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Lucky New Year: Colors

Author Joyce Wan
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Hardcover
$14.99 US
8.38"W x 8.25"H x 0.38"D   | 11 oz | 30 per carton
On sale Dec 30, 2025 | 40 Pages | 9781662640902
Age 2-5 years | Up to Kindergarten

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Celebrate Lunar New Year with Joyce Wan's irresistable petite picture book that will introduce kids (ages 3-5) to the colors of the holiday. Features a book jacket that opens into a poster!

From the RED of lucky envelopes and the ORANGE of tangerines to lovely PINK plum blossoms, LUCKY NEW YEAR COLORS captivates young readers with Wan’s signature cute-as-a-button style, a rainbow of colors, and an authentic cultural experience. Kids will step into a colorful journey through the widely celebrated holiday known as Chinese New Year as Wan brings her Chinese heritage to life through all the colors of the rainbow and playful rhymes. This book shares a wonderful combination—the concept of colors and the traditions of the holiday—and the adventure culminates with the spectacular rainbow of lion dancers! Here's a book that helps little ones enhance their color recognition skills while experiencing the joy of the holiday.
"Wan’s (Be My Yummy ABC) signature brightly colored kawaii illustrations lend themselves to the fully saturated backgrounds. A basic introduction to the holiday that’s irresistibly cute enough to appeal to families who celebrate, as well as those who want to learn more... This delightful introduction to colors, Mandarin Chinese, and Lunar New Year traditions is recommended for general purchase."—School Library Journal
Joyce Wan is an author and illustrator of bestselling books for children such as You Are My CupcakeThe Whale in My Swimming PoolPeek-A-Boo Farm, and Sleepyheads. When Joyce was a young child, her mom could not speak English but took her and her siblings to the library every weekend. Although her mom was unable to read English, picture books enabled them to enjoy the pictures and make up stories together. That would be one of the greatest gifts her mom would ever give to her. (Read Joyce's essay on Why Picture Books Are Important). Joyce is originally from Massachusetts and currently lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughter. Visit wanart.com View titles by Joyce Wan

Classroom Activities for Lucky New Year: Colors

Classroom activities supplement discussion and traditional lessons with group projects and creative tasks. Can be used in pre-existing units and lessons, or as stand-alone.

(Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)

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Celebrate Lunar New Year with Joyce Wan's irresistable petite picture book that will introduce kids (ages 3-5) to the colors of the holiday. Features a book jacket that opens into a poster!

From the RED of lucky envelopes and the ORANGE of tangerines to lovely PINK plum blossoms, LUCKY NEW YEAR COLORS captivates young readers with Wan’s signature cute-as-a-button style, a rainbow of colors, and an authentic cultural experience. Kids will step into a colorful journey through the widely celebrated holiday known as Chinese New Year as Wan brings her Chinese heritage to life through all the colors of the rainbow and playful rhymes. This book shares a wonderful combination—the concept of colors and the traditions of the holiday—and the adventure culminates with the spectacular rainbow of lion dancers! Here's a book that helps little ones enhance their color recognition skills while experiencing the joy of the holiday.

Praise

"Wan’s (Be My Yummy ABC) signature brightly colored kawaii illustrations lend themselves to the fully saturated backgrounds. A basic introduction to the holiday that’s irresistibly cute enough to appeal to families who celebrate, as well as those who want to learn more... This delightful introduction to colors, Mandarin Chinese, and Lunar New Year traditions is recommended for general purchase."—School Library Journal

Author

Joyce Wan is an author and illustrator of bestselling books for children such as You Are My CupcakeThe Whale in My Swimming PoolPeek-A-Boo Farm, and Sleepyheads. When Joyce was a young child, her mom could not speak English but took her and her siblings to the library every weekend. Although her mom was unable to read English, picture books enabled them to enjoy the pictures and make up stories together. That would be one of the greatest gifts her mom would ever give to her. (Read Joyce's essay on Why Picture Books Are Important). Joyce is originally from Massachusetts and currently lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughter. Visit wanart.com View titles by Joyce Wan

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Classroom Activities for Lucky New Year: Colors

Classroom activities supplement discussion and traditional lessons with group projects and creative tasks. Can be used in pre-existing units and lessons, or as stand-alone.

(Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)