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[2022]
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"Daisy is traveling to China, and she's excited to see her Yeh-Yeh again! She has big plans for all the fun they'll have together in preparation for Lunar New Year, like flying kites and making jiao zi. But when she arrives, she has trouble sleeping and is less jolly than she hoped. Throughout the week, Yeh-Yeh tries all sorts of things to help her have a fun holiday and get her past her grumpiness. Will Daisy be able to get some rest and have one...
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Pub. Date
2014.
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"Strawberry Shortcake and her friends are berry excited for New Year's Eve -- everyone except Blueberry Muffin, that is! While the rest of the girls are busy preparing for Strawberry's festive holiday bash, Blueberry is worried that she won't be able to stay up until midnight to ring in the New Year with her friends. Will Blueberry make it until the clock strikes twelve? Or will she have the berry worst New Year's Eve ever?""- p. [4] of cover.
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During the languid days of the Christmas break, a group of thirtysomething friends from Oxford meet to welcome in the New Year together, a tradition they began as students ten years ago. For this vacation, they've chosen an idyllic and isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands--the perfect place to get away and unwind by themselves. They arrive on December 30th, just before a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world. But after...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Happy Chinese New Year! The zodiac animals are ready to celebrate Chinese New Year with traditions and a big feast! Little ones can count to twelve as each animal prepares for the holiday- Rat cleaned away the bad luck in one big sweep! Ox shopped for two new outfits. Tiger brought three kinds of flowers. Includes numbers written in Chinese characters and their pronunciation"--Publisher's description.
10) The dark hours
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
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"Has a killer lain dormant for years only to strike again on New Year's Eve? LAPD Detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch team up to find justice for an innocent victim in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly"--
11) The star maker
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Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
With the help of his popular Uncle Chester, a young Chinese American boy tries hard to fulfill a promise to have firecrackers for everyone on the Chinese New Year in 1954. Includes an afterword with information about the Chinese customs portrayed in the story.
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Series
Lucy Stone mysteries volume 12
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Winning mother/daughter makeovers in Manhattan from "Jolie" magazine, Lucy Stone and her daughter Elizabeth witness a murder that casts a negative light on several high-style fashionistas and places Elizabeth's life in danger.
14) Chinese New Year
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The Chinese New Year is an important Chinese festival that is celebrated by Chinese people worldwide. Readers will learn that people celebrate this holiday by giving gifts, praying for good fortune, decorating with red and lanterns, and enjoying time with family and friends.
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As master quilter Sylvia Compson, a late-in-life newlywed, has discovered, love can enter our lives at any age. Yet before she can truly delight in her present happiness, she must face her role in the tragic circumstances that left her estranged from her sister. Vowing not to repeat the mistake with her new daughter-in-law, Amy, Sylvia must convince Amy that family is more precious than pride. As Sylvia takes up a quilt for the season, begun and abandoned...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
For two joyous weeks red is all around. The color represents luck and happiness. Children receive money wrapped in red paper, and friends and loved ones exchange poems written on red paper. The Chinese New Year is also an opportunity to remember ancestors, and to wish peace and happiness to friends and family. The holiday ends with the Festival of Lanterns, as many large communities stage the famous Dragon Dance. Fireworks, parades, lanterns, presents,...
18) Lunar New Year
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Learn all about the Chinese festival known by many names: Chinese New Year, Spring Festival and Lunar New Year.
19) New Year's Day
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Pub. Date
1964
Description
Traces the origin of the custom of celebrating New Year's Day and tells how it is observed in many parts of the world.