Shanté is looking for black-eyed peas for grandmas January 1st stew & discovers how many different cultures celebrate the New Year with food! Its an International & tasty Holiday KidTime StoryTime!\r \r The story is followed by a rousing concert by Green Bear (with help from Hooty the Owl & Pink Bear) performing Auld Lang Syne to mark the New Year.\r \r From Publisher Albert Whitman & Company.\r Writer Gail Piernas-Davenport is a Chicago girl who loves old libraries.\r Illustrator Marion Eldridge was inspired to draw by childrens books! \r \r KidTime StoryTime narrates kid stories with love, funny accents and a cast of wacky puppets & stuffed animals who all seem to have strong literary opinions and sharply different tastes in books. From tough topics to classic Disney to bilingual stories, we aim to edutain & inspire a lifelong love of reading in children! Ideal for kids from birth through approximately 99 years of age. Because childrens books are seriously awesome & surprisingly deep. No Kidding.\r \r DEAR PARENTS & EDUCATORS! TO BUY THE BOOK, copy the following link:\r \r \r Your purchase helps support our free channel & the author at no additional cost to you.\r \r YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SUBSCRIBE @