The book “Sip on Tet At Ty” includes 22 poems, prose, and paintings by many authors, with the brilliant theme of Spring and Tet, warm family love, joy of reunion, and family connection with tradition and roots.
The most beautiful Spring fairy in the world. Her mission is to be beautiful, she thinks so and never dares to neglect taking care of her appearance. But if there is only beauty, is Spring really beautiful? May's pure fairy tale "Is Spring beautiful?" will give readers interesting answers, opening up thoughts about the true beauty of Spring.
Khang’s Tet this year is very special, because he is sitting behind his father’s motorbike, carrying a pot of marigolds to give to Mrs. Nam – the woman who sells sticky rice in front of the school gate. Mrs. Nam is very loved by children, because she often tells stories, gives gifts to children, and even grows guava just because children like to eat it.
She had a sprained ankle and was unable to grow marigolds for Tet, so Khang asked her for the seeds, and… that’s how we have “Gift of Spring” by Nguyen Thi Nhu Hien, a warm story about humanity and sharing during Tet.
Interesting and warm short stories about Spring continue to be told in “The Adventure of Finding Warm Sunshine” by Le Chip, “The Rescue Team of Twelve Snakes” by Tran Quoc Toan, and “The Mysterious Residents of U Minh Ha Forest” by Doan Mai Anh. Each story brings new experiences and is full of Spring colors.
A collection of poems praising the lovely and pure Spring by authors including Vu Thi Thanh Tam, Pham Anh Xuan, Truong Thieu Huyen, Le Diem... will make Spring more brilliant and fresh.
2025 is also the 50th anniversary of the country's reunification, the reunion of North and South. Writer Truong Quy told the children about the history of the meaningful song "S-shaped song" by musician Nguyen Xuan Khoat.
The one-shot comic “Rescue the Carp” by artist LinhRab is a light-hearted, witty joy that brings laughter to the first days of the new year.
Tet is a cultural experience, an opportunity for children to explore customs everywhere. From the small garden corner with “Five-color Chung Cake”, the way to celebrate Tet in the North and the South in “The Dice Family”, discovering the cuisine of Tet in Nghe An with the fragrant cakes, or watching the dance, listening to the song of Kate Tet of the Cham people - “The season of Tagalau flowers returns to palei to celebrate Tet”, the countryside of Ha Tinh appears through “The melody of the homeland” and the new year far away when “Welcoming Tet in the land of a thousand lakes”. Each story brings diverse and rich perspectives on Tet.
The year of At Ty cannot be without books about Snakes. Snakes in Vietnamese culture and beliefs appear through the articles “The Vietnamese Snake God”, “The Village of Mat and the Giao Long Dance”, the story of Cao Ba Quat – a famous person born in the year of the Snake… And there are many interesting stories in “Sip on Tet At Ty” waiting for readers to discover.
The stories and poems in this collection not only bring joy and warmth, but also contain messages about love, the value of culture, and of roots.
