Maisy’s Chinese New Year: A Maisy First Experiences Book

　　中國農曆新年就要到了，小鼠波波把家裡整理乾淨，上街買了食物和新衣服，準備好送舊迎新，和好朋友們一起慶祝新年。

　　除夕這一晚，好朋友們紛紛帶來象徵吉祥、福氣的伴手禮， 萬歲！大家一起享用了豐盛的大餐，企鵝和鴕鳥還準備了紅包，實在太應景了。趁著大夥等待新年煙火的時候，小老虎分享了十二生肖的故事，大家聚在一起溫馨守歲。

　　隔天是大年初一，這群朋友們一起體驗了舞龍活動，熱熱鬧鬧地過了一個充滿年味的中國年！《Maisy's Chinese New Year小鼠波波過新年》這本精裝故事書，善用金和紅這兩種充滿中國節慶氣氛的色彩，帶孩子來一趟傳統節慶巡禮。觀察圖畫中的細節，有象徵大吉大利的橘子、孩子們最期待的紅包、金元寶水餃、年年有餘的魚、節節高升的竹子，可以帶小朋友一邊學習簡易的英文詞彙，認識十二生肖，一邊練習中文的吉祥話喔！

　　Join Maisy and friends in a joyful celebration of Chinese New Year.

　　Tomorrow is Chinese New Year, and Maisy’s friend Tiger is coming home for the occasion. Hooray! Tiger has brought some beautiful gifts, some with a special symbol that means good luck. Maisy has asked all her friends to her house to celebrate with a delicious feast, and Penguin and Ostrich are handing out lucky red packets with money inside. Now it’s time for Tiger to tell the story of Chinese New Year, while everyone stays up late for fireworks. But the best is to come on New Year’s Day, when Maisy and all her friends take part in a dragon dance! Vivid with red and gold, this First Experiences book—featuring a simple visual glossary of common Chinese New Year’s objects—will be a favorite of little ones new to the tradition as well as those for whom it’s a beloved event.

Lucy Cousins is the creator of the beloved Maisy series. She is also the author-illustrator of the widely acclaimed Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year, as well as I’m the Best; Hooray for Fish!; Hooray for Birds!; Splish, Splash, Ducky!;and a picture book series about Little Fish.