Celebrate Lunar New Year with two beautiful children’s books by Chinese-Canadian author Karina Zhou. These heartwarming stories highlight family, tradition, and creativity — perfect additions to your story-time library as we welcome the Year of the Horse.
Child’s Life is excited to partner with Arsenal Pulp Press to give one lucky reader a book bundle featuring two charming picture books inspired by Chinese culture from a Canadian-born perspective.
Prize Bundle includes:
About the Books
Kai’s Tea Eggs
A delightful story about family, food, and tradition. Young Kai learns to make tea eggs with her grandmother — and discovers the meaning behind this comforting Lunar New Year recipe. This warm, engaging book celebrates Chinese Canadian identity with humour, heart, and delicious cultural traditions.
Eddy’s Shadow Puppets
Eddy loves making art, but nothing sparks his imagination quite like the magic of shadow puppetry. When he learns about his family’s cultural roots, Eddy finds a creative way to blend tradition with his own modern style. A gentle, inspiring story that encourages imagination, creativity, and pride in heritage.
Author, Illustrator Karina Zhou is a Chinese Canadian children’s author whose stories celebrate family traditions, cultural identity, and the everyday joys of growing up between cultures. Her books emphasize belonging, creativity, and heritage in a way that resonates with children and parents alike.
About Arsenal Pulp Press: Arsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver, Canada with over 400 titles currently in print, which include literary fiction, nonfiction and poetry; books on social issues; gender studies; LGBTQ2S+ and BIPOC literature; graphic novels and non-fiction; children’s and young adult literature; regional history; cookbooks; alternative crafts; and books in translation. We are interested in literature that engages and challenges readers, and which asks probing questions about the world around us. arsenalpulp.com
- Congratulations to our winner Jovana! We hope you enjoy your new books!
Contest Rules & Regulations: No purchase is necessary. The odds of winning vary depending on total eligible entries received. Contest closes at 11:59 pm on February 28, 2026. Winner will be selected by random draw from among all eligible entries received by the contest closing date. Winners will be notified on or before March 4, 2026 and must claim prize within 24 hours – no exceptions! *You may enter ONCE per day. Selected entrant will be contacted by email only. In the event a Child’s Life representative is unable to notify a selected entrant within one (1) days of selection or there is a return of any prior notification as undeliverable, that entrant will be disqualified and an alternate winner will be selected from among all remaining eligible entries. Comments and names from entries may be used for promotional purposes by childslife.ca. Winner name & awarded prize may be published on www.childslife.ca, facebook and/or twitter as well as by our contest sponsor. You must be a subscriber to enter Child’s Life contests, any email address used that is not already subscribed to our enewsletter will be added.
