This next New Year / Janet S. Wong ; pictures by Yangsook Choi.
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TextPublication details: New York : Frances Foster Books, 2000.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN: - 0374355037
- 9780374355036
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Children’s Holiday | Wong, Janet S | Holiday-Chinese New Year | Available | 33111004992174 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Celebrating the Chinese New Year A young boy looks forward to Chinese New Year - also known as the Lunar New Year, the day of the first new moon. It is a time of hope, and you don't have to be Chinese to celebrate it! His best friend, Glenn, who is French and German, and his cousin Evelyn, part Hopi and part Mexican, like the food and the envelopes of money, while he celebrates the fresh start the day offers. He cleans the house to make room for luck, and is glad the palms of his hands itch - that means he is coming into money. Most of all, he vows not to say things such as "can't do / don't have / why me" because he has dreams he is ready to make come true. Janet S. Wong's spare, lyrical couplets voice a child's determination to face the new year with courage and optimism. Yangsook Choi captures the spirit of celebration in her vibrant, energetic pictures.
A family prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year and looks forward to the good luck they hope it will bring.