How I Celebrated The New Year

Happy New Year ... in July! This versatile collection of engaging original poems showcases New Year celebrations throughout the year and around the world.

Simple text and color images present various aspects of the Chinese New Year celebration, including red decorations, the exchange of poems, Festival of Lanterns, Dragon Dance, fireworks, parades, feasts, and the remembrance of ancestors.

HOLIDAYS & HEROES brings to life the people whose holidays we celebrate. Enriched with colorful illustrations, photographs, and other historical images, this series will engage and involve children in the stories behind our holidays and the people they honor. When the calendar changes from one year to the next, people like to celebrate! But there’s more to New Year’s than a ten-second countdown. Learn about how our calendar came to be what it is today, and find out how people all through history and all over the world have celebrated the start of a brand-new year!

Celebrating a new year is a lot of fun, especially when you’re with your family and friends. This book explores how New Year’s is celebrated in different cultures around the world. Each page features colorful illustrations and accessible text that even reluctant readers will enjoy. Relatable characters make it easy for children to learn about holidays that may be unfamiliar to them. Readers will love learning about Chinese New Year, Dwali, and other New Year’s celebrations.

In this remarkable author-illustrator debut that's perfect for fans of Last Stop on Market Street and Extra Yarn, a generous woman is rewarded by her community. Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew! One by one, they follow their noses toward the scrumptious scent. And one by one, Omu offers a portion of her meal. Soon the pot is empty. Has she been so generous that she has nothing left for herself? Debut author-illustrator Oge Mora brings to life a heartwarming story of sharing and community in colorful cut-paper designs as luscious as Omu's stew, with an extra serving of love. An author's note explains that "Omu" (pronounced AH-moo) means "queen" in the Igbo language of her parents, but growing up, she used it to mean "Grandma." This book was inspired by the strong female role models in Oge Mora's life.

January 1st isn't the only New Year's Day. Take a look at another culture and how the Chinese New Year is celebrated with this packet. It includes a nonfiction article about the festivities, cross-curricular worksheets, and additional activity ideas.

Countless different festivals are celebrated all over the world throughout the year. Some are national holidays, celebrated for religious and cultural reasons, or to mark an important date in history, while others are just for fun. Give thanks and tuck into a delicious meal with friends and family at Thanksgiving, get caught up in a messy tomato fight in Spain at La Tomatina, add a splash of color to your day at the Holi festival of colors and celebrate the life and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. With fact-filled text accompanied by beautifully bright illustrations from the wonderfully talented Chris Corr, prepare yourself for a journey as we travel around the world celebrating and uncovering a visual feast of culture.