Happy New Year! Kung-hsi Fa-ts'ai
by Demi

A full portrayal of the festival, this vibrantly illustrated book is a must-read for people who wish to learn all about the customs and celebration of the Chinese New Year, from spring cleaning to the reunion dinner to lion dances, firecrackers, Chinese couplets, Chinese zodiac symbols, etc.

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The Runaway Rice Cake
by Ying Chang Compestine, Tungwai Chau (Illustrator)

The Chang family has just enough rice flour to make one nian-gao, a special rice cake eaten during the Chinese New Year. The most incredible thing happens when the nian-gao gives them the escape as soon as it is cooked! Readers who have read The Gingerbread Boy will find the story line interestingly familiar.

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Sam and the Lucky Money
by Karen Chinn, Cornelius Van Wright (Illustrator), Ying-Hwa Hu (Illustrator)

Young Sam is looking for things to buy with the four dollars he gets as New Year's gift money. Will he get himself a tasty sweet or a new toy? The good old message of giving resounds when Sam donates his money to a homeless old man he meets on the street.

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