Lunar New Year for Kids

It's the Year of the Snake! Celebrate Lunar New Year 2025 with the young readers in your life.

Updated January 17, 2025
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Amy Wu and the Lantern Festival
Zhang, Kat
Paper Book
Amy Wu celebrates Chinese New Year with her favorite family traditions in this sweet and brightly illustrated fifth installment in the Amy Wu picture book series. Lunar New Year is Amy's favorite holiday! Her family celebrates for two whole weeks, and she loves everything about...
The Chinese New Year helper
Compestine, Ying Chang
Paper Book
A young girl finds an exciting role for herself at the Chinese New Year celebration in her family's restaurant. At last, she isn't being told that she's too young to help! Jia's family is busy preparing for the Chinese New Year feast at their restaurant in Chinatown, and Jia...
Chloe's Lunar New Year
LaMotte, Lily
Paper Book
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...
Grumpy New Year
Moore, Katrina
Paper Book
This funny and heartwarming follow-up to Grandpa Grumps celebrates Lunar New Year and the love of a doting grandparent. "A superb celebration of the Lunar New Year." --School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW "Moore structures her story as a 10...
It's your year, Baby Rabbit
Hsu, Ariel
Paper Book
Baby Rabbit is kind and smart! Welcome the Year of the Rabbit (2023) with this fun board book series introducing kids to each zodiac sign through positive personality traits and adorable animal characters. Happy Lunar New Year, Baby Rabbit! Baby Rabbit...
It's your year, baby snake
Hsu, Ariel
Paper Book
Baby Snake is wise and funny! Celebrate the Snake (2025) in your life with this fun board book series introducing kids to each zodiac sign through positive personality traits and adorable animal characters. You are wise, calm, funny, and thoughtful, Baby Snake! This exciting...
Let's celebrate Korean New Year!
Park, Michelle W.
Paper Book
Ring in the Lunar New Year with this sweet picture book by Emmy-winning TV host Michelle W. Park. This heartwarming story follows two sisters as they explore the Korean traditions of Seollal while learning about the importance of family. The author's own dumpling recipe and a fun activity are...
Ruby's Chinese New Year
Lee, Vickie
Paper Book
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. But who will help her get to grandmother's house to...
A sweet New Year for Ren
Sterling, Michelle
Paper Book
Celebrate the Lunar New Year through a young girl's family traditions in this charming picture book featuring illustrations by New York Times bestselling artist Dung Ho that also includes a recipe for pineapple cakes! Little Ren looks forward to the preparation for...
Tomorrow is New Year's Day : Seollal, a Korean celebration of the Lunar New Year
Kim, Aram
Paper Book
A fun and informative celebration of Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year!Seollal is Mina's favorite day of the year. She can't wait to show her classmates her hanbok and make tteokguk in the cooking room. Even her little brother, who wants to wear his shark shirt, not his hanbok, eventually joins in...
The tray of togetherness
Leung, Flo
Paper Book
A delicious ode to food, family, and togetherness that celebrates Lunar New Year A 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, a...
We celebrate the light
Yolen, Jane
Paper Book
A celebration of seven different winter holidays observed in the US and the traditions that unite them all. Diwali, Solstice, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Bodhi Day, and Lunar New Year are visually depicted in turn, accompanying a stunning, read-aloud text that speaks of the...
Year of the cat
Ho, Richard (Children's author)
Paper Book
Every year is the Year of the Cat! A legendary race determined the order of the animals in the Chinese zodiac calendar . . . but what happened to Cat, the one animal who never received a year? Rat, Cat, and their eleven friends star in this funny animal adventure that introduces young...

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