The newest title in Natasha Wing?s bestselling Night Before series! It?s the night before New Year?s, and the whole family is determined to stay up until midnight! Everyone?s stocked up on sparkly streamers and festive party hats, but after a night filled with card games and too many cupcakes, the little ones are getting sleepy. . . Can they make it until the clock strikes twelve?

It is New Year’s Eve. Everybody in Kaloy’s household is very busy. His father is repairing the bulbs of the decorative, yuletide lights. His mother is cooking dishes for the Media Noche dinner. Grandmother is minding his little baby brother, Kai. The neighborhood is on the hype and seven-year-old Kaloy is ecstatic about what exciting things shall happen on the occasion. But what will be his role? ‘I cannot wait to read her books. She writes with such joy, heart, and creativity.’ - Giulietta M. Spudich, Author of ‘Ice Giant’ and ‘Element Girls’ among others ‘She writes beautiful stories that are sure to appeal to all children alike. A gem of a book.’ - Paul R Stanton, Author of the children’s books ‘Smileymoos’ and the book series ‘A Festive Juxtaposition’ ‘A great collection of children’s stories!’ - Millie Thom, Author of the book series ‘Sons of Kings’

Celebrate Chinese New Year with this delightful baby board book that little ones will adore. The bright and colourful images in this book are the perfect way to discover the new year holiday traditions together. From colourful lanterns, to beautiful traditional clothes, to special animals that each year is named after, Baby's First Chinese New Year features all the familiar favourites associated with Asia's biggest and brightest celebration. An ideal baby gift to develop early learning, the simple pictures and sentences promote language skills, and the small, padded format is perfect for babies to hold. Babies and toddlers will enjoy turning the pages by themselves, which helps to foster early reading development as well as fine motor skills. Learn all about the amazing new year holiday with your little one! Baby's First Chinese New Year perfectly captures the joy of this special celebration and is an ideal preschool learning introduction to the traditions of the festival.

"A comprehensive tool to help students of Chinese read Chinese literature in its original form. Footnotes highlight the more difficult vocabulary and pinyin is provided for the entire text. ... Historical events, people, and places are explained throughout and illustrations recreate the scenes."--Page 4 of cover.