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Celebrate Chinese New Year with these children's books.
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Baby loves lunar phases on Chinese New Year!
by Ruth Spiro
In this board book that explores the lunar calendar, the moon’s orbit and the reason the moon seems to change shape, Baby discovers the science behind lunar phases while celebrating Chinese New Year.
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Playing with lanterns
by Yage Wang
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. Every night, until the fifteenth day of New Year, Zhao Di and her friends take part in this fun tradition, experiencing the thrill of nighttime in their village. And then--it's time to smash the lanterns! In this cheerful book first published in China, readers are invited along with Zhao Di and her friends as they experience all the joy and excitement of this folk Chinese custom. Details about the paper lantern tradition are also included in an author's note at the end of the book.
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The runaway wok : a Chinese New Year tale
by Ying Chang Compestine
When a young boy from a poor Chinese family brings home a mysterious old wok instead of the food his parents instructed him to buy, the wok surprises the hungry family by rolling out of the house and returning full of delicious food given to them by a rich neighbor.
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Peppa's Chinese New Year
by Mandy Archer
Peppa and her friends celebrate Chinese New Year by making cards, dressing in red, and performing a dragon dance.
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Chinese New Year colors
by Rich Lo
A bilingual color concept primer celebrates a rainbow of traditions and objects associated with the Chinese New Year, providing the English and Chinese words for such examples as firecrackers, lucky coins and sweet peanut puffs.
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Alex's good fortune
by Benson Shum
Inviting her friend to participate in her family’s Chinese New Year holiday activities, young Alex dresses in celebratory red, participates in a dragon dance and helps prepare yummy dumplings before embarking on her favorite tradition, the lantern festival.
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Maisy's Chinese New Year
by Lucy Cousins
Spending Chinese New Year with her friend Tiger, Maisy learns about traditional symbols, shares a delicious cultural feast and exchanges lucky red hongbao envelopes before listening to a story about the holiday and staying up late to watch a fireworks display.
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Happy New Year
by Abbie Mercer
Describes how people celebrate the new year around the world, explains when and why it is celebrated, and provides instructions for creating snickerdoodles and a New Year's scrapbook.
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Bringing in the New Year
by Grace Lin
With the Lunar New Year approaching, a Chinese American family comes together to prepare for the traditional celebration by making dumplings, hanging decorations, putting on their costumes, and joining in the parade where fireworks, lion dancers, and a long dragon will bring the city street to life!
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Harford County Public Library
1221-A Brass Mill Rd Belcamp, Maryland 21017 410-273-5600 hcplonline.org
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