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Dragon Dancing

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List Price: $16.99
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Manufacturer: Viking Juvenile

Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780670060849
ISBN: 0670060844
Label: Viking Juvenile
Manufacturer: Viking Juvenile
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 40
Publication Date: 2006-12-28
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Studio: Viking Juvenile

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Editorial Reviews:

In this preschool picture book, young children show us the wonder and fun of learning. After reading a book about dragons with their teacher, these inventive preschoolers decide to make their own dragon out of colored paper, yarn, feathers, and . . . themselves! Soon they’re out the door, onto the playground, and into another world—the world of imagination. Becoming a magnificent dragon, the children dance over snowy mountains, through tall forests, and into whispery meadows, before returning to school for a wonderful birthday treat.

A perfect accompaniment to Chinese New Year celebrations, Dragon Dancing is both a treat for the eyes and the mind.

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Customer Rating:

Summary: Another beautifully book both story & illustrator
Comment: It's Mei Lin and her classroom from the books Sqiggle & Someone Says from the amazing team of Carole Lexa Scaefer and Pierr Morgan! Once again the illustrations shine because of the bright colors, simplicity of the drawing which focus on the children and their imagination. This book weaves together many Asian scenes snowy mountains, a bamboo forrest with paper cut pandas, and a pair of Mandarin ducks. The dragon is drawn friendly and playful.

The children playing & pretending to be a dragon using again a long red string, some cut paper decorations and a huge dose of imagination. Is this book is not about Chinese New Year or Dragon dancing .

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Summary: Introduces Chinese culture to children
Comment: After their teacher reads them a book about dragons, Mei Lin's classmates decide the perfect way to decorate for her birthday is by creating a birthday dragon. Everyone has something to add--from "boink-boink" eyes to "fa-foom!" a dragon-fire nose--until the sparkle-head dragon leads the children off on a magical dancing journey through Asian- looking landscapes--that is until their teacher calls them back for a snack.

Dragon Dancing, the newest collaboration between Carole Lexa Schaefer and Pierr Morgan, once again focuses on imaginative play. Schaefer uses language to create a feeling of motion and sound within the story, with these lines often printed in bold or in a wave reminiscent of a dragon's tail. This is a story parents and children will enjoy reading together. Children will have sound effects to make with their feet "Then all of us--in a long dragon line--go stomp, bomp-tromping away..." and parents can have fun with volume and onomatopoeic words featured throughout.

Snip, twirl, flip.

"Look at me!" Mei Lin shouts.

"I'm Birthday Dragon!"

Morgan's line drawings of the dragon capture the energy and excitement of a preschool class. Her art takes on a decided Asian influence to capture and differentiate the imagination sections of the book. The children in the classroom reflect a great diversity, ensuring all children should find someone to identify with in the pictures.

Armchair Interviews says: Dragon Dancing is a wonderful way to introduce children to Chinese culture and Chinese New Year.

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