They will be celebrating the Chinese New Year in my neighborhood, Flushing, Queens with a parade down Main Street. This is the Year of the Golden Rabbit, which is suppose to be lucky, and be a good time to catch your breath and calm your nerves. Sounds good to me. I think a lot of us could use a breather.
To celebrate the New Year, I have found a wonderful book of fantasy and folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin. Thanks to Anita Silvey from Book A Day Almanac. Ms. Lin tells the heroic journey of a young girl, Minli who lives with her family in the dull, brown village where Fruitless Mountain and the Jade River meet. Her parents have very little to give her materially but her father shares his wealth of stories and folklore with his daughter. The stories ignite a determination in Minli to change her family's poverty by finding "The Old Man in the Moon" who is suppose to know how to bring good fortune. Thus, begins Minli's adventure, and along the way she meets a talking fish, a dragon, some greedy monkeys and an assortment of other characters. These stories will grab the attention of young readers ages 8 years and older, and provide a wonderful journey into the New Year!
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