Playing with Lanterns
Author: Wang Yage
Illustrator: Zhu Chengliang
Original language: Chinese
Translated into English by: Helen Wang
Published: January 2022
Publisher: Amazon Crossing Kids
ISBN13: 9781542029841
Price: €14.99 (HC)
Age: 4 years and up
Playing with lanterns, by the Chinese author/artist Wang Yage, is a beautiful picture book about the very old Chinese tradition of celebrating the new year. Chinese New Year lasts 15 days and as we wrote before, visiting family, eating good food together, new clothes and a clean house are traditional parts of the celebration.
But in villages in China, children go outside every evening with a special lantern. They walk through the village with it and admire the beautiful colors in the dark. Everyone, young and old, is looking forward to this. But on day 15 there is a special ending to the New Year's celebration and you can read all about it in this beautiful book.
The brilliant, funny, brightly colored illustrations in this beautiful picture book were created by the Chinese artist/illustrator Zhu Chengliang. He has won many important awards worldwide for his work. You will immediately understand this when you leaf through the beautifully illustrated books by him.
3+ bright shining stars for Playing sith Lanterns, from the little monsters and their readers!