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• Mooncakes & Milk Bread

  Sweet & Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries

  Cho, Kristina,

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  This cookbook is a love song to fabulous bakeries located both in China and the US. A collection of mouth-watering food worthy of its own celebration.

• The Chinese New Year Helper

  Compestine, Ying Chang,

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  Eager to help with her family’s Chinese New Year feast, Jia is told she’s too young. Then a surprise role in the lion dance lets her shine and proves she’s ready to be part of the celebration.

• Malaysia

  Recipes From a Family Kitchen

  Coombes, Ping,

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  Coombes has assembled 100+ authentic and accessible recipes that serve as the perfect introduction to the tastes, textures, and colors of Malaysian fare.

• The Sacred Willow

  Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family

  Elliott, Duong Van Mai, 1941-

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  A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Duong Van Mai Elliott's The Sacred Willow illuminates recent Vietnamese history by weaving together the stories of the lives of four generations of her family.

• Lunar Love

  a Novel

  Jessen, Lauren Kung,

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  A debut rom-com about a woman who takes on Lunar Love, a matchmaking business founded by her grandmother. Find out if the "matchmaker who can't be matched" finds love with her competitor.

• Tomorrow Is New Year's Day

  Seollal, a Korean Celebration of the Lunar New Year

  Kim, Aram,

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  Follows a little girl sharing the fun customs of Seollal--the Korean Lunar New Year--with her classmates.

• Korean American

  Food That Tastes Like Home

  Kim, Eric (Cooking writer),

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  Eric Kim shares recipes that honor his past as the child of two Korean immigrant parents as well as his present as a Korean American. Each delicious culinary delight combines his heritage and his life experience.

• Chloe's Lunar New Year

  LaMotte, Lily,

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  A debut picture book about a special Lunar New Year feast.

• Mindy Kim and the Lunar New Year Parade

  Lee, Lyla,

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  Mindy is excited to go to the Lunar New Year parade in her new town with her father and her friend Sally.

• The Woks of Life

  Recipes to Know and Love From a Chinese American Family

  Leung, Bill, 1964-

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  Enjoy Leung family stories from China and their home in New Jersey. Deepen your knowledge of Chinese cooking.

• The Tray of Togetherness

  Leung, Flo,

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  A heartwarming, food-focused story. A young girl helps her multi-racial family prepare their Tray of Togetherness

• Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune

  Lim, Roselle,

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  At the news of her mother's death, Natalie Tan returns home. She is shocked to find her childhood neighborhood is fading and that's she's inherited her grandmother's restaurant.

• Friends Are Friends, Forever

  Liu, Dane,

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  Dandan is sad when she and her family make the move to the United States. Before they leave, Dandan's best friend Yueyue gives her a gift for New Year. When Dandan makes a new friend, they celebrate and think about friendship.

• Vietnamese

  Simple Vietnamese Food to Cook at Home

  Luu, Uyen,

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  Good, fresh food is central to the lives of Vietnamese people, who tend to eat for the love of eating. Uyen Luu showcases the joy of Vietnamese cooking with over 85 of her tastiest recipes that are easy to whip up in your own home kitchen.

• Monkey's Sweet Surprise

  a Lunar New Year Mix-up

  Tanumihardja, Patricia,

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  Monkey races to bake pineapple tarts for the Jade Empress’s Lunar New Year banquet, discovering that teamwork, friendship, and sweet surprises make the celebration shine. Inspired by the Vietnamese, Gurung, and Malay zodiac traditions

• Daughters of the New Year

  a Novel

  Tran, E. M. (Elizabeth M.),

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  Three sisters encounter strange glimpses of long-buried secrets from the ancestors they never knew. Stories reveal the dramatic events that brought them to America.

• Tết Together

  Trinh, Alice,

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  Families come together to help sweep out the old year, hang dazzling decorations and prepare lavish meals to share.

• Lion Dancers

  Tse, Cai,

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  After his father’s death, a boy’s love for lion dancing is rekindled, leading him to join the junior team. After joining he discovers his former best friend is also on the team. Now they are fierce rivals.

• How to Catch a Dragon

  Wallace, Adam,

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  A real, wily dragon winds through streets in China, eluding the traps set by a group of children during the Chinese New Year celebration. Available in eBook and Audiobook formats.

• Ping's Perfect Pot

  Wu, Helen H.,

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  Ping is determined to make the quintessential pot for a tangerine tree she and her grandfather purchased for Lunar New Year, but she soon discovers all things made with love are imperfectly perfect.