Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding

Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding
Written by Lenore Look
Illustrated by Yumi Heo
Simon & Schuster 2006

Jenny's favorite uncle is getting married and Jenny is not very happy. Her emotions are very clear on her face as she goes along helping to prepare for for the wedding. Through her dealing with gaining her new aunt, she shares with us the great attributes of her uncle and the traditions of Chinese weddings.

Activities:
Language Arts-Celebrate a wedding. Great to do in any classroom or home, going through the process of setting up a wedding can help with comprehension of the story, writing menus for food, shopping lists and using scraps of fabric to create outfits.
Social Science-This is a great story to share emotions and how to deal with them. For older children, this be compared to a friend making new friends, moving away and "losing" people or this same topic of a favorite relative getting married or moving. This book can also be used in discussing traditions of different countries and religions.