Our Lunar New Year

Summary of Book

It's almost Lunar New Year! Xiao Mi, Hang, Kwan, Malai and Charu all celebrate the New Year in their own special way. Experience how each one of the Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese and Indian children and their families honor Lunar New Year, from dragon dances in China to firecrackers in India!

Author Biography

Yobe is an educator, entrepreneur and mom who lives in NYC. As an educator, she focused on teaching families to embrace love, diversity and different cultures. Through the years working in the classrooms and closely with other educators, she noticed the lack of multi-cultural resources that represented children of color. That is when Yobe decided to create multi-cultural children stories that feature Asian children, families and cultures!

Illustrator Biography

Jennifer Prevatt is a New York City based visual artist, children’s book illustrator, and teaching artist. She graduated in 2010 with a BA in Scientific Illustration from Arcadia University, then spent the subsequent 8 years abroad, obtaining her MFA from Newcastle University, UK in 2014. She uses her interdisciplinary background to create whimsical, dreamlike narratives. She has a love of fairy tales, dreams, magic, and nostalgia. She is a member of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators), CBIG (Children’s Book Illustration Group), and GNSI (Guild of Natural Science Illustrators).

[Pui Yu Chan is] a Hong Kong watercolor illustrator currently based in Stockholm. Watercolor always gives me a calm heart to see things around me. I use watercolor to describe and create something meaningful in my life, or your life. As a nature lover, I always see watercolor as a record of landscapes and views we love. Different from photos, I use color to express my feelings and combine this with what I see. With the delicacy and flexibility of watercolor, the beauty of nature can be shown on a paper which is made by materials we collected from nature. For me, this is one of the most romantic circulations. I also like painting animals considering they are the crucial parts making the nature alive.