media (December 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606047298
• ISBN-13: 978-0606047296
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,759,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book for introducing Chinese New Year, January 11, 1998

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This review is from: Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year (Library Binding)

This book is one of my favorite books for Chinese New Year celebration. The authors successfully capture the lively and warm atmosphere of New Year celebrating among Chinese. Through the realistic photograph as well as the text, the authors show readers the custom of the Chinese New Year, such as offering food and incense at the altar and wearing new clothes in New Year. In addition, the authors also appendix the Chinese horoscope to the end of the book. The Chinese horoscope is an important part of the Chinese culture and is still widely used among the Chinese community. The Chinese characters in the horoscope are also written correctly and beautifully in Chinese paint brush to represent the artistic aspect of Chinese writing system.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Demystifying the Lion, March 20, 2006

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Anthony E. Maddela "Reacts Sometimes" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year (Reading Rainbow Books) (Paperback)

If you have small children,their first encounter with the lion can be the stuff bad dreams are made of. Our 16-month-old son was both frightened and intrigued by the lion that came to the Chinese restaurant where our friends' son was enjoying his first birthday. The book follows Ernie Wan through his preparation to his first lion dance one Chinese New Year's day in New York's Chinatown. You see the customs and rituals that lead up to his debut. More important, you see the closeness of his family and the value of rites of passage in gathering people together. My family is not Chinese but my wife and I have immigrant parents. If you are trying to demonstrate why maintaining your cultural heritage is worthwhile, Lion Dancer will support your cause. My son literally drools on the pictures of the Chinese dishes and the kung-fu kicks of the lions amid the firecracker smoke. If I have a single criticism, it's that the pages of this paperback will fall out after repeated reading. And if I'm entitled to menion one mature indulgence, the book includes a section describing the personalities of the various animals in the Chinese lunar year. You might agree that the year you were born is more telling than the month.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Liondance fan!, September 15, 2005

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Melvin Roberts Jr. "Bladesaint" (Bensalem Pa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year (Reading Rainbow Books) (Paperback)

I thought the book was very interesting with wonderful pictures
for children to look at. Despite being written for children to enjoy, it gave some insight to anyone, curious about this aspect of Chinese culture.