Review of Little Sen’s Chinese Holidays

We still have almost 2 weeks left of the Chinese New Year celebration so today I am sharing a lovely Chinese-English bilingual book which discusses all of the major Chinese holidays, written by Yujia Zhao and illustrated by Yulin Li. I showed this book to my son’s Saturday Chinese school teacher and she immediately wanted it for her class, so of course I’ve ordered it for her! Her students (including my kiddo, Brandon) will have lots of fun learning about the holidays with Little Sen!

In this book, each Chinese holiday is introduced by name in Chinese and English, and the reader is informed when each holiday occurs (either according to the Lunar Calendar or Western Calendar). Each holiday – including: Spring Festival/Lunar New Year; Lantern Festival; Tomb Sweeping Day; Dragon Boat Festival; Mid-Autumn Festival; and Double Ninth Festival — is seen through the eyes of Little Sen and you can feel the joy (and sometimes sadness) he experiences with each celebration. You also get to see all the yummy food he eats during each holiday (don’t read this book while hungry)! The whole story is written in Chinese and English. Wonderful for those learning Chinese, but just as enjoyable and entertaining for those who are not. 

Growing up in the US, I did not celebrate all of these special holidays, so I learned a bit from this beautiful book, too! I plan to mark my calendar and discuss and teach my son about all these traditional Chinese holidays as they come up! 

If you would like to buy or see more info about this book, check out their website at: https://shinylantern.com. And, if you order this book before Jan 31, shipping is FREE with the code FSHIP! Gotta love free shipping!