Story

Stories live at the heart of Lunar New Year. Story can be a powerful tool to communicate, sustain, and empower communities. Join the New Haven Free Public Library for a special Lunar New Year storytime in English, Chinese, and Spanish. Then get your take-n-make kit from the library to tell your own story with your dragon puppet, and pick up a book or two to explore more stories and save your spot with a special laser cut Year of the Ox bookmark! Check out our list of suggested books below to learn more about Lunar New Year and Chinese culture.

Lunar New Year Storytime

February 16, 2021 at 11:00 am EST

Watch the New Haven Free Public library’s special Lunar New Year storytime in English, Chinese, and Spanish!

These recordings are available on the New Haven Free Public Library Facebook page (English/Chinese and Spanish/Chinese) and below.

Take-n-Make Kits and Ox Bookmarks

Make your own dragon puppet with the take-n-make kits from the library. Don’t forget to get your Year of the Ox bookmark created specially by library staff on the laser cutter in the technology center.

Book Recommendations

• Home for Chinese New Year by Wei Jie and Xu Can (being read at storytime)

• Lon Po Po: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young (sign up here to hear this story with music!)

• Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan’s Chinese New Year

• Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang

• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

• When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin

• Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin

• Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling Louie

• The Nian Monster by Andrea Wang

• The Race for the Chinese Zodiac by Gabrielle Wang

• American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

• Front Desk by Kelly Yang

• Da Wei’s Treasure: A Chinese Tale by Laurence Yep