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Alex's Good Fortune by Benson Shum

Alex's Good Fortune

Paperback – Illustrated, December 29, 2020

Benson Shum

Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · December 29, 2020

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

US: Asian American StoriesDiversity & MulticulturalLunar New Year Stories
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Who it’s for
A lively early-reader celebration pairs Chinese New Year traditions with friendship, family, and gentle humor.
Themes
Friendship and family, Chinese New Year traditions
Genres
Lunar New Year Stories, Diversity & Multicultural, US: Asian American Stories

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About this book

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.

Continue reading

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.

Festive First Reads

A lively early-reader celebration pairs Chinese New Year traditions with friendship, family, and gentle humor.

Come here for

  • Chinese New Year traditions, from dumplings to lanterns
  • A warm story about sharing celebrations with a friend

Expect

  • Simple text, lively illustrations, and laugh-out-loud humor
  • Fun facts about the holiday at the back

Where it sits

Lunar New Year Stories95%
US: Asian American Stories36%
Diversity & Multicultural24%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Asian Myths & Legends
  • Nonreligious Celebrations
  • Diversity & Multicultural
Authors
Benson Shum
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
December 29, 2020
Format
Paperback
Theme
Friendship and family · Chinese New Year traditions
Reading lane
Asian Myths & Legends