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Li’s Chinese New Year
By Fang Wang Get Book
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Description
Li’s Chinese New Year is a bilingual Vietnamese-English picture book for children and families. It follows Li as his family cleans the house, hangs decorations, flies kites, watches fireworks, and prepares for a school assembly about the Chinese zodiac.
The story gives you Vietnamese reading practice with English available for comparison, while the color illustrations support meaning. The 12 zodiac animals are woven into the plot, and the back of the book adds festival facts, recipes, and activities. This makes it useful for shared reading, heritage-language families, or young learners building vocabulary through context.
It is a short cultural reader, not a structured Vietnamese course. You will not get grammar explanations, a sequence of lessons, or substantial speaking and writing practice. The paperback is PENpal enabled, but audio requires separate equipment, so the book by itself mainly supports reading and vocabulary.
Content
- Type: Readers
- Skills: Reading, Vocabulary
- Size: 36 pages
- Native audio: No
- Exercises: Yes
Price
- Price: $15.50 one-time
- Cost: Paid
- Free trial: No
Details
- Format: Book
- Made for children: Yes
- Author: Fang Wang
- Publisher: Mantra Lingua
- Published: 2010
- ISBN-13: 9781846115752
Pros
- Bilingual Vietnamese-English text supports direct comparison
- Zodiac animals are woven into the story as a search-and-find element
- Festival facts, recipes, and activities extend the reading
- Color illustrations provide context for young readers
Cons
- Only one short story, so language coverage is limited
- No structured grammar or lesson progression
- Audio requires a separately purchased PENpal device
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