Young girl Jia finds herself swooped into an exciting role in the lion dance at the Chinese New Year celebration in her familys restaurant, playing a crucial part that saves the show and proves that she isnt too young to help! Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
Jia, eager to help with Chinese New Year preparations at her family's restaurant, is disappointed when told she is too young until she unexpectedly becomes a vital part of the lion dance performance.
A young girl finds an exciting role for herself at the Chinese New Year celebration in her familys restaurant. At last, she isnt being told that shes too young to help!
Jias family is busy preparing for the Chinese New Year feast at their restaurant in Chinatown, and Jia wants to take part. But each time she tries to help shes told that shes too young: too young to be in the kitchen, too young to light the lanterns, too young to carry the plates. And then the feast begins, and something wonderful happens. When Jia is scolded for getting too close to the exciting lion dance, one of the dancers swoops her up and into the costume, and suddenly shes a part of the performancea crucial part that saves the show. Never again does her family tell her that shes too young to help!
