Month: September 2018

A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin

Written and Illustrated by Grace Lin, Published by Little Brown and Company, 2018. (Picture Book, 3-6)

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Happy Mid-Autumn Moon Festival everyone! If you want to learn more about what this holiday is about, check out this great article from TIME. There are quite a few picture books about this topic coming out, so watch for future posts. As for me and my family, we will be celebrating with a mooncake or two.

BACKGROUND

Mama bakes a big mooncake and lays it in the night sky to cool, warning Little Star not to touch it without her permission. Unfortunately Little Star gets a series case of the munchies. #OwnVoices

BEST FOR

About a five minute read aloud for a Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, an introduction to magical realism, or to show the different phases of the moon.

PAIR WITH

Rabbit Moon by Jean Kim

Round is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong

WHERE TO PURCHASE

If you have an interest in reading A Big Mooncake for Little Star

here is a link for the book on Amazon

BookTastings – A Big Mooncake for Little Star

 

Rabbit Moon by Jean Kim

Written and Illustrated by Jean Kim, Published by Arthur A. Levine Books, 2018. (Picture Book, ages 3-6)

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BACKGROUND

This sweet story is based on the Korean folktale of the rabbit on the moon with his mortar and pestle. A lonely rabbit converts wishes to stars, but decides to leave for earth to find friendship.

BEST FOR

Read aloud for Mid-Autumn Moon Festival and visual learners (it reads like a graphic novel). #OwnVoices

PAIR WITH

Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival by Grace Lin

Mooncakes by Loretta Seto

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Activity

Have children fold paper airplanes and write their wishes on them.

WHERE TO PURCHASE

If you have an interest in reading Rabbit Moon 

Look up the here is a link for the book on Amazon

BookTastings – Rabbit Moon