The Lucky Red Envelope follows a little girl and her family as they get ready for and celebrate the Lunar New Year festival. With a new little brother, Mei expresses interest in her family’s heirlooms and traditions. Facts offered throughout the book, often hidden under one of the 144 flaps, explain the significance of certain rituals through the eyes of a child.

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Spend time with a fictional family as they participate in all the many activities associated with the Lunar New Year, while learning facts about the celebrations by lifting the flaps. The illustrations are gorgeous. If your library has room for only one book about Lunar New Year, this would be a good one to get.

A cute book to read before Chinese New Year next month! More facts about CNY especially the lunar calendar that i love much. So colorful and interesting. Recommend to read aloud with kids

The illustrations are beautiful and the text really brings Lunar New Year to life in a friendly approachable way. I cannot wait to get my hands on a physical copy of this book.

Thank you NetGalley, Quarto Publishing and Vikki Zhang for a copy of this book!

Lushly illustrated interactive picture book about a Chinese family welcoming a new baby to their home and celebrating the Lunar New Year/Spring Festival together. Lots of fun hidden details to discover inside the flaps and elsewhere on each page. A true feast for the eye!

Yue is very excited to get ready for the Lunar New Year celebrations. This year should be extra special because it will be baby Ru's first New Year. This book contains a lot of beautiful pictures and tasks to fulfill during the story. A lovely way to teach kids more about the Lunar New Year. It has all kind of facts hidden in the pictures and underneath the flaps.

Very interesting book and even as an adult a learned a lot of new things about the Lunar New Year!

A fabulous introduction for kids to the concept of the Lunar New Year, with
gorgeous illustrations and easy to read text. A winner!

This is a well illustrated picture book, an intro to the lunar new year celebrations of 1 family.

Overall I liked it, it does seem a little busy though, and I worry that the many, many small flaps wouldn't stand the test of time

I received an advance copy for free from NetGalley, on the expectation that I would provide an honest review.

Lift-the-flap books are high on my favorites list, and I would love to have a copy of this. I mean, 140 flaps? Even in digital, they are such an adventure!

Living in South Korea I thought I knew a lot about Lunar New Year. However, reading this cute children's book, I learned a lot.

The illustrations were amazing and had so many details. I also liked the lift-the-flap part that I think would be fun for a child. This could be a great book to get conversation going when teaching kids about this holiday.

This was such a wonderful, beautiful and colorful book about the Lunar New Year. It would be perfect to teach any child about the customs and traditions of the Lunar New Year.

In my search for more diversity for the youth collection in the library where I work, I came across the picture book
'The lucky red envelope'.

The richly illustrated cover immediately made me curious about the inside. In the story, Yue takes you on a tour of all kinds of customs and celebrations surrounding the Chinese New Year. I found it very interesting to learn more about the what and why of the customs.

Each spread covers a different segment of the celebration. There are windows that can be opened per spread. This way you will discover hidden delicacies, legends and customs from Chinese culture. I really thought this was a beautifully rich and decorative picture book. A nice addition is that some pages give search activities. Recommended for anyone who wants to read and learn about the Chinese New Year.

Big thanks for NetGalley for providing an advanced readers copy of this book in return for my honest review.

This is a lovely lift-the-flap book for children to learn about the Lunar New Year and the holiday traditions related to the Lunar New Year celebrations. It's colorful, educational and a lovely cultural book.

Thank you Quarto Publishing Group and NetGalley for a copy of The Lucky Red Envelope!

"Get ready for Lunar New Year, following a little girl and her family as they get ready for and celebrate the Lunar New Year festival.

With non-fiction information about the significance of certain rituals, but told through the excited eyes of a child, this is a book to return to year after year in the run up to the biggest festival in the Chinese calendar.

Each of the 12 spreads will feature 12 lift flaps, 144 in total."

REVIEW:

Talk about a DETAILED book! 144 flaps and each page is filled with intricate designs. I had so much fun going over each page and learning about Lunar New Year.

I love how both children and adults can learn something new through an interactive and beautiful book! Highly recommend this to teachers, librarians, caregivers, aunts/uncles, parents, etc! Buy this for the little kiddos in your life (and yourself)! You'll enjoy it.

I cannot fully review this due to the fact that it was so hard to view bc of the small font. I love that it was a pop up book and the illustrations were awesome.

Original, uneducated thoughts:
Absolutely love lift-the-flaps and this one has sooo many! Fun and interactive, cultural and educational - with lots of red! Wonderful way to learn another's traditions.

Further thoughts:
Sadly, giving a 3 star rating in response to a Chinese reader highlighting the many inaccuracies within the book. Though, the author is also Chinese, I am lost.

It is a fun and informative book on Chinese New Year. How the Chinese prepare and celebrate their new year? With a lot of fun flaps throughout the book, to know the tradition, the things they have, and some explanations, this book is a good read.

This book was super cute. I loved the interactiveness of the pull-outs, and the illustrations are beautiful. Even though it's a children's book, I learned a lot from reading it.

The Lucky Red Envelope was absolutely incredible. I wasn't sure how a life the flap book would work as an ebook but the format was great (one page with the flaps down; the next page with them up). This book had so much depth and beauty. The illustrations were gorgeous and added so much to understanding lunar new year. The flaps were interactive and engaging -- helping the reader want to learn more. This is by far one of the best children's non-fiction books I've ever read and absolutely the best one on the lunar new year. This would be the perfect addition to a unit or display on holidays around the world. I would recommend it for every child, classroom, or school library. A must have!

Yue has a new baby brother and it’s time to celebrate the Chinese New Year. This is a fun, interactive book. It teaches about Chinese tradition for the holiday. It also celebrates family. Outstanding, bright, colorful illustrations. Highly recommend.