Children’s Books that Celebrate New Year’s Around the World

Beyond the traditional New Year’s on December 31st, here is a list of Children’s Books that Celebrate New Year’s Around the World. Come with KidLitTV to learn how people  celebrate Nowruz; Persian New Year, Seollal; Korean New Year, learn about the traditional food of an African-American new year, Lunar New Year, Diwali; Indian New Year, and more.  

• Children’s Books that Celebrate New Year’s Around the World 

Children's Books that Celebrate New Year’s Around the World

Black Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese

Children's Books that Celebrate New Year’s Around the World
Photo description: Book cover for Black Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese

Know what I like most about Grandma’s kitchen?
More than jambalaya? More than sweet potato pie? Even more than pralines?
Grandma’s stories! Every meal Grandma cooks comes with a story.
What will today’s story be?

While visiting her grandma in Louisiana, nine-year-old Frances is excited to help prepare the New Year’s Day meal. She listens as Grandma tells stories–dating back to the Atlantic Slave Trade–about the food for their feast. Through these stories, Frances learns not only about the ingredients and the dishes they are making but about her ancestors and their history as well.

A celebration of the stories that connect us, this picture book urges us to think about the foods we eat and why we eat them. This book was inspired by the author’s own childhood and includes her family’s very own recipe for pralines in the back!

Black Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese
Written by Glenda Armand and Illustrated by Steffi Walthall
Published by Crown Books for Young Readers


TOMORROW IS NEW YEAR’S DAY:

Seollal, a Korean Celebration of the Lunar New Year

Children's Books that Celebrate New Year’s Around the World
Photo description: Book cover for TOMORROW IS NEW YEAR’S DAY

From Korean American author-illustrator Aram Kim, Tomorrow is New Year’s Dayfollows a little girl sharing the fun customs of Seollal–the Korean Lunar New Year–with her classmates.

Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year, is Mina’s favorite day of the year.

Mina can’t wait to share the customs of Seollal with all of her friends at school. She will show her classmates her colorful hanbok, demonstrate how to do sebae, and then everyone will make tasty tteokguk in the cooking room. Yum! Her little brother may even join in on the fun… if he can find a way out of his bad mood.

In this joyful book about sharing age-old cultural celebrations with new friends, Aram Kim has created a must-have book for the New Year’s season. A glossary of Korean terms, with pronunciation guide, is included.

TOMORROW IS NEW YEAR’S DAY: Seollal, a Korean Celebration of the Lunar New Year
Written and Illustrated by Aram Kim
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux


MEASURING A YEAR: A Rosh Hashanah Story 

Children's Books that Celebrate New Year’s Around the World
Photo description: Book cover for MEASURING A YEAR: A Rosh Hashanah Story

Published by Simon and Schuster


Published by Beaming Books
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