The Elizabethan New Year's Gift Exchanges, 1559-1603


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This is a fully-annotated and cross-indexed edition of the 24 extant New Year's gift rolls of Queen Elizabeth 1, now transcribed and collected in one volume for the first time. Important appendices include biographical sketches of participants in the exchanges, a listing of gift items, and a glossary of unusual or obsolete words.







Bo Bo and Cha Cha and the New Year Gift


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It’s Chinese New Year, and Bo Bo and Cha Cha’s artist friend, Kevin, has come from China to celebrate with the pandas, as well as show his work at a special New Year exhibition. The pandas’ friends at the Mandai Zoo are eager to meet Kevin, but when they do, Kevin is mean and nasty to them! He even tells Kera’s daughter, Saloma, that her painting is awful. It finally takes a little orangutan to show Kevin how to be a good guest and an even better friend.







The New Year's Gift, and Juvenile Souvenir


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1830.




The Cable Car and the Dragon


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Tired of traveling the same route, a San Francisco cable car takes a different turn and ends up in Chinatown during New Year's celebrations.










The Lady's New-year's Gift


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Happy Birthday to You!


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Say “happy birthday,” Dr. Seuss-style! This classic picture book whisks readers away on the most spectacular birthday of all time—and reminds them to celebrate themselves every day of the year! I wish we could do what they do in Katroo. They sure know how to say “Happy birthday to you!” When the Great Birthday Bird of Katroo arrives to usher in your “Day of all Days,” you can expect a colorful romp full of fantastical fun that is all about YOU! Treat yourself to flowers that smell like licorice and cheese. Pick out the world’s tallest pet—or a nice Time-Telling Fish. Then prepare for a party so grand it will take twenty days just to sweep up the mess. Featuring birthday festivities on every page, this joyful classic from the one and only Dr. Seuss rejoices in the person you were born to be! Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!