With only a little knowledge of Chinese New Year, this book is a bit hard to understand, but the author gives more detail in the end. As the drums beat and cymbals clash, boy and dragon capture the golden good luck from high in the sky and bring it down to the crowds in the streets. Joyce Chng is a Chinese-Singaporean author, a prolific blogger and a vocal supporter of diversity in children s fiction. Having Shen Long be a main character with a voice truly engages the reader in the story and allows you to experience Yao's perspective.

Once a year Shen Long, a great blue-scaled tian long luck dragon, is woken from his slumber to dance the dragon’s dance of luck and prosperity. citation needed] History [ edit ] Han dynasty stone relief engraving showing a form of Dragon Dance. While I know a little bit about Chinese New Year and the dragon dance, this picture book does a remarkable job of capturing the essence of the experience with words evoking its sights and sounds. Wherever It Is Summer Whisper White Bungalow (The) White Fox White Horse White Poodle and the Elephant (The) White Stone (The) Whitey Who am I? Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem "The Great Chinese Dragon", published in his 1961 anthology Starting from San Francisco, was inspired by the dragon dance.

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