Alex's Good Fortune (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780593222942)

Celebrate Chinese New Year with this sweet story of friendship and family

In this story designed to engage early readers, charming characters combine with simple text, lively illustrations, and laugh-out-loud humor to help boost kids' confidence and create lifelong readers

Chinese New Year is the most important holiday for Alex and her family, so it's even more special when she gets to share her favorite traditions with her best friend, Ethan. Together, they join the Chinese New Year parade and get to help make the dragon dance. Then they prepare for the festivities by tidying up, decorating, and making dumplings. After that, it's time to open red envelopes, eat a great big feast, and enjoy the lantern fesival Complete with fun facts about the holiday in the back of the book, young readers will want to revisit this story again and again.

Exciting, easy-to-read books are the stepping stone a young reader needs to bridge the gap between being a beginner and being fluent.

Author: Benson Shum
ISBN-10: 0593222946
ISBN-13: 9780593222942
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Language: English
Published: 12/29/2020
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.60w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/01/2020 pg. 54