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7 Books to Celebrate the Chinese New Year

January 28, 2013 • 6 Comments

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The Chinese New Year is quickly approaching.  There are some great books for kids on this holiday!  The picture below is from a wonderful Chinese Lantern Festival at our local outdoor garden a few years ago.   The exhibits were absolutely breath-taking.

Books for kids about the Chinese New Year After touring the grounds, I was able to explore the gift shop where I found lots of wonderful picture books about China for kids.  Since the Chinese New Year is approaching, I thought this would be a great time to share some of the titles I discovered.  The books below start out for the youngest crowd and move up to our more seasoned readers.

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Yum Yum Dim Sum by Amy Wilson Sanger is a board book that introduces young readers to Chinese foods. Chelsea’s Chinese New Year by Lisa Bullard explores the different customs and foods of the Chinese New Year. Dragon Dance by Joan Holub is a lift-the-flap book where young readers are introduced to Chinese symbols. Bringing in the New Year by Grace Lin is a story of a Chinese-American family that prepares for the Lunar New Year. Sam and the Lucky Money by Karen Chinn is the story of a young boy and how he decides to spend his lucky money he received for the Chinese New Year. Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan’s Chinese New Year  by Kate Waters uses photographs to highlight a young boy’s preparation for participating in the New Year’s parade in New York. Celebrating Chinese Festivals by Sanmu Tang shares information about Chinese customs for the Chinese New Year, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat festival and more!

I love incorporating books into celebrations.  What ideas do you have for celebrating the Chinese New Year?

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6 Comments Filed Under: All categories, Book Lists Tagged With: children's books about the Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Books

About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

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  1. Julie says

    January 29, 2013 at 12:26 pm

    Thank you. I pinned this to our China Studies.

    http://pinterest.com/jmommymom/history-ancient-china/

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    • Jodie says

      January 29, 2013 at 8:52 pm

      Your board is great. I just started following it. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
  2. Julia says

    January 29, 2013 at 9:24 am

    We love and own the Grace Lin book. I’ll have to check out some of the others. Nice list!

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    • Jodie says

      January 29, 2013 at 8:52 pm

      Thank you!

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  3. Rachael Henzman says

    January 28, 2013 at 11:02 pm

    These look like good books! I’m a new follower of your blog from the Monday Mingle Blog Hop! Would love if you could stop by mine. Thanks :0)

    The Three Whiskateers
    http://thethreewhiskateers.blogspot.com/

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    • Jodie says

      January 29, 2013 at 8:53 pm

      Thank you so much for stopping by and welcome!

      Reply

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