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    The Animals of Chinese New Year
    The Animals of Chinese New Year
    The Animals of Chinese New Year
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    The Animals of Chinese New Year

    By Jen Sookfong Lee

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    Drawing on the myth of the Chinese zodiac, The Animals of Chinese New Year follows twelve animals as they speed across a river, competing to represent the imminent new year in a race held by the Jade Emperor, the most powerful Chinese god. Each animal competes in its own unique way. The ox works hard, the tiger is brave, the dog smiles kindly, but who will win? Bright photographs of babies demonstrating the same traits as the animals in the text, complemented by traditional Chinese graphic elements, accompany Sookfong Lee's lively text.

    Orca Book Publishers is pleased to offer this book as a dual-language (English/Simplifed Chinese) edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOrca Book Publishers
    Release dateJan 8, 2019
    ISBN9781459819030
    The Animals of Chinese New Year
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    Jen Sookfong Lee

    Jen Sookfong Lee was born and raised in Vancouver's East Side, where she now lives with her husband. Her poetry, fiction, and articles have appeared in a variety of magazines, including The Antigonish Review, The Claremont Review, Horsefly, and Jasmine. A finalist for the Stephen Leacock Poetry Contest, she is a Knopf Canada New Face of Fiction for The End of East.

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      My kids love learning about their birth animal and relating with it. As an adult, it's a great reminder of creative thinking.

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