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5.0 out of 5 stars
a lovely story with beautiful illustrations, September 7, 2007
This review is from: Long-Long's New Year: A Story About the Chinese Spring Festival (Hardcover)
This is the story of a little boy who goes with his grandfather to town to sell their produce and, with the funds from the sales, purchase goodies for the the Spring Festival (Chinese new Year). It's a nice little story, but the highlight of the book is the illustrations, which are WONDERFUL. We recently returned from a trip to China, and the illustrations remind me so much of the sights and sounds I experienced there: the bikes laiden with packages, families traveling by scooters, the numerous and diverse small shops or stalls along the streets, and folks picking over foodstuffs for use in their cooking. Just a fabulous reminder of the China just a block or two beyond the hotels catering to western tourists.
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