Rabbit Papercut Crafts, Lunar New Year Stories and More
Happy 2023! Lunar New Year is on Jan 22nd! Are you ready? I have you covered! Not only do I have plenty of past resources, I have new crafts and stories for you this year!
This is the Year of the Rabbit! In Chinese culture, the Rabbit is an animal of peace and prosperity; so that means this is a year of optimism and hope. Sounds good to me!
And, this year I made TWO rabbit designs for you! There is simpler one for younger kids and a more complex one for older children and adults. (Younger kids might still need the help of an adult.)
The rabbit is an animal of great symbolism in Chinese culture. Not only is it the 4th animal of the Lunar New Year, it's also an important symbol for the Moon Festival (and iconic in my new book!)
With my video, you can draw your own symbolic Rabbit and make your wish for this year!
For the Lunar New Year, I created a special Kids Ask Authors episode! Instead of answering kid questions like I usually do, I thought I would share with you a legend of one of the dishes we eat during this holiday.
My first picture book in four years is finally coming out! Once Upon a Book is comes out on Feb 7th and I am very excited!
Not only is there an in-person book tour, we have TWO different pre-order gifts!
Gift 1:
Educators!Pre-order Once Upon a Bookfrom theEric Carle Museumand get a FREE virtual school visit with Grace and Kate Messner on Jan 31st! A special link to webinar will be sent after online purchase and the webinar will be recorded for those who cannot attend live. Books will ship after webinar with special signed bookplates. More info about the visitHERE.
Books will be signed at event and can be shipped. This a great way to get a pin if you cannot come to one of our events! Pre-order from Porter Square HERE!
Come see me and co-author Kate Messner on the road!
Everyone who purchases Once Upon a Book at our events will get one of those special pins(while supplies last). Remember, if you can't come to our events but you still want one of those pins, just pre-order from Porter Square and they'll mail the signed book and pin to you!
Sunday, Feb 18th, 10-12 am: Grace solo event! High Five Books, Florence MA. No registration needed!
New Book Cover Reveal...
Psst! Guess what? You, as my beloved newsletter subscribers, get the very first SNEAK PEEK of my upcoming book, Chinese Menu! Even though it doesn't come out until September 2023, it is available for pre-order now...but you might want to wait as I am planning lots o' fun for this! Stay tuned!
And that's it until spring! See you when the weather is warm again!
In the meantime, I wish you a hOppy Lunar New Year. Hoping the Year of the Rabbit brings us all peace, prosperity and luck.