Why We Eat Fried Peanuts (eBook)

A Celebration of Family and Lunar New Year Traditions

Zed Zha (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
32 Seiten
becker&mayer! kids (Verlag)
978-0-7603-9554-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Celebrate Lunar New Year through a story of ancestral bravery while learning about Chinese history, language, and food.Join Meng, a Chinese American girl, as she prepares for the Lunar New Year festivities with her family and discovers the significance of ancestral stories and the history behind the Mandarin language and traditional foods eaten during the holiday.Meng's father shares with her the family story of ti nai nai, Meng's great-grandmother, and a very important ancestor for the family. Ti nai nai's brave act of courage many years ago inspired generations after and teaches valuable lessons that every child can learn from today.Along the way, see how food plays an important role in the festivities and why one foodpeanutsis an important snack. The simple recipe for fried peanuts at the end of the story provides a fun, easy way to include the Lunar New Year in your annually celebrated holidays.Through the tale of tinai nai, you will also learn significant moments in Chinese history and how to say a few words in Mandarin, such as:??? great-grandmother?? warmhearted?? story?? - help?? baby?? - lucky?? motherand more!Rich with vibrant and joyful illustrations, Why We Eat Fried Peanuts honors the concept of ancestry, a pillar of Chinese culture that is remembered during the Lunar New Year celebrations. Through this engaging story, discover the rich history and culture of the Lunar New Year and learn how to apply the values of strength and courage all year round.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.1.2025
• Illustrationen: Sian James
• Zusatzinfo: 30+ color illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Bilderbücher
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher
• Schlagworte: Activity • ancestral stories • Ancient • Arts • Asian • books • Cat • Celebrations • China • Chinese • chinese annual holiday • chinese family history • Chinese history • Chinese New Year • chinese new year traditions • cooking with kids • Culture • Daughter • deity • diverse books for children • Diversity • Dog • Dragon • Dragons • Eastern • February • Fireworks • food to eat for lunar new year • Gift • Global • Goat • Gods • great-grandmother • historical chinese foods • History • horse • how to celebrate chinese new year • how to celebrate lunar new year • Illustration • Inclusion • Interactive • international • january • Kids • lantern • learn mandarin key words and phrases • Lion Dance • lucky red envelope • lunar new year • lunar new year snacks • lunar new year stories • lunar new year traditions • make and do • Mandarin Language • Minority • Monkey • new moon holiday • Ox • Pig • present • rabbit • Race • RAM • Rat • reunion dinner • Rooster • SHARE • Sharing • Snake • Social • Son • Spiritual • spring equinox holiday • Teach • teaching kids about chinese new year • Tiger • together • Tradition • Values • vibrant • Winter • world festivals • Worldwide
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-9554-3 / 0760395543
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-9554-7 / 9780760395547