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Lunar New Year

Books

by Janet Wong: This next New Year

A family prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year and looks forward to the good luck they hope it will bring.
by Ying Chang Compestine: The runaway rice cake

After chasing the special rice cake, Nian Gao, that their mother has made to celebrate the Chinese New Year, three poor brothers share it with an elderly woman and have their generosity richly rewarded.
by Pegi Deitz Shea: Ten Mice for Tet
A village of mice prepares for Tet, or Vietnamese New Year, as different numbers of mice give gifts, cook food, and celebrate in other traditional ways.

Chinese New Year: http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html

Chinese New Year is celebrated over 15 days.
Chinese New Year: http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/chinese_new_year.htm

Chinese New Year activities and crafts.
Chinese Nursery Rhymes: http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Poetry%20Nursery%20Lesson.html

Traditional rhymes translated into English.
Korean New Year: http://www.topics-mag.com/internatl/holidays/newyear-korea.htm

Traditional clothes, food and customs.
Seol: Korean New Year: http://www.clickasia.co.kr/about/h0101.htm

Food, customs, games and ceremonies.
Tet: Vietnamese New Year: http://www.vnstyle.vdc.com.vn/lunar_newyear/the_meaning_of_Tet_index.htm

Vietnames and Tet customs and traditions.
Tet: Vietnamese New Year: http://www.vietmedia.com/culture/?L=tet.html

Description of Tet customs in Vietnam.
Musha Dragon Puppet: http://www.adoptvietnam.org/vietnamese/tet-puppet.htm

Make this puppet to celebrate Tet.