Recommendations
Children's titles for Lunar New Year
Take a look at our recommended fiction and non-fiction children's titles, celebrating Lunar New Year! All of these titles and more are available to borrow for free with your library card.
For pre-school children (0-5)
- Peppa's Chinese New Year
- Lunar New Year, by Hannah Eliot
- The Great Race: Story of the Chinese Zodiac, by Christophe Corr
- Maisy's Chinese New Year, by Lucy Cousins
- Shu Lin's Grandpa, by Matt Goodfellow
- Mr Men Chinese New Year, by Adam Hargreaves
- Winnie and Wilbur at Chinese New Year, by Valerie Thomas
- I Love Chinese New Year, by Eva Wong Nava
- The Visible Sounds, by Jianling Yin
For younger children (5-9)
- Li's Chinese New Year, by Fang Wang
- Lunar New Year Around the World, by Amanda Li
- Usborne Illustrated Stories From China, by Rosie Dickins
- Ming Dynasty China, by Fatti Burke
- Lao Lao of Dragon Mountain, by Margaret Bateson-Hill
- Maddy Yip's Guide to Holidays, by Sue Cheung
- Maddy Yip's Guide to Life, by Sue Cheung
- Story of the New Year Beast, by Xue Lin
- Suzie and the Moon Bugs, by Katie Tsang
- Suzie Saves the Universe, by Katie Tsang
The Sam Wu series by Katie Tsang
- Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Ghosts
- Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Sharks
- Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Space
- Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Spiders
- Sam Wu is Not Afraid of the Dark
- Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Zombies
For older children (9-12+)
- Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths, by Maisie Chan
- Keep Dancing, Lizzie Chu, by Maisie Chan
- Chinglish, by Sue Cheung