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. 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. This is a lovely picture book to read at Chinese New Year but also all year round too as a book that celebrates family moments, bonds with grandparents and the joy of special traditions. The illustrations and text are both warm and celebratory in tone. The Lunar New Year is observed on January 29th of this year and marks the beginning of the Year of the Snake. To help celebrate this joyful pan-Asian and international holiday of togetherness and new beginnings, we’ve gathered ten wonderful children’s books about the Lunar New Year’s traditions, fables, and zodiac, as well as the diverse cultures that take part in it. Happy Lunar New Year! Did you know that Lunar New Year is celebrated by many Asian countries, including Vietnam, China, and South Korea? It begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and lasts for 15 days. These children's picture books about Lunar New Year make the perfect read aloud choices when you're learning and celebrating! Chelsea gets to stay up late for the Chinese New Year’s celebrations. She helps with the preparations, enjoys the big family feast and watches fireworks and the dragon parade. Chelsea’s Chinese New Year is a vibrantly illustrated picture book that teaches young children about this important Chinese holiday. ~ Preschool Have fun bringing in the new year with these fun read alongs for your Spring Festival holiday children’s book list! Best Chinese New Year Picture Books. Great Chinese New Year books read aloud ideas or circle time books — even great Lunar New Year books for toddlers! These are our picks for favorite children’s books about the Chinese New [Read: 7 Board Books and Picture Books to Ring in the Lunar New Year] Ping’s Perfect Pot by Helen H Wu. illus. by Zihua Yang. Beaming Bks. ISBN 9798889830429. PreS-Gr 3–The customs and traditions of Lunar New Year celebrations are shared through the story of Ping, her grandpa, and the creation of the perfect pot for their tangerine tree. Next up, and perhaps most important locally, is the East Asian Lunar New Year, which runs from Wednesday, Jan. 29, through Feb. 15, with a grand parade planned in San Francisco. Five recent picture books focus on colorful holiday customs as practiced in the United States. In this picture book by Vickie Lee celebrating Chinese New Year, animals from the Chinese zodiac help a little girl deliver a gift to her grandmother. Ruby has a special card to give to her grandmother for Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year-Related Reading for Young Adults. Older students looking for a Chinese New Year read or two will appreciate the compelling craft of these authors’ acclaimed works. From contemporary tales to historical fiction, all of these books are great choices when it comes to Chinese New Year novels. Lunar New Year, also called Chinese New Year or the Spring Celebration, indicates the beginning of the new year on the traditional Chinese lunar-solar calendar. The celebration is a very important part of many Asian cultures, and people all over the world take part. In fact, one-sixth of the world’s population celebrates Lunar New Year! My First Chinese New Year ABC Picture Book: 8.5" x 8.5" Chinese New Year Childrens Books for Toddlers, Babies & Young Children, Chinese New Year Gift, Kids, Preschool Chinese Kids Books (28 Pages) Chinese New Year Coloring Book: Happy Unique Chinese New Year Gift | My First Chinese Lunar Activity, Picture Book | Big Adventure with Tiger, Dragon, Crafts for Kids Age 2-5, Toddlers and More Planet Of Kids Book Riot: 18 Fiction Books About Cultural Traditions; The Caterpillar Corner; DEBtastic Reads! Karlin Gray; The Little Crooked Cottage & Mamabelly’s Lunches with Love; Miss Panda Chinese; Musings of a Bookish Kitty, Mouse’s Corner; Pragmatic Mom, The Nian Monster Chinese New Year Author Event; Pragmatic Mom, 15 Wonderful Chinese New Year
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