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This is the Korean-English bilingual paperback edition of the award-winning Lunar New Year classic (also available in English-only and Chinese bilingual editions).
A young boy looks forward to the Lunar New Year, often called the Chinese or Korean New Year, a time of hope—and you don't have to be Asian to celebrate it! Janet S. Wong's spare, lyrical couplets voice a child's determination to face the new year with courage and optimism. Yangsook Choi captures the spirit of celebration in her vibrant, energetic pictures.
(The following refers to the original English language version of the book.)
An Oppenheim Toy Portfolio GOLD Award A Nick Jr. "Best Holiday Book"
Review
A festive, truly engaging story of the Chinese Lunar New Year. The Chinese Korean boy tells us, in a funny, fresh, first-person voice, how his best friends, a German French boy and a Hopi Mexican girl, like to celebrate the Chinese New Year, too. Yangsook Choi's artfully composed, action-packed paintings add uplifting color to the happy spirit of the holiday, and an author's note provides more details about the Chinese New Year and Wong's childhood memories of the celebration. This delightful picture book makes a fine addition to the small collection of Chinese New Year books, distinguishing itself with the narrator's endearingly persistent quest for luck "They say you are coming into money / when your palms itch, / and my palms have been itching for days. / My brother thinks it's warts, / but I know luck is coming." (Ages 4 to 8) —Emilie Coulter
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2. Wong carefully and clearly presents the reasons behind the rituals in a manner understandable to young children. She explains in an appended note about her own confusion as a child about the timing and meaning of the holiday. Choi's vibrant...paintings realistically capture the details of and preparations for this hopeful time of year. Youngsters will enjoy the bright colors and the sense of motion and activity conveyed as the boy helps his mother clean, flosses his teeth, and cringes from the noise of the firecrackers. A good choice for anyone getting ready to celebrate Chinese New Year. Anne Connor, Los Angeles Public Library
From Booklist
Ages 4-8. The narrator, who is half Korean, describes how he and his friends, like so many people in a multicultural society, celebrate the holiday with a modern blend of adopted and inherited traditions the boy's mother makes traditional Korean new year soup; Evelyn, part Hopi and Mexican, loves the money-stuffed red envelopes from her Singaporean neighbor; and Glenn, part French and German, "calls it Chinese New Year, too, even though he celebrates it at his house by eating Thai food to go." At home, the boy cleans the house, "so it can soak up good luck like an empty sponge," grooms himself, and pledges to be brave and positive—"none of that can't do, don't have, why me." Choi's smooth, brightly colored paintings—filled with firecrackers, dragons, and other cultural symbols—ably illustrate the optimistic activity and the yearning in the accessible, rhythmic text. Children of diverse backgrounds will connect with the boy's earnest desire to help change the family's luck and realize his own potential. Gillian Engberg
From The Horn Book
"In a spare, lyrical narrative a Chinese-Korean boy reflects on what the luner new year, otherwise known as Chinese New Year, means to him . . . The concepts of renewal, starting over, and luck, which inform many of the rituals, will resonate with young readers." —The Horn Book
Read Online This Next New Year KoreanEnglish Bilingual Edition Korean Edition Janet S Wong Yangsook Choi 9781937057237 Books
"Was advertised as a book in Korean but the book was in English but written by a Korean author. Dissatisfied but not worth the cost of return."
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This Next New Year KoreanEnglish Bilingual Edition Korean Edition Janet S Wong Yangsook Choi 9781937057237 Books Reviews
- I bought this to do a presentation on Lunar New Year for my daughter's preK class. We are Korean-American, so we were looking for something that wasn't strictly talking about Chinese New Year. This book was perfect. The kids loved listening to it. The diverse friends talked about in the book were great for normalizing culture. And the kids were quiet and still during the reading, so it must have been good! I also liked that it had the Korean hangul writing along with the English. We will read this book for years to come.
- I love any books with Korean and English for my daughter, especially when a book has the Romanized Korean writing so I can attempt to say the Korean words. I think she gets an extra kick out of it, even tho I'm probably butchering the beautiful Korean language. Bright illustrations and a lovely family story that teaches cultural variety.
- I was invited by my child's first-grade teacher to read a book for Lunar New Year to the class and I bought several books to consider. I picked this book because it shows children of different racial and ethnic backgrounds celebrating Lunar New Year/Chinese New Year even while focusing on one child who is half-Korean in particular and all the things he does to celebrate Lunar New Year. The illustrations are great too. The kids loved it!
- Wonderful Lunar New Year Book. We especially appreciate the Korean Writing and reference to Lunar New Year rather than Chinese New Year. Our Daughter is Korean and it's nice to recognize her culture specifically.
- Was advertised as a book in Korean but the book was in English but written by a Korean author. Dissatisfied but not worth the cost of return.
- nice book
- excellent book! Nice that it is written in English and Korean!
- Janet Wong's year 2000 This Next New Year is unique in that it shows different ethnic groups in America celebrating Chinese New Year. The little boy who is the main character is half Chinese and half Korean. The book also mentions a little boy who is French and German who celebrates the holiday with Thai food to go and a little girl who is Hopi and Mexican who calls the New Year her favorite holiday because she likes getting red envelopes from her neighbor from Singapore. With vibrant colors, the boy explains with a bit of wit and humor and spunk their traditions around the New Year including washing his hair and "drying it extra dry." A cute book for the younger set - maybe 4-7 year olds - and particularly good for pointing out that lots of different people enjoy recognizing Chinese New Year with their own little traditions.
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