Books for a Happy New Year

Natalie over at Mouse Grows, Mouse Learns is probably this blog’s most dedicated commenter. It is quite nice to know one is not just blogging to empty air and so I am glad that I can join in her Blog Hop, “What My Child is Reading.”

I started to look for New Year books a while ago (I know it’s not even Christmas yet, but you just can’t wait until the last minute when you rely on the library!). There are quite a lot of books about Chinese New Year and Rosh Hashanah, but surprisingly few for the January 1st holiday.

The Stars Will Still Shine by Cynthia Rylant. Rylant has written how many books? I believe at last count the total was twelve billion. I love the simple text and the reassuring nature of the story, that good things will go on, just as before. Plus… great illustrations. (This is actually a book I picked up last year for Rosh Hashanah.)

Shanté Keys and the New Year’s Peas by Gail Piernas-Davenport. A fun story about a girl who learns about various New Year’s Traditions as she hunts for some good luck black-eyed peas.

Happy New Year, Everywhere! by Arlene Erlbach. Are you the kind of person who has the energy for New Year’s themed crafts and activities organized by country? If you are (ummmm, not me, though some are pretty easy), then this is the book for you.


New Year’s Day (A True Book) by Dana M. Rau. Kiddo loves facts, so he got a kick out of this book, which, like the above book, details traditions from around the world.

What New Year books are you reading? I wanted to also read P. Bear’s New Year’s Party, but it was not available at our library.