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 animals of Chinese New Year
Lee, Jen Sookfong
Paper Book
Drawing on the myth of the Chinese zodiac, The Animals of Chinese New Yearfollows 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. The ox...
Chinese New Year colors
Lo, Rich
Paper Book
This bilingual color concept book celebrates a rainbow of traditional objects seen during the Chinese New Year. Hóng is the color of explosive firecrackers! Jīn is the hue of lucky coins. Zŏng is the shade of sweet peanut puffs. Welcome to the...
Friends are friends, forever
Liu, Dane
Paper Book
On a snowy Lunar New Year's Eve, it's Dandan's last night with Yueyue. Tomorrow, she leaves China for America. The two best friends have a favorite wintertime tradition: crafting paper-cut snowflakes, freezing them outside, and hanging them as ornaments. Will there be anyone to carry on this...
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...
Maisy's Chinese New Year
Cousins, Lucy
Paper Book
Join Maisy and friends in a joyful celebration of Chinese New Year. Tomorrow is Chinese New Year, and Maisy's friend Tiger is coming home for the occasion. Hooray! Tiger has brought some beautiful gifts, some with a special symbol that means good luck. Maisy has asked all her...
New Year
Mei, Zihan (Children's author)
Paper Book
A moving picture book to read when we're missing family far away, set during Lunar New Year. It's Lunar New Year, a time when families come together for a wonderful feast, and a father longs to be with his daughter--but she lives in another country. As he imagines how his...
Nian, the Chinese New Year dragon : a beastly tale : adapted from a Chinese legend
Loh-Hagan, Virginia
Paper Book
2020 EUREKA Excellence in Nonfiction Awards - Gold Winner 2020 Feather Quill Reviewer's Choice Award 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...
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...

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