Top Ten Tuesday: Picture Books About the New Year

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The phrase happy new year is written in a plain blue font. Behind it and to the right there are fireworks exploding in a dazzle of blue and white light. Can you believe that we are less than a month away from 2026? Here are ten books about New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day from a variety of cultures, not all of which actually begin their new year on January 1.

1. Happy Chinese New Year, Kai-lan! by Lauryn Silverhardt

2. Every Month Is a New Year: Celebrations around the World by Marilyn Singer

3. Shanté Keys and the New Year’s Peas by Gail Piernas-Davenport

4. The Bravest Flute: A Story of Courage in the Mayan Tradition by Ann Grifalconi

5. Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution by Pat Miller

6. What a Way to Start a New Year!: A Rosh Hashanah Story by Jacqueline Jules

7. Mademoiselle Grands Doigts: A Cajun New Year’s Eve Tale by Johnette Downing

8. Clifford’s Happy New Year by Norman Bridwell

9. Angelina Ice Skates by Katharine Holabird

10. The Night Before New Year’s by Natasha Wing

Top Ten Tuesday: Books About New Year’s Eve


Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl

I’ve been a reviewer for Long and Short Reviews for a long time now. One of the many interesting things I’ve noticed over the years is how rare is it for us receive requests to review books that are set on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day.

You’d think more authors would pick that setting given how festive it can be and how much can happen over the course of a few hours at a spirited New Year’s Eve party!

Here are ten books with that setting. Who knows? Maybe we’ll get more review requests that have this setting in 2024.

I haven’t read any of them yet, so do share your thoughts about them in the comments if you have.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. The Adult by Bronson Fischer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Tripping Arcadia by Kit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. A Catered New Year’s Eve by Isis Crawford

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. New Year’s Eve Murder by Leslie Meier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Dining Out with the Ice Giants by Clare O’Beara

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Happy New Year’s Eve by Allie K. Adams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Countdown to a Kiss by Colleen Gleason, Holli Bertram, Mara Jacobs, and Liz Kelly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Murder at Dublin Mensa by Clare O’Beara

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. ‘Tis the Season by Robyn Carr