Celebrate Chinese New Year with a big, brainy STEM board book. While celebrating Chinese New Year, Baby discovers the science behind the lunar phases! Accurate enough to satisfy an expert, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the lunar calendar, the moon’s orbit, and the reason the moon seems to change shape. Marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring, this 15-day festival will begin on January 29th. As we bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon and welcome the Year of the Earth Snake, here are five books to help you celebrate the Chinese New Year. A great Chinese New Year book for kids, How to Catch a Dragon is the perfect dragon book for kids ages 3-8. Set in China during the Spring Festival, otherwise known as Chinese New Year, the wily dragon will have to avoid trap after trap as the kids run through paper lanterns, red lunar envelopes, fireworks, and more! Some children would perform the Lion Dance, others demonstrated a Korean bowing ceremony, and everyone got a chance to eat noodles, dim sum, and other Chinese treats. This Lunar New Year, which includes Chinese New Year, begins on January 29th. To celebrate the Year of the Snake, here are a variety of books to share with your little ones. PreS-Gr 1–A young Chinese girl and her family prepare for and celebrate Lunar New Year. This story centers around a grandmother reminding her granddaughter of their traditions. VERDICT An ideal holiday book for all, and essential Lunar New Year reading. Mai’s Áo Dài by Thai Nguyen & Monique Truong. illus. by Dung Ho. Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy. This list is the result of my quest to compile a comprehensive collection of Lunar New Year picture and chapter books by Asian authors and illustrators. While the majority of these books focus on the Chinese Spring Festival, there are some on Korean Seollal and Vietnamese Tet, as well as ones that cover Lunar New Year in multiple cultures. With themes such as Zodiac animals, celebratory foods Fireworks, parades, lanterns, presents, and feasts: these are some of the joys experienced by all who observe Chinese New Year. Celebrate Chinese New Year is the latest, timely addition to National Geographic’s popular Holidays Around the World series. With 25 colorful images and a simple, educational text, the book is a lively invitation to Welcome, friends, to the Year of the Pig. The Lunar New Year—which marks the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese calendar—is an annual celebration, and what better way to celebrate than with books? Here’s a list of YA reads honoring cultures that celebrate the Lunar New Year. This book pulls at your heartstrings and gets readers thinking harder about the messes we make - and the often unrecognised people who clean them up. 6. Ruby's Chinese New Year by Vickie Lee, illustrated by Joey Chou. Ruby's Chinese New Year is the story of a young girl who wants to deliver a gift to her grandmother's house for the New Year Join Mei and Chen in Whispers of the Snake as they prepare for a joyful Chinese New Year celebration! 🧧 Guided by the Snake’s wisdom, they embrace special traditions—cleaning the house, hanging red decorations, making dumplings, and lighting firecrackers. 🎆 Alongside their family, they learn the importance of kindness, thoughtfulness, and good fortune in the New Year. 🌿 A Chinese-Korean boy talks about how his best friends, a German-French boy and a Hopi-Mexican girl, like to celebrate the Chinese New Year, too. The story is based off of the author’s memories growing up with diverse friends. Celebrate Chinese New Year is the latest, timely addition to National Geographic's popular Holidays Around the World series. With 25 colorful images and a simple, educational text, the book is a lively invitation to revel in this child-friendly, national and international holiday. The Basics. Much like the celebration of the New Year in the Western world, Chinese New Year is all about the hopeful spirit of renewal. The holiday’s traditions, symbols and rituals are all meant to wipe the slate clean and prepare for prosperity, good luck and happiness in the new year. The New York Public Library joins many parts of the world in celebrating Lunar New Year. These picture books celebrate the new year and the Year of the Dragon. Curl up with your little one and enjoy one of these reads as part of your Lunar New Year celebration. Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with NYPL's Lunar New Year events and programs. To mark Chinese New Year 2025 - the Year of the Snake - we have a collection of books that celebrate Chinese culture. Enjoy a delicious feast in Dim Sum Palace by X Fang, one of our Star Books of the Year. Discover the New Year traditions including the Lucky Red Envelope and fortune cookies, with Winnie and Wilbur. Find out more about the Maisy is celebrating one of the world's biggest festivals: Chinese New Year! From hanging up lanterns to receiving lucky red packets and joining in the dragon dance at the parade, this bright and colourful storybook is a perfect introduction to the many joys of Chinese New Year. Maisy's friend Tiger is coming home especially for Chinese New Year!
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