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A Children's Guide to Chinese Culture
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Exploring Chinatown
A Children's Guide to Chinese Culture

By Carol Stepanchuk & Leland Wong
2002, 64 pages, hardback.
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Would you like to know why dragons parade for the Chinese New Year? Or want to taste mooncakes and lichis? Do you want to visit an herb store? Or have dimsum for lunch? Would you like to write in Chinese? Or create a traditional painting? Or, maybe learn how to play Chinese chess?

Come along on a trip to discover Chinese culture. You'll learn about family, religion, celebrations, music, food, martial arts and more. You'll discover how Chinatowns came to be, and how today's lively neighborhoods are home to culture and traditions more than 2,000 years old. Welcome to Chinatown!

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Other Dragon Books:
Red Eggs and Dragon Boats: Celebrating Chinese Festivals
Long Is A Dragon: Chinese Writing for Children
Made in China: Ideas and Inventions from Ancient China

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Background on the Authors

Carol Stepanchuk is a writer, multicultural educator, and author of Red Eggs and Dragon Boats: Celebrating Chinese Festivals and Mooncakes and Hungry Ghosts: Festivals of China.

Leland Wong was born and raised in San Francisco's Chinatown. He works as an artist, screen printer, and photographer in the Asian-American community of San Francisco. Leland's works have been widely published and exhibited internationally.

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