{"id":633,"date":"2023-01-18T22:46:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T06:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/?p=633"},"modified":"2023-01-18T22:46:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T06:46:31","slug":"happy-lunar-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/2023\/01\/18\/happy-lunar-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Lunar New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many families will be celebrating Lunar New Year this weekend. We have lots of books about Lunar New Year in our library. You can search for them in our catalogue by clicking the link at the very top of the page and this week they will be out on display for you to check out.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-676 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/files\/2023\/01\/695683734-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/files\/2023\/01\/695683734-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/files\/2023\/01\/695683734-203x270.jpg 203w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/files\/2023\/01\/695683734.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Because this year will be the Year of the Rabbit, we have books that feature rabbits out on display as well. One of my favourites is\u00a0<em>The Velveteen Rabbit\u00a0<\/em>by Margery Williams because I have a favourite stuffed bunny just like the boy in the story!<\/p>\n<p>We just added a brand new Lunar New Year book to our collection! <em>The Tray of Togetherness\u00a0<\/em>by Flo Leung shows a family preparing for their New Year party by filling a special candy box for their guests. Each of the eight lucky snacks in the Tray has an auspicious meaning: peanuts for a long life, pistachios for happiness, candied coconut for strong family ties\u2026 The illustrations look good enough to eat! I will be sharing this book with primary classes this week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-678 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/files\/2023\/01\/TrayOfTogetherness_cover_screenRGB-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/files\/2023\/01\/TrayOfTogetherness_cover_screenRGB-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/files\/2023\/01\/TrayOfTogetherness_cover_screenRGB-338x270.jpg 338w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/files\/2023\/01\/TrayOfTogetherness_cover_screenRGB.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many families will be celebrating Lunar New Year this weekend. We have lots of books about Lunar New Year in our library. You can search for them in our catalogue by clicking the link at the very top of the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/2023\/01\/18\/happy-lunar-new-year\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8709,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8709"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":681,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/stoney-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}