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Gr 1–3–Jasmine Toguchi is anticipating the arrival of her family members for the New Year in sunny Los Angeles. Every year to celebrate, Jasmine's relatives spend all day making mochi, Japanese sweet rice cakes. Jasmine will have to wait two more years before she can assist with the mochi-tsuki, or mochi-making, with her grandma and aunties. Pounding the rice wi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Jasmine's favorite holiday is New Year's. Relatives gather at her home in Los Angeles to celebrate, and her beloved Obaachan comes all the way from Japan to visit. For two days, everyone pitches in to make mochi, the Japanese sweet rice cakes that are good luck to eat on New Year's. Everyone, that is, who is at least ten years old. This year, older sister Sophie will get to help the women roll the mochi, while cousin Eddie gets to help the men pound the rice in a st...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Jasmine's favorite holiday is New Year's. Relatives gather at her home in Los Angeles to celebrate, and her beloved Obaachan comes all the way from Japan to visit. For two days, everyone pitches in to make mochi, the Japanese sweet rice cakes that are good luck to eat on New Year's. Everyone, that is, who is at least ten years old. This year, older sister Sophie will get to help the women roll the mochi, while cousin Eddie gets to help the men pound the rice in a st...Log In or Sign Up to Read More