Lunar New Year

Updated January 28, 2025
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Baby's First Lunar New Year
Paper Book
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with this delightful baby board book teaching little ones all about this amazing New Year holiday. Bold, brightly colored pictures, and short and snappy text is the perfect way to discover the Lunar New Year together in this delightful book! From...
Boys Don't Fry
Paper Book
Jin wishes his family would ask him to help prepare the Lunar New Year feast. But boys, or Babas, never get asked--only Nyonyas, the girls. It's the eve of Lunar New Year, and Jin can't wait for the big family reunion dinner. He loves the aromas and the bubbly chatter coming...
Take Me to Laolao
Paper Book
Celebrate the Spring Lantern Festival! This gentle picture book explores the special bond between children and their grandmothers, all against the backdrop of Chinese mythology and holiday celebration. A must-read for fans of Drawn Together or I Dream of Popo! There's nothing...
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...
Lunar new year /
Eliot, Hannah
Paper Book
Learn all about the traditions of Lunar New Year--also known as Chinese New Year--with this fourth board book in the Celebrate the World series, which highlights special occasions and holidays across the globe. After the winter solstice each year, it's time for a celebration with...
Two New Years
Ho, Richard (Children's author)
Paper Book
A Sydney Taylor Gold Medalist  A National Jewish Book Award Winner  This warm and welcoming New Year celebration invites readers to learn about Rosh Hashanah and Lunar New Year traditions and to reflect on the rich blends of cultures...
Grace's Chinese new year
Huang, Jackie
Paper Book
Firecrackers, family, a Lion dancer, and loud drums are all parts of Grace's Chinese New Year celebrations in this Step 2 Reader! Sweep away the bad luck; sweep in the good luck--it's Chinese New Year! Grace and her family are getting ready for the festivities. They're hanging...
My first Chinese New Year.
Katz, Karen.
Paper Book
Hooray! Hooray! Soon it will be Chinese New Year. A fun and colorful way to introduce the Chinese New Year to young readers Chinese New Year is a time of new beginnings. Follow one little girl as she learns how to welcome the coming year and...
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...
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...
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...
Bringing in the New Year.
Lin, Grace
Paper Book
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....
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...
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...
PoPo's lucky Chinese New Year.
Loh-Hagan, Virginia
Paper Book
Making sure the new year is lucky is serious business. Thankfully PoPo has come all the way from China to America to help! Join one little Chinese-American girl (and her baby brother) as her grandmother teaches her all the do's and don'ts of celebrating the Chinese New Year. From making...
Feasts and festivals around the world : from Lunar New Year to Christmas
McGinty, Alice B.
Paper Book
Explore the celebrations and feasts of twelve countries and cultures from around the world! From South Korea to Nigeria to the USA, come celebrate festivals throughout the year! People around the world are celebrating. In Australia, it's Christmas in summer with barbecues on the...
Celebrate Chinese New Year /
Otto, Carolyn
Paper Book
Children have never had so many reasons to learn how Chinese people everywhere ring in the new and ring out the old. As China takes its new place on the global stage, understanding Chinese culture and values becomes ever more essential to our next generation. For two joyous weeks red is...
What do you celebrate? : holidays and festivals around the world /
Stewart, Whitney, 1959-
Paper Book
Holidays are FUN--and this entertaining nonfiction picture book introduces kids to 14 celebrations from around the world! Across the globe, every country has its special holidays. From Brazilian carnival and Chinese New Year to France's Bastille Day and...
How to Catch a Dragon
Wallace, Adam.
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling How to Catch series comes an all-new dragon story, a great Chinese New Year book for kids! Do you have what it takes to snag a dragon? The How to Catch kids are off again, this time trying to catch a dragon...
Home for Chinese New Year : a story told in English and Chinese.
Wei, Jie (Children's author)
Paper Book
The Chinese New Year is a time for family reunions. This Chinese children's story tells a delightful trip with lots of cultural details along the way! Jia Jun's Dad worked out of town all year around. Now it's time for him to come home. He took a train, bus, three-wheeled...
Goldy Luck and the three pandas.
Yim, Natasha
Paper Book
A retelling of a favorite fairy tale, set in a bustling contemporary Chinatown, that celebrates Chinese New Year. It's Chinese New Year, and Goldy Luck's mother wants her to take a plate of turnip cakes to the neighbors. The Chans aren't home, but that doesn't stop Goldy from...

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