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Lunar New Year
Description: Celebrate the Lunar New Year with this collection of books for all ages! #lunarnewyear #newyear #chinesenewyear
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Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon
by Kat ZhangIn this sweet and brightly illustrated picture book, Amy Wu must craft a dragon unlike any other to share with her class at school in this unforgettable follow-up to Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao. Amy loves craft time at school. But when her teacher asks everyone to make their own dragon, Amy feels stuck. Her first dragon has a long, wingless body, stag-like horns, and eagle claws, but her friends don't think it's a real dragon. Then she makes dragons like theirs, but none of them feels quite right...None of them feels like hers. After school, a story from Grandma sparks new inspiration, and Amy rounds up her family to help her. Together, can they make Amy's perfect dragon?
Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao
by Kat ZhangAmy is determined to make a perfect dumpling like her parents and grandmother do, but hers are always too empty, too full, or not pinched together properly.
Bringing In the New Year
by Grace LinThe New Year is coming! We try to welcome it in. When Jie-Jie sweeps out the old year . . . and Ba-Ba hangs the spring-happiness poems . . . and I put on my new qi pao dress . . . and we all light the way with lanterns . . . the New Year will follow us! Happy New Year, everyone!
Celebrating Chinese New Year
by Diane Hoyt-GoldsmithTen-year-old Ryan Leong and his family are busy getting ready to host a huge New Year's Day dinner for their extended family in San Francisco's Chinatown. In eye-catching photographs and spirited prose, this book offers a look into the celebration of cherished traditions with added contemporary touches.
Chinese New Year
by Sharon Katz CooperChinese New Year is a time for new beginnings. Some people clean their homes from top to bottom or share meals with friends. Others pray, light fireworks, or give each other gifts. Readers will discover how a shared holiday can have multiple traditions and be celebrated in all sorts of ways.
Chinese New Year (Rookie Read-About Holidays)
by David F. MarxThe celebration of the Chinese New Year includes dancing dragons, firecrackers, lanterns, open windows, and blooming flowers. This Rookie Read-About® Holidays book introduces children to this exciting holiday, using colorful photos and simple text to encourage them to read on their own. Read these other Rookie Read-About® Holidays books: Chanukah, Christmas, Columbus Day, Diwali, Earth Day, Easter, Halloween, Independence Day, Kwanzaa, Labor Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, New Year's Day, Passover, Presidents' Day, Ramadan, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day. Picture descriptions present.
Dim Sum for Everyone!
by Grace LinHooray! It's dim sum day! Ma-Ma wants [picture of something round] Ba-Ba likes [picture of something long and thin and curled] My sisters pick [picture of two bowls of square food, one light and one dark] And I love [picture of something round with crimped edges] Dumplings, cakes, buns and tarts--it's hard to decide. But when we go for dim sum, we can all choose our favorite dishes. And then share them with everyone! Which dish would you choose?
D Is for Dragon Dance
by Ying Chang CompestineA is for Acrobats. B is for Balls. C is for Calligraphy. D is for Dragon Dance. From firecrackers to noodles, from red envelopes to the zodiac, young readers are introduced to the exciting traditions of the Chinese New Year.
Mindy Kim and the Lunar New Year Parade
by Lyla LeeFresh Off the Boat meets Junie B. Jones in this second novel in an adorable new chapter book series about Mindy Kim, a young Asian American girl who is getting ready to celebrate Lunar New Year!Mindy is excited to celebrate the Lunar New Year! Even though it&’s the first one without her mom, Mindy is determined to enjoy the day. She decides to make traditional Korean New Year food, a rice cake soup that&’s her favorite. But things aren&’t going quite to plan, and the celebration doesn&’t feel the same as it did before. With the help of her family and friends, can Mindy find a way to still enjoy her old holiday traditions, and create new ones along the way?
My First Chinese New Year
by Karen KatzHOORAY! HOORAY! Soon it will be Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year is a time of new beginnings. Follow one little girl as she learns how to welcome the coming year and experience all the festivities surrounding it. This warm and lively introduction to a special holiday will make even the youngest child want to start a Chinese New Year tradition.
A New Year's Reunion
by Yu Li-Qiong and Zhu Cheng-LiangThis poignant, vibrantly illustrated tale, which won the prestigious Feng Zikai Chinese Children’s Picture Book Award in 2009, is sure to resonate with every child who misses relatives when they are away — and shows how a family’s love is strong enough to endure over time and distance.
Red Is a Dragon
by Roseanne Thong and Grace LinYounger children will be engaged by Red Is a Dragon, as a young girl finds a rainbow of colors in her everyday life. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which will look almost identical to the print version. Additionally for devices that support audio, this ebook includes a read-along setting.
The Runaway Wok
by Ying Chang CompestineWhen Ming goes to the market to buy food and comes home with an empty old wok instead, his parents wonder what they'll eat for dinner. But they soon learn that Ming brought home a wok with a mind of its own. Singing skippity-hoppity-ho, the wok rolls out of Ming's house and returns chock-full of treats for Ming's family--more than enough to share. Will the magic wok and Ming's generosity be enough to bring a happy Chinese New Year to the poor families of Beijing?
The Year of the Tiger
by Oliver ChinThe amusing tales of your favorite animals continue in The Year of the Tiger! Teddy is the prince of the jungle. But despite his parents' warnings, he befriends the girl, Su. When their worlds collide, can he prove the forest is big enough for both man and beast? Teddy's hunt to discover his true nature will delight kids of all ages. Fifth in the annual Tales of the Chinese Zodiac series, The Year of the Tiger shows all the charming characters of the lunar calendar and the value of a youngster's amazing leap of faith.
Yeh-shen
by Ai-Ling LouieThis version of the Cinderella story, in which a young girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince, is based on ancient Chinese manuscripts written 1000 years before the earliest European version.