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The Year of the Rabbit: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac
Oliver Clyde Chin - Immedium
Format: Hardcover
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"Another adventurous tale from Oliver Chin, The Year of the Rabbit will be sure to keep children on the edge of their seats as they wait to discover how two friends help each other in need. Chin's descriptive storytelling will keep children enthralled and looking forward to his next... |
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The Year of the Rat: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac
Oliver Clyde Chin - Immedium
Format: Hardcover
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"Chin's story brings the Year of the Rat to life with his endearing characters and an amusing storyline. The cartoon-like drawings by Miah Alcorn, who has partnered with Chin for all three books, bring enthusiasm and added energy to Chin's tale and characters. Though recommended... |
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Dragon Parade: A Chinese New Year Story
Steven A. Chin - Heinemann Library
Format: Hardcover
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Norman Ah Sing is a successful, newly-arrived Chinese grocer in the San Francisco of the 1850s. He is thrilled to be in the Land of the Golden Mountain. His delight prompts him to invite all to celebrate the Lunar New Year and to organize the first big celebration in 1851 Chinatown. |
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Dragon Dancer
Joyce Chng - Lantana Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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It is the eve of Chinese New Year. Lanterns are hung in the shopping malls and Yao is preparing to wake the ancient sky dragon, Shen Long, from his year-long sleep. From the moment Shen Long opens his great amber eyes and unfurls his silver-blue tail, Yao will be propelled on a magical... |
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D is for Dragon Dance
Ying Chang Compestine - Holiday House
Format: Paperback
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From dazzling dragon dances to scrumptious steamed dumplings, celebrate the Chinese New Year with this bilingual alphabet book in English and Mandarin Chinese.Lunar New Year is here! Its time for Acrobats to perform, Grandma and Grandpa to make cut paper decorations, friends to share Oranges... |
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The Runaway Wok: A Chinese New Year Tale
Ying Chang Compestine - Dutton Juvenile
Format: Hardcover
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When a boy goes to the market to buy food and comes home with an old wok instead, his parents wonder what they'll eat for dinner. But then the wok rolls out of the poor family's house with a skippity-hoppity-ho! and returns from the rich man's home with a feast in tow! With... |
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Curious George Dragon Dance
H. A. Rey - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Print book
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George and Marco are curious about the celebrations giong on in Chinatown. Luckily, their new friend Lily tells them all about Chinese New Year, and even asks for their help practicing the dragon dance for the big parade. But getting around in the dragon costume is hard work, and before... |
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Long-Longs New Year: A Story About the Chinese Spring Festival
Catherine Gower - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In this beautifully illustrated multicultural childrens book, a little Chinese boy named Long-Long accompanies his grandfather into the city to sell cabbages in order to buy food and decorations for the New Year. Selling cabbages is harder than Long-Long expects, and he encounters many... |
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My First Chinese New Year (My First Holiday)
Karen Katz - Square Fish
Format: Hardcover
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Author-illustrator Karen Katzs My First Chinese New Year presents a warm and lively introduction to a special holiday that will make even the youngest reader want to start a Chinese New Year tradition! . Hooray! Hooray!Soon it will be Chinese New Year.. Chinese New Year is a time of new beginnings.... |
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Tomorrow Is New Year's Day: Seollal, a Korean Celebration of the Lunar New Year
Aram Kim - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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From Korean American author-illustrator Aram Kim, Tomorrow is New Year's Day follows a little girl sharing the fun customs of Seollal -- the Korean Lunar New Year -- with her classmates.Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year, is Mina's favorite day of the year.Mina can't wait to share... |
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Chloe's Lunar New Year
Lily LaMotte - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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Lily LaMotte, brilliant author of the graphic novel Measuring Up, an ALA Top Ten, has written her debut picture book about a special Lunar New Year feast. Perfect for fans of Bringing in the New Year by Grace Lin and I Am Golden by Eva Chen."Themes of love and family underlie the snappy... |
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Ruby's Chinese New Year
Vickie Lee - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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In this picture book 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. But who will help her get to grandmother's house to deliver it? Will it be clever... |
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The Tray of Togetherness
Flo Leung - Owlkids
Format: Hardcover
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A delicious ode to food, family, and togetherness that celebrates Lunar New YearA little girl and her family are hosting a New Year party, an event marking the Lunar New Year. There's a lot to do before the guests arrive! First, a trip to the market to fill up the Tray of Togetherness,... |
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A New Year's Reunion: A Chinese Story
Yu Li-Qiong - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2011!Maomao's dad works many miles away, but he is coming home for New Year!Little Maomao's father works in faraway places and comes home just once a year, for Chinese New Year. At first Maomao barely recognizes him, but before... |
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Bringing In the New Year
Grace Lin - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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This exuberant story follows a Chinese American family as they prepare for the Lunar New Year. Each member of the family lends a hand as they sweep out the dust of the old year, hang decorations, and make dumplings. Then it's time to put on new clothes and celebrate with family and friends.... |
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Nian, The Chinese New Year Dragon
Virginia Loh-Hagan - Sleeping Bear Press
Format: Hardcover
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Mei hates springtime. Why? Because it's only in the spring that Nian, a fierce dragon, is able to leave his mountain prison under the sea to terrorize the local village. When the villagers hear the rumblings of Nian's hungry stomach, they know that winter has ended and spring is coming.... |
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PoPo's Lucky Chinese New Year
Virginia Loh-Hagan - Sleeping Bear Press
Format: Print book
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When her Chinese grandmother comes to visit, a young Chinese-American girl learns of and participates in the customs and beliefs celebrating an authentic Chinese New Year. |
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Happy Chinese New Year, Kai-lan! (Ni Hao, Kai-lan)
Lauryn Silverhardt - Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon
Format: Hardcover
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Join Kai-lan for a Chinese New Year celebration! Kai-lan and her friends get to carry the dragon costume in the big parade - but can they work together to make the dragon dance? |
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Peppa's Chinese New Year
Eone - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback
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It's the year of the Pig--Peppa Pig, that is! When Madame Gazelle tells the children it's time to celebrate Chinese New Year, they couldn't be more excited. Peppa and her friends hang lanterns, eat fortune cookies, and put on a dragon dance!This beautiful 8x8 comes with a sheet... |
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The Wishing Tree
Roseanne Thong - Shen's Books
Format: Book
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Ming and his grandmother visit a wishing tree every Lunar New Year. As Ming grows from a little boy to a young man, the tree’s presence remains an important figure in his life. When he is forced to overcome a tragedy, he develops a new relationship with t |
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No Year of the Cat (Myths, Legends, Fairy and Folktales)
Mary Dodson Wade - Sleeping Bear Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Emperor has a problem. He wants his people to remember the year in which his son was born. But there is no way to keep track of the years. So the Emperor devises a race in which animals will cross a river. The first twelve animals to reach the opposite side will have a year named after... |
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How to Catch a Dragon
Adam Wallace - Sourcebooks Wonderland
Format: Hardcover
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Do you have what it takes to catch a dragon? The How to Catch kids are off again, this time trying to catch a dragon as they chase him through Chinese New Year celebrations! Set in China during the Spring Festival, otherwise known as Chinese New Year, the wily dragon will have to avoid... |
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The Nian Monster
Andrea Wang - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Tong tong! The legendary Nian monster has returned at Chinese New Year. With horns, scales, and wide, wicked jaws, Nian is intent on devouring Shanghai, starting with Xingling! The old tricks to keep him away don't work on Nian anymore, but Xingling is clever. Will her quick thinking be enough... |
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Playing with Lanterns
Wang Yage - Amazon Crossing Kids
Format: Hardcover
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Zhao Di and her friends are excited to go out at night with their paper lanterns and celebrate Chinese New Year. Each holding a unique colorful lantern with a lit candle inside, they admire the breathtaking colors while doing their best to avoid the wind and the sneaky boys in the village.... |
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The Night Before Lunar New Year
Natasha Wing - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Discover all the celebratory traditions surrounding Lunar New Year in this festive addition to the Night Before series.It's the night before Lunar New Year, and a little girl is excited for all of the celebrations to come. She's prepared dumplings with her mom, bought a new dress... |
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This Next New Year: (English language edition)
Janet S. Wong - Pomelo Books
Format: Paperback
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An Oppenheim Toy Portfolio GOLD Award A Nick Jr. "Best Holiday Book" This is the English-language paperback reprint of the award-winning Lunar New Year classic (also available in Chinese and Korean bilingual editions) . A young boy looks forward to the Lunar New Year, often called... |
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Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas
Natasha Yim - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover
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In this Chinese American retelling of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," a careless Goldy Luck wreaks havoc on the home of a family of panda bears. She eats up the littlest panda's rice porridge, breaks his rocking chair, and rumples all the blankets on his futon. When Goldy... |
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The Animals of Chinese New Year
Jen Sookfong Lee - Orca Book Publishers
Format: Board book
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Drawing on the myth of the Chinese zodiac, The Animals of Chinese New Year follows twelve animals as they speed across a river, competing to represent the imminent new year in a race held by the Jade Emperor, the most powerful Chinese god. Each animal competes in its own unique way.... |
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12 Lucky Animals: A Bilingual Baby Book
VICKIE LEE - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Board book
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Vickie Lee and Joey Chou's illustrated 12 Lucky Animals is a young, dual-language animal concept book introducing Chinese characters and the animals of the Chinese zodiac... |
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Chinese New Year (On My Own Holidays)
Judith Jango-Cohen - Carolrhoda Books
Format: Library Binding
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Presents an overview of Chinese New Year, how people get ready for it and the celebration itself, which includes fireworks, parades, family gatherings, and the Festival of Lanterns. |
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Books in Chinese
Some titles are bilingual.
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The Year of the Dog: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac
Oliver Clyde Chin - Immedium
Format: Hardcover
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<div>2018 is the Year of the Dog! The first book in the Tales from the Chinese Zodiac series. The puppy Daniel befriends the neighbor girl Lin and the other animals. Can Daniel show that his true colors? This revised edition features a new bilingual translation in simplified Chinese."Do... |
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D is for Dragon Dance
Ying Chang Compestine - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover
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A bilingual introduction to the Chinese New Year in English and Chinese.From the dazzling dragon dance to the scrumptious steamed dumplings to the firecrackers that frighten away evil spirits, this alphabet book celebrates the traditions of the lunar new year. First published in 2006, this... |
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Mei Li
Thomas Handforth - The Chinese Overseas Publishing House
Format: Print book
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In this book, Mei Li the protagonist leaves a deep impression on readers with her simple and cheerful personality. She only has three copper coins as new year money. First, she gives one copper coin to Li Da, a girl who needs money for the Spring Festival, then she resists the temptation... |
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The Little Pigs and the Sweet Rice Cakes: A Story Told in English and Chinese
Li Jian - Shanghai Press
Format: Hardcover
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In America, every child knows the story of the three little pigs and the big, bad wolf, so they'll love reading about the pigs' Chinese counterparts. Told in a bilingual Chinese and English edition, this is the story of three little pigs whose appetites initially get the better... |
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The Little Rat and the Golden Seed: A Story Told in English and Chinese
Li Jian - Shanghai Press
Format: Hardcover
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Learn how the clever Little Rat earned his place as one of the Chinese Zodiac Animals.This adorable Chinese-English bilingual children's book tells the story of the Little Rat and the Grandpa - unlikely allies who embark on an adventure to find a golden seed. They encounter rough seas,... |
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Chinese New Year Wishes: Chinese Spring and Lantern Festival Celebration
Jillian Lin - Independently published
Format: Paperback
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It is Hong's favorite time of the year.His whole family celebrates.It is the Chinese New Year. In this beautifully illustrated book, children aged 2 to 6 will follow Hong as he and his family prepare for and celebrate the Chinese New Year Festival. They will also enjoy reading the story... |
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Chinese New Year Colors
Richard Lo - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover
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This bilingual color concept book celebrates a rainbow of traditional objects seen during the Chinese New Year.Hng is the color of explosive firecrackers! Jīn is the hue of lucky coins. Zŏng is the shade of sweet peanut puffs. Welcome to the festivities... |
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Crafts
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Chinese New Year Crafts (Fun Holiday Crafts Kids Can Do!)
Karen E. Bledsoe - Enslow Elementary
Format: Library Binding
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Kindergarten-Grade 5–Aesthetically pleasing with their bright colorful pages, clear concise instructions on the left side and photographs of various stages of the final product on the right, these books include 10 crafts each. Introductory pages offer brief information about the holiday.... |
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Nonfiction
Includes books on Chinese New Year, the Chinese Zodiac, and fables
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Dragon New Year, the: A Chinese Legend (Chinese Legends Trilogy)
David Bouchard - Peachtree Pub Co Inc
Format: Hardcover
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The essence of ancient China is charmingly evoked for young readers by David Bouchards tale of courage, kindness, love, and inspiration.Every spring, the Chinese New Year is heralded by noise and sound: a clash of cymbals, the splash of fireworks across the sky, shouts and whistles and bright... |
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The Great Race
Dawn Casey - Barefoot Books
Format: Hardcover
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Race with the animals of the Zodiac as they compete to have the years of the Chinese calendar named after them. The excitement-filled story is followed by notes on the Chinese calendar, important Chinese holidays, and a chart outlining the animal signs based on birth years. |
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Happy, Happy Chinese New Year!
DEMI - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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"In a book that is itself a celebration, Demi explains the rituals and ideas behind the Chinese New Year festival. The last 15 days of the old year are spent cleaning and preparing (Wash your hair and get a new haircut. Pay the debts that you owe and collect what is owed to you!) . On the eve of the new moon,... |
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DK Readers L2 Festivals and Celebrations
INC DORLING KINDERSLEY - DK Children
Format: Paperback
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Celebrate different holidays around the world, from Chinese New Year to Diwali, and from the Mexican Day of the Dead to American Thanksgiving.Beginning with New Year's Day, Festivals and Celebrations lets young children join in celebrations around the world throughout the year. Each... |
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Chinese New Year
Carrie Gleason - Crabtree Publishing Company; 1 edition
Format: Book
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Chinese New Year welcomes the start of a new year. It is the most important celebration in China. People enjoy this holiday in many different ways. Chinese people follow certain traditions to make sure they have a lucky new year. |
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Chinese New Year
Ann Heinrichs - Child's World
Format: Library Binding
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Young readers learn about this fifteen-day traditional Chinese celebration Includes full-color illustrations sidebars poetry recipes crafts activities glossary index and research sources |
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Celebrating Chinese New Year
Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith - Holiday House
Format: Book
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A Chinese-American boy's family observes a cherished tradition. |
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Chinese New Year: A Celebration for Everyone
Jen Sookfong Lee - Orca Book Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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From its beginnings as a farming celebration marking the end of winter to its current role as a global party featuring good food, lots of gifts and public parades, Chinese New Year is a snapshot of Chinese culture. Award-winning author and broadcaster Jen Sookfong Lee recalls her childhood... |
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Chinese New Year (Cultural Holidays)
Katie Marsico - Looking Glass Library
Format: Library Binding
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Introduces this holiday, discussing when it takes place, preparations, how it is celebrated, and the Chinese calendar. |
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Chinese New Year (Rookie Read-About Holidays)
David F. Marx - Childrens Press
Format: January 1
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This fact-filled Rookie Read-About Holiday book introduces the youngest readers (Ages 3-6) to Chinese New Year. Colorful photos and very simple nonfiction text encourage children to read on their own as they take an in-depth look at the traditions and festivities of this holiday. |
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Celebrations Around the World (1) (Adventures in Culture)
Charles Murphy - Gareth Stevens Pub
Format: Paperback
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Its time to party with people around the world! Readers will want to celebrate with the fascinating, diverse peoples featured in this culturally enriching book. Día de los Muertos in Latin America, Festima in West Africa, Loy Krathong in Southeast Asia, and Japans Obon are just some of the festivals... |
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Chinese New Year (HOLIDAYS SET II)
Julie Murray - Buddy Books
Format: January 1
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An introduction to the Chinese New Year holiday, including its history and the various ways in which it has been celebrated. |
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Chinese New Year (We Love Holidays)
Saviour Pirotta - Powerkids Pr
Format: Library Binding
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Introduces this holiday, discussing when it takes place, preparations, how it is celebrated, and the Chinese calendar. |
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Chinese Zodiac Animals
Sanmu Tang - Shanghai Press
Format: Paperback
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Children will love to learn all about their Chinese zodiac animal with this great multicultural book for kids.Which Chinese zodiac animal are you? A clever rat? A brave tiger? A hardworking ox? Or an energetic dragon?In ancient China, each sign marked a different year in a 12-year calendar.... |
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Cat and Rat: The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac
Ed Young - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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"In this intriguing picture book, Caldecott Medalist Young ... retells a Chinese folktale about the origins of the zodiac.... Complex and well-told, the story will hold the readers interest." --Publishers Weekly |
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