Books like Lunar New Year
By Hannah Eliot
For families who want little ones to see their own celebrations reflected on the page — or to meet a new one — this board book turns Lunar New Year into something small hands can hold and revisit every year. Festive, warm, and glowing with color.
On a Navajo family's sheep ranch, everyone from Baby's mom to big sister to grandfather tries silly tricks to earn a special honor: being the one who makes Baby laugh first.
A bear family decides their old home is too small, so Mama, Papa, and Brother Bear pack up their belongings, say goodbye to friends, and move to a new tree house.
A girl from the Muscogee Creek Nation dreams of jingle dancing at the next powwow, but her dress has no jingles — so she turns to the women in her family and community to borrow theirs.
Across generations, the women in one family pass down the art of quilting — from a seven-year-old girl sold away from her parents who sewed secret maps to freedom, to daughters who carried her knowledge through segregation and into the fight for literacy.
On a hot summer night the power goes out across the city, and a boy's family — bored, hot, and disconnected from their screens — heads to the roof and discovers stars, neighbors, and each other.
A young girl is separated from her mother at the last moment and must sail to America alone, only to discover the address for her family in New York has smudged into illegible ink.
A young girl slips away from home on New Year's Eve to explore a bustling fair full of sights and surprises, hurrying to return before the Kitchen God arrives.
Two children prepare for el Día de los Muertos, making sugar skulls and special bread, then scatter marigold petals to guide their ancestors home for a night of singing, dancing, and remembering.
A young girl, her waitress mother, and her grandma save every spare coin in a big jar, hoping to finally buy a comfortable chair after a fire destroyed their old furniture.
A simple food connects generations of a Native American family, as fry bread becomes a lens for exploring food, time, nation, and identity across communities from coast to coast.
A young boy travels before dawn with his family to Granny's farm for their annual reunion, where every child must find their own way to honor the family's history — but Lil Alan isn't sure what he'll bring.
