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A New Year's Reunion
By Yu Li-Qiong, Zhu Cheng-Liang (Illustrator)
A father returns home for New Year, but must leave again soon.
4.1/5 Goodreads · 569 ratings
40 pages· 713 words· Est. 6 min read-aloud
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Bookroo's summary
Maomao eagerly awaits her father's annual return for Chinese New Year. As they reconnect, the family enjoys festive traditions, from making sticky rice balls to watching dragon dances. Maomao finds a hidden lucky coin, a cherished memory before her father departs once more. This touching story captures the bittersweet moments of reunion and separation, highlighting the enduring strength of family love across distances.
From the publisher
Maomao s dad works many miles away, but he is coming home for New Year!Little Maomao s father works in faraway places and comes home just once a year, for Chinese New Year. At first Maomao barely recognizes him, but before long the family is happily making sticky rice balls, listening to firecrackers, and watching the dragon dance in the streets below. Papa gets a haircut, makes repairs to the house, and hides a lucky coin for Maomao to find. Which she does! But all too soon it is time for Papa to go away again. This poignant, vibrantly illustrated tale, which won the prestigious Feng Zikai Chinese Children s Picture Book Award in 2009, is sure to resonate with every child who misses relatives when they are away and shows how a family s love is strong enough to endure over time and distance.
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 40
- Words
- 713
- Reading age
- 3–7
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- AD490L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 2.6
- F&P level
- ~M
- AR points
- 0.5
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 147817
Publication
- Published
- October 31, 2011
- First published
- January 1, 2008
- Publisher
- Candlewick
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780763658816
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