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CBC Showcase: Holidays Around the World 2007

On the Chinese New Year, six-year-old Ernie will perform his first Lion Dance in Chinatown.

Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year
By Kate Waters and Madeline Slovenz-Low
Illustrated by Martha Cooper

Lion Dancer is a Reading Rainbow selction and NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People.

"Brightly lit photographs, accompanied by a brief explanatory text, illustrate in considerable detail young Ernie Wan's first performance in a Chinese New Year parade and some of the customs and rituals leading up to the celebration. A useful and appealing book. Horn Rating: Superior, well above average." - Horn Book


Ages: 5-7
ISBN: 0-590-43047-5
Price: $4.99
Publisher: Scholastic Press

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