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Just read this sweet ebook from cloudLibrary. Highly recommend for kiddos!

Finished this one yesterday so technically still counts as my last book of the year. Got so immersed with this one, a lot happens and sometimes it was hard to keep up but it kept me hooked. loved it #pick #newyear

New year, new chapter. I love this new bookmark featuring “Meowby Dick”. My son bought this package of monthly bookmarks.

#newyear #newchapter #meowbydick #januarybookmark

Honestly the best kind of New Year start I could ask for. Loving Paula Hawkins newest A Slow Fire Burning. Can‘t wait to leave this review. ♥️ Comment if you love Paula too and let me know your thoughts! Happy New Year! #mystery #murder #newyear #dog

A beautiful & touching slice-of-life picture book set in Suzhou during Chinese New Year, when a father who works far away comes home for his annual visit. Winner of a literary prize in China as well as making the list of NYT 10 Best Illustrated Children‘s Books in 2011. Translator unknown.

According to Leonard Marcus (in Pictured Worlds), close-up portraits of family members are a rare illustration choice in Chinese picture books, making “a striking statement about the value of an ordinary individual‘s thoughts and feelings.”

An emotional scene portrayed with such delicacy: the father is leaving once again for another year of construction work far away and the mother has turned her head to hide her anguish.

[from the back matter]: There are over 100 million migrant workers in China, many of whom work hundreds or sometimes thousands of miles away from home, returning only once each year, for just a few days, at New Year‘s.

I can‘t believe we are starting a new year! Why not kick it off with a photo challenge?? #newyearnewbooks @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Best wishes for 2024 littens