The illustrations were colourful and great the way the dragon always evaded them, always just out of frame. Those of you wanting to use it for educational purposes may like that it has several Chinese words in the back with definition and that it explains some of the holiday. I love writing stories that make children laugh and get excited about reading and drawing and writing. This outing has the kids trying to find and catch a dragon, in this story it is a dragon that is part of a celebration for "Chinese New Year" The boy and his friends desperately wants to catch a dragon to guarantee health and good fortune for the New Year.

Ultimately, despite the protagonist’s failure to catch the dragon, it is being within the embrace of a loving family (depicted as a mother and a grandmother) that is the luckiest of all. I like the fact that it mixes in different ethnicities in the illustrations, and that it represents a different culture for these fun stories! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Also, while I think it's great that the Mandarin version of the poem (both the symbols and phonetics) was included at the back, there is absolutely no mention that the language actually is Mandarin. Set during the Chinese Lunar New Year Festival, a boy and his friends try to catch a Dragon for Good luck, amidst the celebration. I also like that this story deals with an ethnic holiday (Chinese New Year) and that the characters in the story were all nationalities. Her best-selling Princess series and Albie series have each sold over a quarter of a million copies and her books are published in numerous languages all over the world.

I really don't know how to feel about How to Catch a Dragon by Adam Wallace and illustrated by Andy Elkerton.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. He spends his non-writing time thinking about writing and going to as many live music shows as he can. My only complaint is that even the ending isn’t what I expected (which I loved) the resolution is a bit rushed. Among the Chinese-style architecture of the town buildings, they employ various fantastical lures related to Chinese culture to catch it, including a web of noodles and sticky rice, a giant red lantern, gold coins, and a dragon dance.