We Are Lion Dancers
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · December 31, 2024
Celebrate Lunar New Year with the lion dance, bringing good luck and fortune to all.
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- Who it’s for
- For early readers building confidence with simple text.
- Themes
- Lunar New Year celebration, Lion dance tradition, Sibling teamwork
- Genres
- Lunar New Year Stories, Dance Stories, US: Asian American Stories
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Celebrate Lunar New Year with the lion dance, bringing good luck and fortune to all. 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! As Lunar New Year approaches, a colorful costume catches the eye of siblings Lily and Noah—the lion dancers are practicing for the parade!
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As they learn what the lion dance means, the duo dives into helping prepare, even making their own lion costume for fun. Complete with even more facts about the legend of the lion dance 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.
Who it’s for
- For early readers building confidence with simple text.
- For young readers interested in Lunar New Year traditions.
Where it sits
| Lunar New Year Stories | 88% |
|---|---|
| US: Asian American Stories | 27% |
| Dance Stories | 25% |
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 31, 2024
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Lunar New Year celebration · Lion dance tradition · Sibling teamwork
- Reading lane
- Asian Myths & Legends