The Runaway Rice Cake, by Ying Chang Compestine, Tungwa Chau (illustrator)
There is only enough rice to make one nian-gao, a special New Year's treat for the entire family. When the nain-gao escapes, the Changs think their dinner is gone forever until an act of generosity changes their luck.
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Happy New Year! Kung-Hsi Fa-Ts'Ai, by Hitz Demi
This book celebrates the Chinese New Year with colorful costumes and gorgeous parades.
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The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes, by Linda Glaser, Nancy Cote (illustrator)
When Rachel borrows the ingredients for latkes from a lonely neighbor, the most important ingredient of all is Mrs. Greenberg herself, who joins in the holiday fun.
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Latkes, Latkes Good to Eat: A Chanukah Story, by Naomi Howland
When Sadie's brothers get hold of a magical frying pan, the whole town is practically buried in latkes until Sadie saves the day.
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Seven Spools of Thread: a Kwanzaa Story, by Angela Shelf Medearis, Daniel Minter (illustrator)
In this original folk tale, seven quarreling brothers in Ghana must find a way to make gold from silk thread.
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My Two Grandmothers, by Effin Older, Nancy Hayashi (illustrator)
A little girl enjoys spending Hanukkah with Bubbe Silver and Christmas with Grammy Lane but wishes she could start a new tradition with both of her grandmothers together.
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Mim's Christmas Jam, by Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (illustrator)
When Saraleen and Royce decide to send their father, far away in New York City, a special present, they spread some unexpected Christmas cheer.
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Too Many Tamales, by Gary Soto, Ed Martinez (illustrator)
By accident, Maria drops her mother's ring into the Christmas tamales. What will happen to the Christmas Eve celebration?
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The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg
On Christmas Eve, a little boy rides a mysterious train to the North Pole.
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The Winter Gift, by Deborah Turney Zagwyn
Grandma's old brown piano won't fit into her new, smaller apartment, but Christmas won't be the same without it.
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First Night, by Harriet Ziefert, S.D. Schindler (illustrator)
Amanda gets to dress up (in a tutu!) and lead the New Year's Eve parade.
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