Chinese New Year begins January 22, 2023 and this year, it's the Year of the Rabbit. Here are Chinese New Year books for kids about China, Chinese culture and bunnies! Included are free printable bunny crafts for Year of the Rabbit.
The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac (Ling and Eric Lee)
Buddha Stories (Demi):
Buddhist and oriental fables are generally allegorical. Demi's stories are
translations of Buddhist wisdom. Children can learn important truths from the follies
of the animals in these stories. Buddhism is the largest religion in China.
Zen Shorts and Zen
Ties (Jon Muth): Gentleness is the key construct in Buddhism.
Stillwater the Panda and his Haiku speaking nephew Koo, teach three children of
the wisdom of the orient is these endearing tales.
Three Samurai Cats (Eric A. Kimmel and Mordicai Gerstein) Three brave warrior cats
learn the art of humility and patience from an aged Samurai cat.
The Story about Ping (Margorie Flack, Kurt Weise, 1933) Ping is an adorable, nosy
little yellow duck who lives with his family of ducks and people aboard a
Chinese junque on the Yangtze River. Children will delight in Ping's mischief
and subsequent close call with the soup pot. Kurt Weise's delicate pictures
evoke the exotic and the quaint in life on the Yellow River.
Tikki Tikki Tembo (Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent) The curious naming of children in
Chinese culture almost causes grief in the village when little Tikki Tikki
Tembo No Sa Rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo falls into the well. Almost
as much fun to read as it is to hear, this is a must read for young children.
The Five Chinese Brothers (Claire Huchet Bishop, Kurt Wiese) There is a famous legend
retold in many cultures about five brothers who all look alike, but each have a
unique power. The fidelity of the brothers is called upon to rescue one brother
from death by the combined efforts of their special talents. This is the
Chinese version of the tale.
The Funny Little Woman (Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent) This is a kind of Chinese Little
Gingerbread Man story with much silliness, chasing and three wicked Oni to
outwit. It won the Caldecott Medal for children's literature illustrations.
This story will enchant young children.
Here are free printable activities from kids books about rabbits and bunnies featuring favorites like the Easter bunny, Disney's HOP, Peter Rabbit, the Velveteen Rabbit and Peter Cottontail. There are lots of free printable vintage rabbits images too.
Easter is probably the most
quintessentially preschool holiday of all. Baskets, candy, egg decorating,
bunnies, baby animals, spring--for young and young at heart, here are free
printable Easter bunny crafts. I've included printable activities based on my
two favorite bunnies Peter Rabbit and the Velveteen Rabbit, too. Parents and
teachers, you'll want these for preschool classroom fun.
Printable
animal masks from
Classroom Jr. Everything is more fun when you're in costume. So let's start by
making a printable Easter bunny mask. Here are more animal
printables from First
Palette. Print on plain paper and transfer to recycled cereal box cardboard to
make mask more durable.
Vintage
Easter Bunny crafts Now that
you are properly attired, let's make some Easter baskets and greeting cards.
The Toymaker has free printable egg baskets, bunny cards and an egg roll game
(like they play on the White House). Why not make cards and baskets and fill
with Easter eggs or candy and deliver to a lonely senior neighbor (wearing your
mask, of course). The Easter bunny loves his older friends, too!
3D
Paper Bunny Crafts The
calendar may say spring, but Easter is often cold and damp. Settle down to an
afternoon of serious rainy day crafting with free printable 3D bunny-themed
paper toys from Craft Jr. I'm partial to the old-fashioned diorama.
Paper
Bunny Toy Mania DL-TK,
those wonderfully crafty folk, have an Easter blowout of bunny coloring pages,
masks, paper ears, stand-up toys, pop up crafts and much more. I love how easy
these are to make. Perfect for young and special needs children who need
no-fail activities.
Peter
Rabbit fun Peter Rabbit has his
own page, along with other Beatrix Potter friends. The Velveteen
Rabbit (Margery Williams) has
a page on Making Friends. It's part of a complete page of free printable bunny-based
coloring pages, games, puzzles, dot-to-dot, count by number and other activities.
I like the felt board games and printable felt board patterns. First School has
an educational
Peter Rabbit unit with
learning games, literature activities, writing prompts and stories.
Happity, Hippity, Hoppity Easter!
