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Henry's First-Moon Birthday
By Look, Lenore & Heo, Yumi
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68982-294-0
- Publisher
- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2001.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2001
PreS-Gr 2 In this cheerful, intergenerational story about a Chinese-American family, Jenny's baby brother is having his first-moon (one month) birthday party. Even though she doesn't believe that he deserves the fuss (all he does is sleep, eat, and cry), Jenny and her GninGnin prepare delicacies like pigs' feet and ginger soup and dyed red eggs for good luck. With pen and ink, they write Henry's Chinese name and good-luck words on red cloth in calligraphy for everyone to read. While...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
