The Elizabethan New Year's Gift Exchanges, 1559-1603

The Elizabethan New Year's Gift Exchanges, 1559-1603
Author: Jane A. Lawson
Publisher: OUP/British Academy
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-02-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780197265260

This is a fully-annotated and cross-indexed edition of the 24 extant New Year's gift rolls of Queen Elizabeth 1, now transcribed and collected in one volume for the first time. Important appendices include biographical sketches of participants in the exchanges, a listing of gift items, and a glossary of unusual or obsolete words.

Bo Bo and Cha Cha and the New Year Gift

Bo Bo and Cha Cha and the New Year Gift
Author: Jason Erik Lundberg
Publisher: Epigram Books
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9810767102

It’s Chinese New Year, and Bo Bo and Cha Cha’s artist friend, Kevin, has come from China to celebrate with the pandas, as well as show his work at a special New Year exhibition. The pandas’ friends at the Mandai Zoo are eager to meet Kevin, but when they do, Kevin is mean and nasty to them! He even tells Kera’s daughter, Saloma, that her painting is awful. It finally takes a little orangutan to show Kevin how to be a good guest and an even better friend.

The Cable Car and the Dragon

The Cable Car and the Dragon
Author: Herb Caen
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 46
Release: 1995-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780811810548

Tired of traveling the same route, a San Francisco cable car takes a different turn and ends up in Chinatown during New Year's celebrations.

Happy Birthday to You!

Happy Birthday to You!
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: RH Childrens Books
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0385373546

Say “happy birthday,” Dr. Seuss-style! This classic picture book whisks readers away on the most spectacular birthday of all time—and reminds them to celebrate themselves every day of the year! I wish we could do what they do in Katroo. They sure know how to say “Happy birthday to you!” When the Great Birthday Bird of Katroo arrives to usher in your “Day of all Days,” you can expect a colorful romp full of fantastical fun that is all about YOU! Treat yourself to flowers that smell like licorice and cheese. Pick out the world’s tallest pet—or a nice Time-Telling Fish. Then prepare for a party so grand it will take twenty days just to sweep up the mess. Featuring birthday festivities on every page, this joyful classic from the one and only Dr. Seuss rejoices in the person you were born to be! Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!