Book Descriptions
for Lunar New Year by Margaret McNamara, Wendi Gu, and Mike Gordon
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Robin Hill School has a visitor! Eigen’s mom is a guest in the first-grade class. Ms. Wong talks about the Lunar New Year using a variety of props, like a vase of flowers, a globe, and platter of dumplings. While she shares details about this spring holiday celebrated all over the world, especially in China where Eigen’s family is from, the students try to guess what part of the holiday Eigen likes best of all. Easy sight words and large, full-color illustrations anchor this school story celebrating the students’ curiosity and Eigen’s family traditions.
CCBC Choices 2025. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison, 2025. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
The first graders at Robin Hill School learn about and celebrate the Lunar New Year in this easy-to-follow Level 1 Ready-to-Read story!
Eigen’s mom has come to talk to Mrs. Connor’s class about a special holiday called Lunar New Year. She tells them all the fun ways that the holiday is celebrated around the world. But can the students guess why it’s Eigen’s favorite holiday?
Eigen’s mom has come to talk to Mrs. Connor’s class about a special holiday called Lunar New Year. She tells them all the fun ways that the holiday is celebrated around the world. But can the students guess why it’s Eigen’s favorite holiday?
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
