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Lunar New Year 2026

It's the Year of the Horse! People born in the Year of the Horse are often described as energetic, optimistic, and independent. Celebrate Lunar New Year with this booklist that bring to life the joy, culture, and festivities of this special time! @BurlONLibrary bpldiv

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  • Celebrating Asia's biggest and brightest holiday, this vibrant board book shows little readers all the familiar favorites associated with Lunar New Year, from colorful lanterns to beautiful traditional clothes to the special animals each year is…
    Board Book, 2024New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2024. — BB BAB
  • Curious George joins his friend Mei and her family as they prepare for and celebrate Chinese New Year! From cleaning house and finding red clothes to wear, to hanging decorations and enjoying a family feast, to fireworks and a dragon dance, George…
    Board Book, 2023New York : Clarion Books, [2023] — BB ADC
  • Come and celebrate Chinese New Year. See the food, clothes, and decorations that make this holiday so special. The second half of this book demonstrates how to make pizza.
    Book, 2024Minneapolis, MN : Jump!, [2024] — J 394.261 ANT
  • Peppa and her friends celebrate Chinese New Year by making cards, dressing in red, and performing a dragon dance.
    Book, E ARC
  • Help your child power up their reading skills and learn about the Lunar New Year with this fun-filled nonfiction reader carefully leveled to help children progress. DK Super Readers Level 2: Lunar New Year teaches readers all about this colorful…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2025. — J 394.2614 BER
  • Sparkles for Sunny

    a Lunar New Year Story

    Chen, Sylvia
    Sunny is stuck wearing hand-me-downs to the party AGAIN... every year for Lunar New Year, Sunny winds up wearing a hand-me-down qípáo from her sisters. Just once Sunny wants to wear something that's so her and not so one of her sisters! This is a…
    Book, 2025New York, New York : Flamingo Books, 2025. — E CHE
  • Logan's Lantern

    a Lunar New Year Story

    Tandon Copp, Lucy
    Logan is VERY excited about the big lantern festival tonight – and he's made a little dragon lantern to take with him! A beautiful and uplifting story about courage and friendship, against the background of the Lunar New Year.
    Book, 2026London : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2026. — E TAN
  • With the help of Ji-Young and Lily the tiger, Elmo learns about different Lunar New Year celebrations, in this colorful board book filled with good fortune and fun!
    Board Book, 2023New York, NY : Random House Children's Books, [2023] — BB FRY
  • Lunar New Year

    Spread Love and Cheer

    Habib, Grace
    Introduce little ones to Lunar New Year with this beautiful, colorful board book. Children can see a Korean family come together and celebrate the holiday with fireworks, red envelopes, noodles, and more. This irresistible board book is sure to…
    Board Book, 2025New York, NY : Little Bee Books, [2025] — BB HAB
  • An overview of Lunar New Year, from the origin of the celebration to how it is practiced today. Clear, interesting text and vibrant photos grab and hold readers' interest, and QR Codes in each chapter link to book-specific videos, activities, and…
    Book, 2021Minneapolis, MN : DiscoverRoo, an imprint of Pop!, [2021] — J 394.261 HAM
  • Happy Chinese New Year!

    a Festive Counting Story

    Ho, Jannie
    The zodiac animals are ready to celebrate Chinese New Year with traditions and a big feast! Little ones can count to twelve as each animal prepares for the holiday.
    Board Book, 2022New York : Crown Publishing, [2022] — BB HO
  • Learn how many different Asian communities celebrate Lunar New Year in this book for young readers that reveals why the first new moon of the year is such a culturally significant moment for many countries! Young readers will learn about the Lunar…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Penguin Workshop, 2025. — J 394.2614 KIR
  • Tomorrow Is New Year's Day

    Seollal, a Korean Celebration of the Lunar New Year

    Kim, Aram
    Mina can't wait to share the customs of Seollal with all of her friends at school. She will show her classmates her colorful hanbok, demonstrate how to do sebae, and then everyone will make tasty tteokguk in the cooking room.
    Book, 2022New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2022. — E KIM
  • Mulan is getting ready for the Lantern Festival, the celebration at the end of the Lunar New Year, but when her lantern breaks, she wonders how she can join in the fun, in this early reader that teaches kids about this beloved Chinese holiday…
    Book, 2025New York : Random House, [2025] — J LEE
  • Lunar New Year is a time for families to celebrate the coming of spring. Give early learners a first look into this happy holiday with full-color photographs and accessible text.
    Book, 2023Minneapolis, MN : Lerner Publications, [2023] — J 394.2614 LEE
  • A young girl helps her multi-racial family prepare their Tray of Togetherness as part of that evening's Lunar New Year celebration.
    Book, 2022Toronto, ON : Owlkids Books, [2022] — E LEU
  • With the dawn of a new lunar year, one of twelve animals in the zodiac will rise and shine and distinguish the year with its unique personality. And when that year is over, the creature will lie down, close its eyes, and dream its dreams until its…
    Board Book, 2024Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024. — BB LIN
  • Zhao Di and her friends are excited to go out at night with their paper lanterns and celebrate Chinese New Year. Come along with Zhao Di and her friends as they experience all the joy and excitement of this folk Chinese custom.
    Book, 2021New York : Amazon Crossing Kids, 2021. — E WAN
  • One Chinese New Year, her mother sends Goldy Luck to the pandas next door with a plate of turnip cakes--but the pandas are out and disaster follows. Includes a recipe for turnip cakes.
    Book, 2015Watertown, MA. : Charlesbridge, 2015. — E YIM
  • Why We Eat Fried Peanuts

    a Celebration of Family and Lunar New Year Traditions

    Zha, Mengyi
    Join Mèng, a Chinese American girl, as she prepares for the Lunar New Year festivities and discovers the significance of ancestral stories and the history behind the Mandarin language and traditional foods eaten during the holiday; learn how to…
    Book, 2025New York, NY, USA : Becker&Mayer! Kids, 2025. — J 394.261 ZHA