An ideal introduction to the celebration of Chinese New Year for children aged 4-7 in Foundation Stage and KS1 classes. This book describes how Chinese people prepare for New Year by cleaning their house and having their hair cut. It shows how people around the world scare the monster Nian away with fireworks and watch the dragon dance in the street.

Attractively designed, its simple text and wonderful full-colour photos make this an essential resource in every Early Years setting. 'Did You Know?' boxes highlight interesting and unusual facts about Chinese New Year to give further points for children and adults to discuss. And a chart enables them to work out what Chinese year they were born in.

This book is part of a book series called We Love Festivals .

This book is at the following key stages: Key Stage 0, Key Stage 1 . A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) covers children from birth to age 5 years. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Hachette Children's Group .

Camilla Lloyd is an experienced author and editor of children's non-fiction. Saviour Pirotta has written a wide range of fiction and non-fiction texts and won awards both here and in the US.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Happy New Year
• 2: Get ready for the party
• 3: Good luck everyone!
• 4: Goodbye old year
• 5: Where's the monster?
• 6: Lucky packets
• 7: Don't do it!
• 8: Dance, dragon, dance
• 9: Light your lantern
• 10: The Chinese calendar
• 11: Index and Glossary