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Is what it would be in Chinese 1459819020 We loved this introduction to the Chinese Zodiac The story of the animals racing is combined with adorable photos of a diverse group of little kids playing The girls enjoyed looking up their years horse and rabbit and they found the illustrations of the animals interesting 1459819020 I like the concept of The Animals of Chinese New Year than I actually like the execution In this book we re introduced to the myth of the Chinese Zodiac Each two page spread shows part of the myth in both English and Chinese with a matching photo of a child doing an action similar to the one described in the myth The story ends a bit abruptly to me.

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Because books like these tend to stay on the reading shelf longer if there is enough story there to hold an older child s interest I think I would also have preferred to see actual wildlife instead of the babies. The Animals of Chinese New Year ebooks online Thank you to NetGalley and Orca Book Publishers for providing me with a DRC of this book 1459819020 This book introduces the reader to the myth of the Chinese Zodiac The animals are having a race and each two page spread tells us about one of the animals and what it is doing at some point in the race The text is in both English and Chinese The picture accompanying the text is of a baby toddler doing a similar action as the animal The concept is cute.

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A simple board book about the various animals of the Chinese zodiac But I don t get the cover photo 1459819020 Adorable photos of babies illustrate the traits of the animals in the Chinese zodiac 1459819020 It took mama and brother a couple reads to realize that each kid was mimicking the action of the zodiac animal on the opposite page I of course noticed right away I m still pretty obsessed with babies so of course the pics of all the sweet nuggets are a winner How cool would it be if we could someday read this book to mama in both languages 1459819020 Beautiful active evocative of the characteristics of the Chinese zodiac signs Bi lingual Really lovely 1459819020 Maybe the Chinese reads better but the English is not all that great Especially the horse page 1459819020 Jen Sookfong Lee writes talks on the radio and loves her slow cooker. The Animals of Chinese New yeardle In 2007 Knopf Canada published Jen s first novel The End of East as part of its New Face of Fiction program Hailed as an emotional powerhouse of a novel The End of East shines a light on the Chinese Canadian story the repercussions of immigration and the city of Vancouver. Book The Animals of Chinese New year's Shelter Jen s first fiction for young adults was published in February 2011 as part of Annick Press Single Voice series It follows a young girl as she struggles to balance her first and dangerous love affair with a difficult and demanding family. The Animals of Chinese New Year kindle paperwhite Called straight ahead page turning brilliance by The National Post and shortlisted for the City of Vancouver Book Award The Better Mother Jen s s Jen Sookfong Lee writes talks on the radio and loves her slow cooker. The Animals of Chinese New Year booker In 2007 Knopf Canada published Jen s first novel The End of East as part of its New Face of Fiction program Hailed as an emotional powerhouse of a novel The End of East shines a light on the Chinese Canadian story the repercussions of immigration and the city of Vancouver. The Animals of Chinese New Year pdf reader Shelter Jen s first fiction for young adults was published in February 2011 as part of Annick Press Single Voice series It follows a young girl as she struggles to balance her first and dangerous love affair with a difficult and demanding family. The Animals of Chinese New Year ebookers Called straight ahead page turning brilliance by The National Post and shortlisted for the City of Vancouver Book Award The Better Mother Jen s sopho novel was published by Knopf in May 2011 Set in Vancouver during the mid 20th century and early 1980s The Better Mother is about the accidental friendship between Miss Val a longtime burlesque dancer and Danny Lim a wedding photographer trying to reconcile his past with his present. The Animals of Chinese New yeardley A popular radio personality Jen was the writing columnist for CBC Radio One s On the Coast and All Points West for three years She appears regularly as a columnist on The Next Chapter and Definitely Not the Opera and is a frequent co host of the Studio One Book Club Jen is a member of the writing group SPiN and is represented by the Carolyn Swayze Literary Agency. The Animals of Chinese New Year epub reader Born and raised in East Vancouver Jen now lives in North Burnaby with her husband son and hoodlum of a dog site_link Drawing on the myth of the Chinese zodiac The Animals of Chinese New Year follows twelve animals as they speed across a river competing to represent the imminent new year in a race held by the Jade Emperor the most powerful Chinese god Each animal competes in its own unique way The ox works hard the tiger is brave the dog smiles kindly but who will win Bright photographs of babies demonstrating the same traits as the animals in the text complemented by traditional Chinese graphic elements accompany Sookfong Lee s lively text Orca Book Publishers is pleased to offer this book as a dual language English Simplified Chinese edition The Animals of Chinese New YearRating 5 leaves out of 5Characters 5 5Cover 5 5Story 5 5Writing 5 5Genre Children Board BookType BookWorth Yes A cute and educational book on a different culture s new years It is also amazing to see that each sentence right under it without much explanation about why spoiler alert the rat wins It s a shame but the story just ends with the rat winning the race and there is nothing to it The book appears to be aimed at young children with the photos but they will not understand the text I am a bit confused as to how to rate this one The publisher Orca Book Publishers provided me with a copy of this book to read The rating ideas and opinions are my own 1459819020 It s a nice concept though I didn t love it as much as I had hoped to As the text at the back explains At the end of winter and beginning of spring people around the world celebrate Chinese New Year Each new year is represented by one of twelve animals each with its own traits According to myth the Jade Emperor who was the most powerful god organized a race across the river and the animal who won was assigned the first year in the twelve year cycle The book tells this story in 1 sentence per page 2 sentences each for the first and last page in English and Simplified Chinese where each text page is faced by a photo of a baby about half East Asian half not doing an activity that echoes the narrative text the cover says In Chinese and English but nowhere specifies if it s Cantonese or Mandarin which seems odd but the author s website says This book is dual language English Simplified Chinese edition ditto the linked publisher s website Babies love looking at babies though I m not sure how much the actual narrative would hold their interest once they re older And as other reviewers have noted because the narrative is so sparse the ending who wins feels somewhat abrupt 1459819020 .