Tomorrow Is New Year's Day
Seollal, a Korean Celebration of the Lunar New Year
Square Fish · Print & ebook · December 16, 2025
From Korean American author-illustrator Aram Kim, Tomorrow is New Year's Day follows a little girl sharing the fun customs of Seollal—the Korean Lunar New Year—with her classmates.
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- Who it’s for
- Seollal comes alive through the small pleasures of introducing a Korean celebration to school friends.
- Themes
- Korean Lunar New Year traditions, Sharing cultural celebrations, Friendship and inclusion
- Genres
- Lunar New Year Stories, US: Asian American Stories, Diversity & Multicultural
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From Korean American author-illustrator Aram Kim, Tomorrow is New Year's Day follows a little girl sharing the fun customs of Seollal—the Korean Lunar New Year—with her classmates. Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year, is Mina’s favorite day of the year. Mina can't wait to share the customs of Seollal with all of her friends at school. She will show her classmates her colorful hanbok, demonstrate how to do sebae, and then everyone will make tasty tteokguk in the cooking room.
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Yum! Her little brother may even join in on the fun… if he can find a way out of his bad mood. In this joyful book about sharing age-old cultural celebrations with new friends, Aram Kim has created a must-have book for the New Year’s season. A glossary of Korean terms, with pronunciation guide, is included.
A New Year Shared
Seollal comes alive through the small pleasures of introducing a Korean celebration to school friends.
Come here for
- A colorful hanbok, sebae, and tteokguk in the mix
- A child’s warm invitation to share a family celebration
Expect
- A lively, accessible story about cultural traditions and new friends
- A glossary of Korean terms with a pronunciation guide
Where it sits
| US: Asian American Stories | 75% |
|---|---|
| Lunar New Year Stories | 69% |
| Diversity & Multicultural | 48% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Multigenerational Families
- Nonreligious Celebrations
- Diversity & Multicultural
- Authors
- Aram Kim
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Published
- December 16, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Korean Lunar New Year traditions · Sharing cultural celebrations · Friendship and inclusion
- Reading lane
- Multigenerational Families