Alex's Good Fortune, Benson Shum
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Alex's Good Fortune

Author: Benson Shum

Narrator: Elizabeth Pan

Unabridged: 0 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio

Published: 12/29/2020

Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Holidays & Celebrations - Other, Non-religious

Synopsis

Celebrate Chinese New Year with this sweet story of friendship and family!

In this story designed to engage early readers, charming characters combine with simple text, lively illustrations, and laugh-out-loud humor to help boost kids' confidence and create lifelong readers!

Chinese New Year is the most important holiday for Alex and her family, so it's even more special when she gets to share her favorite traditions with her best friend, Ethan. Together, they join the Chinese New Year parade and get to help make the dragon dance. Then they prepare for the festivities by tidying up, decorating, and making dumplings. After that, it's time to open red envelopes, eat a great big feast, and enjoy the lantern fesival! Complete with fun facts about the holiday in the back of the book, young readers will want to revisit this story again and again.

Exciting, easy-to-read books are the stepping stone a young reader needs to bridge the gap between being a beginner and being fluent.

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