How to Catch a Dragon

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I really don't know how to feel about How to Catch a Dragon by Adam Wallace and illustrated by Andy Elkerton. This would be a very nice addition to any storytime selection of books, and most definitely to a library's collection. I really enjoyed this one in particular because it talks about the Chinese New Year, as well as the Chinese culture in general. Set in China during the Spring Festival, the wily dragon will have to avoid trap after trap as the kids run through paper lanterns, fireworks, the Nian lion puppet, and more! In this one, the story centers on kids trying to catch the Chinese New Year's dragon and learning that family and friends stick with one another through thick and thin.

The entire text is translated into Simplified Chinese with Pinyin in the backmatter for cross-referencing. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. How to Catch a Dragon is everything you love about the How to Catch series, now appealing to a wider audience! Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). I enjoyed the hints at other dragon books, the inclusion of many different colored characters and the fun way to teach children about Chinese New Year.Edward Eaves is an up-and-coming young illustrator with a growing reputation and several successful children's books under his belt.

I wasn’t super impressed by that at first, but then I saw in the back that the text is again provided in English, Pinyin, and Mandarin (I think…it could be Cantonese) side by side, and I’m suspecting that to make the side-by-side translation work they had to occasionally sacrifice some rhythm.He asked a lot of questions so we looked for a simple book about this celebration at the library and read it together.