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82) Sent to Sydney
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Dom and Ella enjoy some of the sights and sounds of Sydney, Australia, while on a mission for the Secret World Adventure Team one New Year's Eve.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Julie, 1974 volume 3
American girls collection. Julie 1974 volume 3
American girls collection. 1974 volume 3
American girls collection. Julie 1974 volume 3
American girls collection. 1974 volume 3
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
�2007
Language
English
Description
The first Christmas since Julie's parents' divorce is difficult for the whole family, but Julie finds comfort sharing the Chinese New Year traditions of her best friend, Ivy Ling, and thinking about new beginnings.
84) A gift
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Amy receives a gift for the Chinese New Year from her aunt and uncles who live far away in China.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
�2013
Language
English
Description
Valentine's Day (2010, 125 min.): Stories crisscross, collide and boomerang in this look at a day in the life of love.
New Year's Eve (2011, 118 min.): Celebrate love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts in intertwining stories told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City.
Publisher
[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2011], c2003
Language
English
Description
Chinatown erupts with the noise of drums and firecrackers during the celebration of the Chinese New Year. The most important of all Chinese festivals, the ideas of communal awareness and starting anew are taught by honoring Tsun Kwan and the festival of the dragon.
In Groundhog Day, students meet Phil, the famous weather-predicting groundhog from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, as they learn about the history of this popular legend. Through engaging...
87) The star maker
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
With the help of his popular Uncle Chester, a young Chinese American boy tries hard to fulfill a promise to have firecrackers for everyone on the Chinese New Year in 1954. Includes an afterword with information about the Chinese customs portrayed in the story.
90) The dark hours
Author
Series
Publisher
Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
There's chaos in Hollywood at the end of the New Year's Eve countdown. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD detective Renée Ballard is called to a scene where a hardworking auto shop owner has been fatally hit by a bullet in the middle of a crowded street party. Ballard quickly concludes that the bullet is linked to another unsolved murder--a case at one time worked by Detective Harry Bosch. At the same time, Ballard hunts a fiendish pair of serial...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
For two joyous weeks red is all around. The color represents luck and happiness. Children receive money wrapped in red paper, and friends and loved ones exchange poems written on red paper. The Chinese New Year is also an opportunity to remember ancestors, and to wish peace and happiness to friends and family. The holiday ends with the Festival of Lanterns, as many large communities stage the famous Dragon Dance. Fireworks, parades, lanterns, presents,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The festive season has come to Sinclair's and Sophie and Lil are spending the holidays at snowy Winter Hall. As sinister secrets come to light, our intrepid heroines find themselves faced with a more baffling mystery than ever before! With the help of their friends, can they uncover the truth in time to foil a truly diabolical plot? Or will Mr Sinclair's New Year's Eve Midnight Peacock Ball spell disaster for the dauntless young detectives? Prepare...
Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing Kids
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Zhao Di and her friends are excited to go out at night with their paper lanterns and celebrate Chinese New Year. Each holding a unique colorful lantern with a lit candle inside, they admire the breathtaking colors while doing their best to avoid the wind and the sneaky boys in the village. Every night, until the fifteenth day of New Year, Zhao Di and her friends take part in this fun tradition, experiencing the thrill of nighttime in their village....