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• Ruby's Chinese New Year

  Lee, Vickie,

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  Ruby needs help delivering a special card to her grandma. Along the way she meet the 12 zodiac animals who help her in different ways.

• Tofu Takes Time

  Wu, Helen H.,

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  Lin and NaiNai make homemade tofu. The process is woven into the story about a little girl spending time with her beloved grandma.

• Let's Celebrate Korean New Year!

  Park, Michelle W.,

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• A Sweet New Year for Ren

  Sterling, Michelle,

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  Ren loves watching her family make treats for the Lunar New Year festivities, but she's always too little to help. When will she finally be big enough? Includes a recipe for sweet pineapple cakes.

• Long Goes to Dragon School

  Wu, Helen H.,

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  2024 is the Year of the Dragon. Long starts Dragon School where all the young dragons learn to use their powers. Long is afraid about fitting in and learning how to use his fire breath.

• Tomorrow Is New Year's Day

  Seollal, a Korean Celebration of the Lunar New Year

  Kim, Aram,

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  Mina gets to tell her class all about her favorite day, Seollal, the Korean celebration of Lunar New Year. Includes descriptions about traditional clothing, activities and foods with a glossary to help pronounce the Korean words.

• Tray of Togetherness

  Leung, Flo,

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  Preparing to host a New Years party, a little girl and her family put together a tray of meaningful treats. Each of the eight lucky snacks in the tray has an auspicious meaning: peanuts for a long life, pistachios for happiness, candied coconut for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Long-Long's New Year

  a Story About the Chinese Spring Festival

  Gower, Catherine A.

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  Lovely art and a look at what Spring Festival is still like in Rural areas of China.

• Playing With Lanterns

  Wang, Yage (College teacher)

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  Zhao Di and her friends love the night time lantern celebrations in their Chinese village. They light their lanterns with candles for 15 days until it is time to SMASH them! An author's note at the end gives more info about this folk tradition.

• Year of the Cat

  Ho, Richard (Children's author),

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  All the animals had a race to decide what order they'd come in the Zodiac calendar. But what happened to Cat the only animal not to get a slot on the calendar?

• Two New Years

  Ho, Richard (Children's author),

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  This family is full of New Year celebrations! They prepare for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, with bread, apples with honey and singing. Then they celebrate Lunar New Year with dumplings, Dragon Dances and paper lanterns.

• Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas

  Yim, Natasha

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  Goldy is sent to deliver New Year treats next door, but when the neighbors aren't home she takes her chance to try all their stuff. A delightful retelling of the Goldilocks story.

• Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year

  Waters, Kate

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  Experience Chinese New Year through the eyes of a young boy as he participates in the Lion Dance for the first time.

• The Runaway Wok

  a Chinese New Year Tale

  Compestine, Ying Chang

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  Instead of buying food at the market, a young boy buys an old wok. What will the family eat? Seems the wok knows where to find a feast!

• Dumpling Soup

  Rattigan, Jama Kim

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  For many families making (and eating!) dumplings is an important part of New Year celebrations.

• The Great Race

  Story of the Chinese Zodiac

  Corr, Christopher,

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  The story of how the animals earned their spot in the 12 year zodiac cycle. 2021 will be the year of the ox.

• Bringing in the New Year

  Lin, Grace

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  Each member of the family helps as they prepare for the Lunar New Year celebration!

• The Nian Monster

  Wang, Andrea,

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  The Nian monster has returned to devour Shanghai, and the old tricks to keep him away aren't working! Xingling is a clever girl, but will her tricks be enough to save the city?

• Home for Chinese New Year

  a Story Told in English and Chinese

  Wei, Jie (Children's author),

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  Chinese New Year is a time for families to gather together. This story weaves English and Chinese together for a chance to learn some new words.

• Nian, the Chinese New Year Dragon

  a Beastly Tale : Adapted From a Chinese Legend

  Loh-Hagan, Virginia,

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  A retelling of the Nian legend with an original twist. A story about the origins of Chinese New Year traditions.