Long-Long’s New Year by Catherine Gower (2005)
In this beautifully illustrated multicultural children’s book, a little Chinese boy named Long-Long accompanies his grandfather into the city to sell cabbages in order to buy food and decorations for the New Year. Selling cabbages is harder than Long-Long expects, and he encounters many adventures before he finds a way to help his grandfather and earn New Year’s treats for his mother and little cousin.