A New Year's Reunion (Hardcover)

from krystalramirez

Summary: Maomao and her mother wake up early one morning because her father, who works far away from home and only comes home once a year,is coming home for Chinese New Year. She seems scared of him at first but warms up to him. He gives her a new hat and takes her every where with him. He spends...

from shazzerwise

Beautiful illustrations mark this charming holiday story about a little girl and her father whom she only sees once a year, on Chinese New Year. This would make an wonderful pair with The Runaway Wok for a Chinese New Year story time.

from lbradf4

The Chinese New Year is the only time Mao-Mao sees her father. He is away building houses all year. Her father makes sticky rice balls, and one has a coin hidden in it. She spends as much time with her father as possible, helping him fix the house and repair the things that need it before he leav...

from athena.j

The genre of this book is realistic fiction. It tells the story of a family composed of a girl, a mother, and a father, who only comes home at New Year's. The girl is frightened of her father at first, because he needs a shave, but remembers him again after he pays a visit to the barber's. It tel...

from AbigailAdams26

Originally published in China as 团圆 - transliterated as tuán​yuán, it literally means "to have/having a reunion" - this award-winning picture-book features a poignant family tale from author Li Qiong Yu, and beautiful gouache illustrations from artist Zhu Chen Liang, both of whom reside in Nanjin...