Copyright Date:
2024
Edition Date:
2024
Release Date:
07/16/24
Pages:
32 pages
ISBN:
0-593-65884-1
ISBN 13:
978-0-593-65884-0
Dewey:
E
LCCN:
2024017470
Dimensions:
24 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
School Library Journal
(Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 CDT 2024)
PreS-Gr 2 —Sisters Jade and Crystal are excited to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with their family. After helping their mother make mooncakes and visiting their grandparents, they must wait patiently until the moon is shining bright before finally being able to eat the delicious dessert. While eating, they think of family members who are far away and can't join the party but are looking at the same full moon. Information about mooncakes and the holiday is included in the text, making this a fun teaching tool for children who are not familiar with the holiday. Back matter adds more explanation to the holiday, but no mooncake recipe. Perhaps as a nod to the Chinese saying about a rabbit in the moon instead of an old man, all characters are anthropomorphic bunnies. Holiday greetings are given in transliterated Mandarin Chinese. VERDICT A cute and accessible introduction to the Mid-Autumn Festival.—Jennifer Rothschild
Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with this sweet story of food and family!
In this story designed to engage early readers, charming characters combine with simple text, lively illustrations, and laugh-out-loud humor to help boost kids' confidence and create lifelong readers!
Jade and Crystal love the Mid-Autumn Festival because it means it’s time to make a tasty treat—mooncakes! Crystal's favorite part of the delicious dessert made of lotus seed paste is the yummy salted egg yolk at the center, meant to represent the moon. Join the sisters as they gather with their family for a memorable meal together!
Complete with fun facts about the holiday in the back of the book, young readers will want to revisit this story again and again.
Exciting, easy-to-read books are the stepping stone a young reader needs to bridge the gap between being a beginner and being fluent.