| The Day the Dragon Danced Contributor(s): Haugaard, Kay (Author), Barritt, Carolyn Reed (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1885008309 ISBN-13: 9781885008305 Publisher: Shen's Books OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2006 Annotation: Sugar and her Grandma are going to the Chinese New Years Day parade, but Grandma is skeptical about New Years in February and scary dragons. Sugar has learned all about what to expect from her teacher Miss Peng, though, and is more than ready to try dragon beards candy and watch her daddy dance in the New Years dragon. Finally, after all the other floats drive by, the huge red and gold dragon pokes his head around the corner and dances down the street. Sugar tries to remember which shoes are her daddys, and realizes the dragon isnt dancing so well Sugars quick thinking saves the day and the dragons dance, and everyone in the community is ready to celebrate the new lunar year. As the dragon dancers emerge from beneath the dragon, Sugar recognizes her neighbors, including shopkeeper Mr. Chu, barber Mr. Johnson, teacher Mr. Gonzalez, and her own African-American daddy. Kay Haugaards exuberant storytelling and Carolyn Reed Barritts equally colorful and lively paintings perfectly embody truly multicultural celebration of our American melting pot. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Other, Non-religious - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 2006011555 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 10.27" W x 10.36" (0.98 lbs) 32 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sugar and her Grandma are going to the Chinese New Year's Day parade, but Grandma is skeptical about New Year's in February and scary dragons. Sugar and her Grandma are going to the Chinese New Year's Day parade, but Grandma is skeptical about New Year's in February and scary dragons. Sugar has learned all about what to expect from her teacher Miss Peng, though, and is more than ready to try dragon beard's candy and watch her daddy dance in the New Year's dragon. Finally, after all the other floats drive by, the huge red and gold dragon pokes his head around the corner and dances down the street. Sugar tries to remember which shoes are her daddy's, and realizes the dragon isn't dancing so well... Sugar's quick thinking saves the day and the dragon's dance, and everyone in the community is ready to celebrate the new lunar year. As the dragon dancers emerge from beneath the dragon, Sugar recognizes her neighbors, including shopkeeper Mr. Chu, barber Mr. Johnson, teacher Mr. Gonzalez, and her own African-American daddy. Kay Haugaard's exuberant storytelling and Carolyn Reed Barritt's equally colorful and lively paintings perfectly embody truly multicultural celebration of our American melting pot. |
