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Beat of the dragon boat
Author: Matula, Christina

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press (2025)

Classification: Easy
Physical Description: [32] p., col. ill., 24 x 29 cm

BTSB No: 613876

ISBN: 9781534113206

Ages: 4-8

Grades: K-3

Subjects:
Boats and boating -- Fiction
Festivals -- Fiction
Grandfathers -- Fiction
Chinese Americans -- Fiction

Price: $23.28

Summary:
The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival takes place on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, ushering in the start of summer. On the night before the Dragon Boat Festival, a young boy asks his grandfather how the dragon boat races first began. His grandfather tells him that legend has it that the races started in the ancient time of the Dragon King, when every lake and river had a guardian dragon.

Illustrator:

Wong, Nicole

Reviews:
School Library Journal (03/28/25)

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