The Nian Monster

(Author: Andrea Wang, illus: Alina Chau) CMC
Xingling is ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year, but trouble arises when the legendary Nian Monster appears to devour her and all of Shanghai. She will need to use her quick thinking and creativity to outwit the Nian Monster and save her city in time for the festivities. This TL is perfect for RT, having multiple students play the narrators and the two major roles of the Nian Monster and Xingling.

kgarzon PB Award Honor Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association. This book is a great way to introduce another culture into the classroom and demonstrate how every country around the world celebrates the New Year. http://andreaywang.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Teachers-Guide-for-The-Nian-Mo... This and the book's AN detail Chinese decorations and clarify the traditions listed throughout the book. Students can use props for RT. 5y

kgarzon UDL Principle 2.1 (Clarify vocabulary and symbols) may be important due to the content-heavy vocabulary and imagery.
EL Strategy 24 (Incorporate the culture and the language of second language learners in your curriculum) is present in the Chinese terms expressed throughout the book (with translations in the author‘s note) and the traditions surrounding the Lunar New Year that the book is centered around 5y

kgarzon #UCFLAE3414F19 I forgot to add the tag! 5y

DrSpalding I believe you are the only student to identify an Asian/pacific American librarians association award winning book. Good for you! Readers theater is a quality strategy to enhance fluency. 5y

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The Nian Monster | Andrea Wang

Just discovered a delightful children's bookstore, called Second Star to the Right. Not only did they have story time, but we were really there for the kid's yoga class and of course browsed for 30 minutes. We wanted to buy so many books but settled on 2. I am in love. #LocalBusiness #IndieBookstore #DenverBookstores

merelybookish Another great book place on Tennyson! 8y

Ruri_kaichou @merelybookish yes! And it's super close to the BookBar! So everyone wins; kids get their fix first then the grown-ups 😁 8y

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