Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding by Lenore Look and Yumi Heo ill. New York:Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2006.

ISBN: 978-0-689-84458-4

Annotation:

Jenny’s favorite uncle is getting married and although she loves weddings she is not  enjoying this one because she is worried about losing her special relationship with him. She has no fun during the many wedding events, tea ceremony, good luck money exchange, the banquet, helping the bride with her many dresses,  the dancing. She tries to stop the events but that doesn’t work. How can she be assured that everything will be ok?

Nominated for the Charlotte Zolotow Award 2007, ALA Notable books for Children Award 2007, California Young Reader Nominee 2008.

Media: oils, pencil, and collage

Curricular Connections:5-8 Grades: Culture, Traditions, Family

Rating: 4Q/4P

RAC 7.28.09