On St. Patrick's Day everyone is Irish. So the saying goes. Likewise, locally, Chinese New Year is a community-wide celebration. Thus, there is built-in interest for two very different picture ...

Chinese New Year Colors Rich Lo. Holiday House, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8234-4371-0. Chinese-born, Chicago-raised artist Lo presents a bilingual picture book of 14 colors, ...

The Chinese-language version was winner of the Feng Zikai Chinese Children's Picture Book Award in 2009. Its English translation won The New York Times Top Ten Children's Books Award in 2012.

In a new picture book, a 66-year-old Beijinger recaptures the capital's Lunar New Year traditions for children, Xing Yi reports. In the Chinese lunar calendar, the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month ...