Lunar New Year Multicultural Books for Kids

Lunar New Year-Multicultural books for kids – Book Recommendations

Reading multicultural children’s books with kids is a way to expand their world view and connect them with our fast-growing diverse community.  When children are exploring other cultures they are also learning about their own cultures (the home culture and the community culture).  Take advantage of book resources at your neighborhood library and the library’s online Libby Overdrive.

• The Year of the Rat (A Pacy Lin Novel) by Grace Lin

• The Nian Monster by Andrea Wang

• Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao by Kat Zhang

• Chelsea’s Chinese New Year by Lisa Bullard

• The Real Story of Stone Soup by Ying Chang Compestine

• Juna’s Jar by Jane Bahk

• Boy Dumplings by Ying Chang Compestine

• Ready to read series: Living In China

• Crouching Tiger by Ying Chang Compestine

• The Chinese Brush Painting Bible by Jane Dwight

• Kitchen God by Xiong Liang (simplified Chinese edition)

• A Brief History Of China by Jonathan Clements (for educators and teens)

• Equettique Guide to China by Boye Lafayette De Mente (for educators and teens)

• This Is Just A Test by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

• Mei Ling’s Hiccups by David Mills (English – Chinese edition)

• The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

• Front Desk by Kelly Yang

• Queen of Physics by Teresa Robeson

• Alvin Ho: Allergic to the Great Wall, the Forbidden Palace, and Other Tourist Attractions by Lenore Look

• The Empty Pot by Demi

• Ruby’s Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges

• Grandma Panda’s China Storybook by Mingmei Yip

• All About China – Stories, Songs, Crafts and Games for Kids by Allison Branscombe

• The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

• What Was It Like, Mr. Emperor? Life in China’s Forbidden City by Chiu Kwong-Chiu

• The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac by Christopher Corr

• In the Forbidden City (We All Live In The Forbidden City) by Chiu Kwong-Chiu

• Brandon Goes To Bejing by Eugenia Chu ; Brandon Makes Jiao Zi

• Mei-Mei’s Lucky Birthday Noodles! by Shan Shan Chen

• Liu and the Bird by Catherine Louis

• Confucius: Great Teacher of China by Demi

• Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding! by Lenore Look

• The Food of Taiwan by Cathy Erway

• The Legend of Lao Tzu and the Tao Te Ching (demi)

• The Horse and the Mysterious Drawing by Li Jian

• Easy Chinese Recipes by Bee Yinn Low

• Thanking the Moon by Grace Lin

• Dim Sum for Everyone by Grace Lin

• Bringing In the New Year by Grace Lin

• Chinese Fables: The Dragon Slayer and Other Timeless Tales of Wisdom by Shiho S. Nunes

• Mandarin Chinese Picture Dictionary by Yi Ren

• In The Snow by Huy Voun Lee; At the Beach ; In the Leaves; In the Park

• Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts A Literary Cookbook by Paul Yee

• Cai Lun, the inventor of paper by Li Jian (English Chinese edition)

• Peppa’s Chinese New Year by Eone

• Cang Jie, the inventor of Chinese Characters by Li Jian

• The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters by Christoph Niemann

• A New Year’s Reunion: A Chinese Story by Li Yu Qiong

• Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth

• The Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan

• My First Book of Chinese Words: An ABC Rhyming Book by Faye Lynn Wu

• The Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy

• Paper Bloom: 25 Extraordinary Flowers to Make for Weddings, Celebrations & More by Jeffery Dudell

• New Clothes for New Year’s Day by Hyun-Joo Bae

• Happy Happy Chinese New Year by Demi

• The Little Monkey King’s Journey: Retold in English and Chinese by Li Jian

• Chinese Myth and Legends The Monkey King and Other Adventures by Shelly Fu

• Grandfather Counts by Andrea Cheng

• Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling Louie

• Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks

• A Different Pond by Bao Phi

• My First Mandarin Words Gordon and Li Li by Michele Wang McSween

• Sumo Joe by Mia Wenjen

• Three Korean Fairy Tales – beloved stories and legend by Kim So-un

• If You Lived Here: Houses around the world by Gile Laroche

• I Love My Grandpa by Katrina Liu (with Chinese, English, Pinyin); Mina’s Scavenger Hunt

• The Dancing Dragon by Marcia Vaughan

• This is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World by Matt Lamothe

• Dragon Dance: A Chinese New Year Lift-the-Flap Book by Joan Holab

• The Dragon Lover and Other Chinese Proverbs by Yongsheng Xuan

• Chinese History Stories: Stories from the Zhou Dynasty (Treasures of China) by Renee Ting

• Life of a Genius by Demi  (Chinese calligrapher, poet, writer: Shu Shi a.k.a. Su Dongpo)

• Building Bridges with Bilingual Books and Multicultural Resources by Anneke Vanmarcke Forzani

Cultural Books for Chinese Culture Festivals and Events

Chinese Lunar New Year Book and Culture Books for Children

Kids’ Books for the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and Every Day

Children’s Books for the Mid Autumn Moon Festival

This book list is curated by Miss Panda from her Global Education: Lunar New Year Cultural Program for Children.

Special Thank You Goes To

Manoa Public Library | Mary Riley Styles Public Library | Wilson Elementary School | Noelani Elementary School |  St. Andrew’s Preschool | Kilauea Ohana Playschool | Haycock Elementary School | Long Fellow Middle School | Academia Cotopaxi International School | parent and student volunteers, teachers, principals, branch chiefs from schools and libraries that continue to support Global Education program for kids and Multicultural events for children.

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