SOUTH KOREA: New Clothes for New Year's Day by Hyun-Ju Bae

Today's Multicultural Picture "Book Look" is New Clothes for New Year's Day by Hyun-Ju Bae.  It is authored by a children's book author and illustrator from South Korea.

From the Jacketflap:

"A New Year, a new day, a new morning.  New clothes.  We tart the year with new things.  New things, for the year-older me.  A new year is the start of...everything!"

This multicultural picture book also includes a diagram and glossary of many Korean terms for traditional clothing from headbands to leather shoes covered with embroidered silk.

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UNITED STATES: Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler

 

Today's Multicultural Picture "Book Look" is Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.  It is set in the United States and features an African-American family.

From the Jacketflap:

First there's a tap.  Next there's a snap.  The itty-bitty Baby's hands CLAP-CLAP-CLAP!

TOOT! goes his family.  BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOP!  Even Baby's neighbors go HIP-HIP-HOP!

But when the party quiets down, the rock-a-byin' starts–and it's time for this little jazz baby to snooze...Oh, YEAH!

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