A New Year's Reunion - Tapa dura

A memorable portrait of China's most important holiday of the hardship facing migrant workers and their families, with accessible text and beautiful gouache illustrations rich in cultural detail. * Amnesty International blog *

Little Maomao's father works far away from the family home, so his return for New Year is a cause for celebration. Maomao and her mother welcome him back and together they enjoy the firecrackers and make sticky rice balls - in one of which Maomao finds the lucky fortune coin. But after watching the dragon dance and playing snowballs, Maomao discovers disaster has struck ... where is the lucky coin? At first inconsolable to have lost it, Maomao is finally restored to happiness before her father must depart again.