Welcoming the Lunar New Year

Lara Lee is an Australian chef and food writer of Chinese-Indonesian heritage. She is a regular contributor to Food52, the New York Times, Harper's Bazaar, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit and the Guardian. Her first book, Coconut & Sambal, was named one of the best cookbooks of 2020 by the New York Times, the Guardian, Eater, National Geographic and many more. This is her first book for children.Natelle Quek has been drawing for as long as she could hold a pencil, but her creative career began in 2016 when she started her small business producing lifestyle products based on her illustrations. Her works reflect constant evolving influences from popular culture, to her heritage and personal experiences, through to the natural world. She is the illustrator of Dancing Dumplings by Eva Wong Nava.

Welcoming the Lunar New Year: Celebrate & Make would be a great addition to any family home to help to raise awareness and build experiences of different celebrations and cultures around the world. It would also be a brilliant book to have in any KS1 classroom in a school; it's incredibly informative whilst being presented in a child-friendly, narrative format.