new year

Describes how the coming of the new year is celebrated in different countries and by different cultures around the world.

An introduction to the New Year holiday, discussing when it is, looking at the traditions associated with various New Year celebrations, and including an activity and recipe.

While celebrating the New Year with a friend, Sammy encounters a mystery involving an elderly neighbor, a pioneer cabin, and a century-old family feud.

Describes New Year greetings and customs from twenty countries and includes games, recipes, and craft projects.

Examines the history of New Year's Day, a holiday observed around the world, and looks at traditions associated with the celebration.

In this version of Clement Moores' classic poem, a brother and sister struggle to stay awake until midnight to ring in the new year.

Mr. P. Bear decides to throw a formal New Year's party, and invites his friends--pandas, penguins, dairy cows, skunks, and whale--to count down the time until it is Happy New Year.

Although others participate by driving, riding, and making music, Amanda Dade leads the parade to welcome the arrival of the New Year.

Explains the origins and meaning of New Year's Day, a holiday that celebrates the start of a new year, and looks at how and where New Year's Day is observed.

A former talk-show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother, each intending to commit suicide, find themselves together on the roof of a London building and begin to contemplate their individual choices and circumstances.