new year

Introduces beginning readers to Lunar New Year through simple text and related photos.

"Mindy is excited to go to the Lunar New Year parade in her new town with her father and her friend Sally"--OCLC.

On a snowy New Year's Eve, two black horses pull a sleigh through town, spreading love and joy to the community.

"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. Yum! Her little brother may even join in on the fun... if he can find a way out of his bad mood. In this joyful book about sharing age-old cultural celebrations with new friends, Aram Kim has created a must-have book for the New Year's season. A glossary of Korean terms, with pronunciation guide, is included"--From the publisher's web site.

Explore global traditions surrounding the arrival of a new year, including food, parties, finding good luck, and making resolutions.

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 more. Features include a table of contents, fun facts, a timeline, an infographic, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index.

"A beginning reader book containing three stories in which Frog shares a Thanksgiving feast with his woodland friends, celebrates his first Christmas, and rings in the New Year with a twist on tradition"--Provided by publisher.

"An overview of Lunar New Year, from the origin of the celebration to how it is practiced today"--Provided by publisher.

After accidentally ruining his family's haft-seen, a display of seven traditional items to bring luck in the Persian New Year, young Kian finds seven unusual items to replace them. Includes facts about Nowruz.

The Castle in the Clouds is a hotel on top of a Swiss mountain. Its glory days may be behind it, but every year for New Year's the staff never fails to celebrate the great dance, returning the hotel to its former splendor. Seventeen-year-old Fanny, one of the hotel's staff, is working to keep the guests happy and comfortable when she discovers something off about some of the guests--they are not who they are pretending to be. There is a Russian woman who claims to possess a diamond worth millions of dollars, and a boy named Tristan, who is attractive, sure, but who prefers to climb the outer face of the hotel instead of its stairs. Fanny, putting her job at risk, goes to investigate.