Happy Chinese New Year!, Jannie Ho
Happy Chinese New Year!, Jannie Ho
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Happy Chinese New Year!
A Festive Counting Story

Author: Jannie Ho

Narrator: Sura Siu

Unabridged: 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/29/2022

Synopsis

Count to twelve with the zodiac animals as they get ready to celebrate Chinese New Year! This delightful audiobook introduces each of the zodiac animals as they bring special items to the celebration.

Xīn Nián Kuài Lè! Happy Chinese New Year!

The zodiac animals are ready to celebrate Chinese New Year with traditions and a big feast! Little ones can count to twelve as each animal prepares for the holiday: 

Rat cleaned away the bad luck in one big sweep!
Ox shopped for two new outfits.
Tiger brought three kinds of flowers.

This audiobook makes it easy for little ones to follow along as the animals' preparations lead up to a tasty feast followed by a party with music and dancing! 

At the end of the book, each of the Chinese New Year traditions mentioned in the story is explained in further detail—from the customs of cleaning the house and wearing new clothes to hanging lanterns and making dumplings. 

This audiobook is the perfect way to introduce little ones to Chinese New Year and its traditions.

About The Author

Born in Hong Kong and raised in Philadelphia, Jannie Ho moved to New York to study illustration at Parsons School of Design. After working as a graphic designer and an art director at many fun places, such as Nickelodeon, Scholastic, and TIME for Kids, she decided illustration was her true calling. Jannie (also known as Chicken Girl) now specializes in illustrating for the children's market, including trade and educational books, magazines, toys, crafts, and digital media. She works and plays in Boston with her husband and daughter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kyra on December 18, 2022

Beautiful new board book integrating counting up to 12 in Chinese along with aspects of Lunar New Year celebrations......more

Goodreads review by Meredith on February 01, 2025

Lovely introduction to Chinese New Year traditions. I appreciated the subtle aspects as well. I think a fun classroom connection would be to try a few of the snacks.......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on May 31, 2024

My 6 year old daughter was almost able to read this by herself.......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on July 18, 2024

Isaac's visual interest πŸ‘€ (3 is top): πŸ‘€πŸ‘€ (it's a bit longer than he was in the mood for) How good it is as a book for me to read aloud while breastfeeding 🍼 (3 is top): 🍼🍼🍼......more

Goodreads review by Douglas on February 14, 2023

A cute counting book that has cultural significance.......more

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