Lists and Suggestions for Kids
List: Chinese and Lunar New Year
Lunar new year
Eliot, Hannah.
Introduces Lunar New Year, describing the food, decorations, and activities of the holiday. ... More
The animals of Chinese New Year
Lee, Jen Sookfong.
"In this festive, dual-language board book (English and Simplified Chinese), twelve animals ra... More
12 lucky animals : a bilingual baby book
Lee, Vickie.
Uses the Chinese zodiac to introduce young children to Chinese and English names for twelve animals... More
Chinese New Year colors
Lo, Rich.
Introduces the English and Chinese words for colors, using items associated with Chinese New Year c... More
Sam and the lucky money
Chinn, Karen.
Also available in Hoopla. Sam must decide how to spend the lucky money he's received for Chines... More
The Chinese emperor's new clothes
Compestine, Ying Chang.
Also available in Hoopla. A young emperor, whose advisors have taken advantage of him, enlists the ... More
The runaway wok : a Chinese New Year tale
Compestine, Ying Chang.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, a poor man who works for the richest businessman in Beijing sends h... More
The great race : story of the Chinese zodiac
Corr, Christopher.
Celebrate Chinese New Year and learn how every animal earned its place in the Chinese zodiac by tak... More
Ruby's Chinese New Year
Lee, Vickie.
As Ruby travels to her grandmother's house to bring her a gift for Chinese New Year, she is jo... More
PoPo's lucky Chinese New Year
Loh-Hagan, Virginia.
A Chinese-American girl learns how to properly celebrate Chinese New Year when her grandmother from... More
Bringing in the New Year
Lin, Grace.
A Chinese American family prepares for and celebrates the Lunar New Year. End notes discuss the cus... More
Ten mice for Tet!
Shea, Pegi Deitz.
Also available in Hoopla. A village of mice prepares for Tet, or Vietnamese New Year, as different ... More
Red is a dragon : a book of colors
Thong, Roseanne.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. A Chinese American girl provides rhyming descriptions of th... More
The Nian monster
Wang, Andrea.
"The legendary Nian monster has returned at Chinese New Year. Nian is intent on devouring Shan... More
This next New Year
Wong, Janet S.
A family prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year and looks forward to the good luck they hope it w... More
Goldy Luck and the three pandas
Yim, Natasha.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoppla. One Chinese New Year, her mother sends Goldy Luck to the pa... More
Mulan's lunar new year
Yim, Natasha.
Also available in Hoopla. "It's the Lunar New Year, which just happens to be Mulan's... More
A New Year's reunion
Yu, Li-Qiong.
Little Maomao's father works in faraway places and comes home just once a year, for Chinese Ne... More
The little pigs and the sweet rice cakes = Xiǎo zhū hé niángāo : a story told in English and Chinese
Li, Jian.
"Told in a bilingual Chinese and English edition, this is the story of three little pigs whose... More
Home for Chinese New Year : a story told in English and Chinese
Wei, Jie.
The Chinese New Year is a time for family reunions. This Chinese children's story tells a deli... More
Mindy Kim and the lunar new year parade
Lee, Lyla.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Mindy is excited to go to the Lunar New Year parade in her ... More
House without walls : May 10, 1979 to June 7, 1980
Russell, Ching Yeung.
Eleven-year-old Lam, her brothers, and other ethnic Chinese flee Vietnam in 1979, embarking on a lo... More
The star maker
Yep, Laurence.
With the help of his popular Uncle Chester, a young Chinese American boy tries hard to fulfill a pr... More
The fake-chicken kung fu fighting blues
Lam, Aaron.
"Twelve-year-old video buff Anthony is devastated when his family leaves Toronto's Chinat... More
The year of the dog : a novel
Lin, Grace.
Also available in Overdrive. It's the Chinese year of the dog! When Pacy's mom tells her t... More
Lunar New Year
Hamen, Susan E.
"An overview of Lunar New Year, from the origin of the celebration to how it is practiced toda... More
Chinese New Year
Koestler-Grack, Rachel A.
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Chinese New Year. Intended for... More
Celebrating the Chinese New Year
Linde, Barbara M.
Also available in Hoopla. "Many cultures had their own way of counting the year before the wes... More
Chinese New Year
Murray, Julie.
The Chinese New Year is an important Chinese festival that is celebrated by Chinese people worldwid... More
Celebrate Chinese New Year
Otto, Carolyn.
Children have never had so many reasons to learn how Chinese people everywhere ring in the new and r... More
¡Es el Año Nuevo Chino!
Sebra, Richard.
Con texto organizado cuidadosamente en niveles y fotografias frescas y vibrantes captamos la atenci... More
Nian, the Chinese New Year dragon : a beastly tale : adapted from a Chinese legend
Loh-Hagan, Virginia.
An illustrated retelling for young readers of the Chinese folktale about a dragon that threatens a ... More
Yeh-Shen : a Cinderella story from China
Louie, Ai-Ling.
This version of the Cinderella story, in which a young girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsis... More
New clothes for New Year's day
Bae, Hyun-Joo.
A young Korean girl describes the new clothes that she will be wearing to celebrate the new year. ... More
Look! what do you see? : an art puzzle book of American and Chinese songs
Xu, Bing.
"Seventeen traditional American and Chinese songs are written in artist Xu Bing's signatu... More
Every month is a new year : celebrations around the world
Singer, Marilyn.
"A collection of original poems about New Year celebrations throughout the year and around the... More
Haz un dragón del Año Nuevo Chino
Medina, Conni.
Also available in Hoopla. See the bright colors. Feel the movement of the dance. It's a Chines... More