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Hi Kid Lit Friends!
Happy 2022! I hope this new year brings you great joy and health and lots of reading time! Here are some wonderful picture books about the new year.
Shante Keys and the New Year’s Peas by Gail Piernas-Davenport, illustrated by Marion Eldridge
This sweet book is all about food traditions. Shanté Keys’s grandma always makes the best food for New Year’s Day: fixed chitlins, baked ham, greens, and cornbread. But this year, she forgot the peas! It’s up to Shanté Keys to save the day and find some lucky peas!
New Year by Mei Zihan, illustrated by Leng Qin
I love this atypical New Year’s story. It’s Lunar New Year (this year it is on February 1st), a time when families come together for a wonderful feast. But gathering is difficult, and a father longs to be with his daughter who lives in a different country. As he imagines how his daughter is spending the festivities, he recalls fond memories of time spent with her and treasures that time in his heart.
Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolutions by Pat Miller, illustrated by Kathi Ember
This is the perfect book for young readers wondering about new year’s resolutions! Squirrel knows that it’s time for making resolutions, but what does a resolution mean? She travels around the forest looking for answers to this very important new year tradition.
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What are you reading these days? Let me know! Find me on Twitter at @KarinaYanGlaser, on Instagram at @KarinaIsReadingAndWriting, or email me at KarinaBookRiot@gmail.com.
Until next time!
Karina
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