Maomao's father works in faraway places and comes home just once a year, for Chinese New Year. At first Maomao barely recognizes him, but before long the family is happily making sticky rice balls, listening to firecrackers, and watching the dragon dance in the streets below. Papa makes repairs to the house, and hides a lucky coin for Maomao to find. But all too soon it is time for Papa to go away again. This poignant tale shows how a family's love is strong enough to endure over time and distance.
year: 2011, 2013
call number/section: 1000, 394.14
subjects: chinese new year, juvenile fiction, families, china, fathers and daughters, migrant labor, fiction, family life, father-daughter relationship
Editions
Yu, Li-Qiong
Candlewick Press (2011)
Maomao's father works in faraway places and comes home just once a year, for Chinese New Year. At first Maomao barely recognizes him, but before long the family is happily making sticky rice balls, listening to firecrackers, and watching the dragon dance in the streets below. Papa makes repairs to the house, and hides a lucky coin for Maomao to find. But all too soon it is time for Papa to go away again. This poignant tale shows how a family's love is strong enough to endure over time and distance.
Schools: 20
Yu, Li-Qiong
Candlewick Press (2013)
Little Maomao, whose father works in faraway places, barely recognizes him when he comes home for his annual visit for Chinese New Year, but she quickly warms to him amidst the excitement of the holiday, and it seems the time passes much too quickly until he must leave again.
Schools: 4
Yu, Li-Qiong
Feeling disconnected from her father, young Maomao enjoys a Chinese New Year with her family making sticky rice balls, watching a dragon dance and searching for a hidden lucky coin, in an American release of an award-winning story.
Schools: 1