It’s almost Lunar New Year! Seollal is Mina’s her favorite day of the year! She’s even more excited because her family is coming to school to share Seollal traditions with her class. Dressed in her pretty hanbok, Mina shows everyone how to play jegi-chagi, fly bangpe-yeon and she demonstrates sebae, a special New Year’s greeting to show respect to elders. Everything’s going well until Mina’s father and extremely grumpy younger brother show up. Will Mina’s special day be ruined? A lovely story about Korean culture and the joy of new year traditions celebrated with friends.
Tomorrow Is New Year’s Day: Seollal, a Korean Celebration of the Lunar New Year was written and illustrated by Aram Kim and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers. Out on December 27!