Lucky Chinese New Year PoPo's Written by Virginia Loh-Hagan and Illustrated by Renné Benoit P P 3
P e o p l e s p e n d f if teen days preparing and then fifteen days celebrating Chinese New Year Christmas and New Year’s Day all bundled together Chinese New Year is like Thanksgiving PoPo came all the way from China to celebrate with us in America She says Chinese New Year is a time for new beginnings Making sure we have a lucky new year is serious business PoPo is here to help me 4
Swish swish PoPo says I need to sweep out the bad luck before the New Year comes I sweep the dirt toward the middle I carry it out the back door I also sweep out my crying baby brother PoPo says I’m naughty So I sweep him back in and rub his big Buddha belly not o D c a r ry dirt out the front door because that means a family member will lea v e 5
