Fortune Cookie Fortunes
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (920 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0440421926 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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"This book should be in your future!!!" according to KSL. This is a great book about fortune cookies and their messages. When a Mei Mei's family finished dinner here come the fortune cookies. Everyone reads their fortune and Mei Mei wonders if these fortunes will really do come true. As the story unfolds you get to see each family member and their fortune! I really like Grace Lin's books!. Gwynne C. Spencer said What's Your Fortune Say?. For older kids, even high school, this would be a great starter story for them to read and then make their own fortune cookies, inserting their own fortunes before the hot smooth cookies harden. A nice end note explains some of the original of the Fortune cookie as Japanese, not Chinese, but the overall charm of the book is its celeb. Amazon Customer said Another classic from Grace Lin. I'm an elementary school Chinese language teacher and I almost didn't buy this book because fortune cookies are not properly Chinese, but I love Grace Lin, so I took a chance on it. I have some English-language books about Chinese and Chinese-American culture on hand for "rainy days." I read it to my second grade class, and they love
As she waits and watches, she notices magical things happening in her family. Mei Mei wants to know how hers will come true. But Pacy isn’t so sure. Crack, crack, crack! The cookies snap open and the family’s fortunes are revealed. Could the fortunes really be right? And what about Pacy’s fortune: “You will see the world in a new way”? Well, yes, it’s true! Pacy has been seeing the world through fortune cookies!This exhuberantly illustrated story about every kid’s favorite part of a Chinese meal also includes a brief history of the fortune cookie.What will your fortune be? Crack! Open up a cookie and find out.. Jie Jie scoffs—they never come true
The final endpaper shows an opened cookie with the fortune, "You have just read a good book." Children will agree.–Bina Williams, Bridgeport Public Library, CTCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From School Library Journal PreSchool-Grade 3–While eating at a Chinese restaurant, a young narrator exclaims, "The best part is the fortune cookies. A yellow car laden with luggage is trailed by a caption that reads, "Someone will visit you soon." Lin's trademark patterns grace not only clothing, but also sky and walls, and the papers with the typed fortunes are decorated with smiley faces. Crack! Crack! Crack!" Hers says, "You see the world in a different way." That is indeed true as she views the world in terms of fortune-coo