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A retelling of a favorite fairy tale, set in a bustling contemporary Chinatown, that celebrates Chinese New Year.
It's Chinese New Year, and Goldy Luck's mother wants her to take a plate of turnip cakes to the neighbors. The Chans aren't home, but that doesn't stop Goldy from trying out their rice porridge, their chairs, and their beds-with disastrous results.
In this funny and festive retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Natasha Yim and Grace Zong introduce a plucky heroine who takes responsibility for her actions and makes a new friend (and a whole plate of turnip cakes!), just in time for Chinese New Year.
Includes back matter about Chinese New Year and a recipe for turnip cakes.
Industry Reviews
--School Library Journal April 2014
Set in a contemporary city, Natasha Yim and Grace Zong's Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas (Charlesbridge, 2014) stars a protagonist with shining coal-black locks, a bad habit of breaking things, and--despite her name--a lack of good luck. On Chinese New Year, her mother wakes Goldy up before breakfast and sends her to their neighbors' apartment with a plate of turnip cakes and Kung Hei Fat Choi wishes. After knocking on the door, Goldy gently pushes it open, trips, and spills the goodies all over the floor. As she searches for the broom, she spots three steaming bowls of congee and, tummy rumbling, decides to taste the rice porridge. So it goes, until the Chan family--three pandas, of course--returns to discover a big mess and Goldy sound asleep on Little Chan's futon. Back at home, she thinks about her actions, and, truly embracing the spirit of this start-the-year-fresh holiday, decides to set things right. Themes of friendship and forgiveness resound, as Goldy makes amends and is invited to bake a new batch of turnip cakes (a recipe and information about Chinese New Year customs are appended). The text playfully incorporates festive food-related similes (Goldy feels "like stuffing in a pork bun" in Mrs. Chan's upholstered armchair), and both narrative and acrylic artwork abound with details of Chinese-American culture.
--School Library Journal, March 23, 2015
ISBN: 9781580896535
ISBN-10: 1580896537
Published: 1st December 2015
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 32
Audience: Children
For Ages: 4 - 8 years old
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 42.2 x 26.1 x 7.2
Weight (kg): 0.19
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