A Sweet New Year for Ren
Hardcover – Picture Book, November 15, 2022
A Paula Wiseman Book/Beach Lane Books · Hardcover · November 15, 2022
Celebrate the Lunar New Year through a young girl’s family traditions in this charming picture book featuring illustrations by New York Times bestselling artist Dung Ho that also includes a recipe for pineapple cakes!
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- Who it’s for
- A child’s eagerness makes Lunar New Year preparations feel warm, familiar, and deliciously close.
- Themes
- Lunar New Year traditions, Family traditions, Waiting to grow up
- Genres
- Lunar New Year Stories, US: Asian American Stories, Cooking & Food
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Celebrate the Lunar New Year through a young girl’s family traditions in this charming picture book featuring illustrations by New York Times bestselling artist Dung Ho that also includes a recipe for pineapple cakes! 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.
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Watching and waiting, when will Ren be old enough?
Waiting for Cake
A child’s eagerness makes Lunar New Year preparations feel warm, familiar, and deliciously close.
Come here for
- Lunar New Year through one child’s eyes
- Family traditions and favorite food
Expect
- Ren’s patient wait to help make pineapple cakes
- A pineapple cake recipe alongside the story
Where it sits
| Lunar New Year Stories | 95% |
|---|---|
| US: Asian American Stories | 64% |
| Cooking & Food | 56% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- US: Asian American Stories
- Multigenerational Families
- Cooking & Food
- Authors
- Michelle Sterling
- Publisher
- A Paula Wiseman Book/Beach Lane Books
- Published
- November 15, 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Lunar New Year traditions · Family traditions · Waiting to grow up
- Reading lane
- US: Asian American Stories