It’s Your Year, Baby Rabbit (It’s Your Year, Baby)

This board book kickoff to the It’s Your Year, Baby series introduces one animal of the Chinese zodiac—Baby Rabbit— and details personality traits associated with the sign. Readers follow Baby Rabbit taking part in Lunar New Year festivities, helping others with calligraphy (“Baby Rabbit is kind”), engineering a dragon kite (“Baby Rabbit is smart”), and pouring tea at a table (“Baby Rabbit is funny, polite, and generous”), each trait printed in its own hue within the black text. Final page turns reveal other related attributes: Rabbit’s place in the zodiac (fourth, “between Tiger and Dragon”), compatibility with other zodiac animals (“Baby Goat, Monkey, Pig, and Dog”), and sample birth years, including 2023. Hsu’s adorable plushie-esque cartoons appear against backgrounds of gold, red, and purple, making for a lively and celebratory introduction. Ages up to 3. (Nov.)