A Sweet New Year for Ren
Written by Michelle Sterling
Illustrated by Dung Ho
Published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Little Ren looks forward to the preparation for and festivities of Lunar New Year, but she is always too little to help make the delicious pineapple cakes that are her favorite. She watches family members rolling out the dough and loves the mouth-watering smell. Watching and waiting, when will Ren be old enough?


Primary ISBN: 9781534496606
Available As: Hardcover, eBook
Picture Book, Age 04 or older
Community Represented: Chinese/Chinese American
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Lunar New Year, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Engagement Tool: Arts, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Setting: United States
Character’s New Arrival/New American Status: 1st Generation
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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