Celebrate Chinese New Year with Ping’s Perfect Pot

Celebrate Chinese New Year with Ping’s Perfect Pot

When Ping and Grandpa bring a tangerine tree home for Lunar New Year, Ping decides to make the perfect pot to go with it. But making a pot is hard. With Grandpa’s encouragement, she tries again and again to get it just right. The first is too clumsy, the second crumbles, and the third is too flimsy. What if she can’t make the perfect pot? Will it ruin the new year?

Ping’s Perfect Pot would work great for coverage about the following topics:

Books for Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year traditions

Helping kids through perfectionism and frustration (Ping’s Perfect Pot reminds kids not to give up when something isn’t immediately easy.)

Like her previous picture book Tofu Takes Time, Helen H. Wu emphasizes the importance of patience with Ping’s Perfect Pot. The story teaches that perfection takes practice, patience, and, in the end, the love and effort you put into it.

Backmatter provides more context and the deeper meaning of Lunar New Year traditions and symbols found within the story, as well as around the world.

Advance Praise for Ping’s Perfect Pot

“[Ping’s] embrace of all aspects of the creative process makes for a delightful holiday tale. A charming story of encouragement, illustrated with life and movement.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“Author Helen Wu weaves threads of love, family, and appreciation for Lunar New Year traditions through every page of the story as the young protagonist, with encouragement from her wise and gentle grandfather, struggles to create the perfect pot for their good luck tangerine tree.” —Vivian Kirkfield, award-winning children’s author and host of #50PreciousWords and #50PreciousWordsforKids

“A charming story about the ups and downs of the creative process, with vibrant illustrations that will spark the inner artist in every reader.”
—Helena Ku Rhee, author of Sora’s Seashells

“The perfect story about imperfection and the rewards of persistence.”

—Karen Yin, author of So Not Ghoul

About the Author & Illustrator

Helen H. Wu is a children’s book author, illustrator, and translator. She was born and raised in Hefei, China, and now lives in San Diego, California. As a proud first-generation immigrant, Helen loves to share inspiring stories from her own immigrant experience. She is the author of Tofu Takes Time, Long Goes To Dragon School, and author-illustrator of Everyday Happy and Capybara Zen. Her proudest moments are when her own two children listen patiently to her stories again and again.

Zihua Yang is a New York-based artist specializing in illustration and storytelling. She started drawing when she was a little girl, always finding ways to express herself creatively. When she’s not making art, she’s finds inspiration in being with her children, family, and friends.

Ping’s Perfect Pot by Helen H. Wu; illustrated by Zihua Yang

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