★What is year?
★ Newly created Lunar New Year picture book
Happy New Year!
On New Year's Eve, the family gathers together.
Cut window decorations, write Spring Festival couplets, hang lanterns,
Have a reunion dinner in a lively atmosphere.
We also talked about the New Year.
"What is the New Year?"
"Nian is a big, scary monster!"
But is the Nian beast really that scary?
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door!
It turned out to be the little Nian beast knocking on the door.
What should we do?
Picture Book Features
★ Understand Lunar New Year representative activities
With the Lunar New Year as the background, let the children understand what activities we do during this traditional festival? In addition to the reunion dinner, people also put up Spring Festival couplets, wear new clothes and hats, and set off firecrackers. Through the dialogues between the characters in the story, we read: It turns out that after one year, it means another year older! The neighbor’s grandmother sent sausages. It turns out that relatives and friends would give each other gifts to congratulate each other during the Chinese New Year; the courier uncle went back to his hometown to celebrate the Chinese New Year, and people working outside the city would return to their hometown to reunite with their families: the New Year is an important day for family reunion!
★ Break the traditional image of the terrifying Nian beast
Some people said that Nian was a monster living deep in the sea, and on New Year's Eve, people had to set off firecrackers to scare it away. This picture book depicts a scary big monster as a shy and well-behaved little monster that is frightened by firecrackers and tears up its eyes, and swallows everything it sees. This arouses children's curiosity about the little monster and makes them want to know where he comes from. Let’s discuss together, what kind of legendary creature is the Nian beast that we have never seen before?
About the Author
Fox House
The Fox Family hopes to "tell every traditional story well to children" and hopes that children will become calm people.