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Picture Books for the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
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A collection of picture books to share during the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, with lots of lunar beauty and mooncakes for all.
Updated October 2, 2022
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A Big Mooncake for Little Star
Grace Lin
Paper Book
When Little Star's mother bakes a delicious-looking mooncake, she leaves it in the night sky to cool. But it looks so tasty that Little Star can't wait, and every night she must take a little nibble of the perfectly round confection until instead of a glowing, round cookie, there is only a...
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Mooncakes
Loretta Seto
Paper Book
The lyrical story of a young girl who shares the special celebration of the Chinese Moon Festival with her parents. As they eat mooncakes, drink tea and watch the night sky together, Mama and Baba tell ancient tales of a magical tree that can never be cut down, the Jade Rabbit who came to...
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Lin Yi's Lantern
Brenda Williams
Paper Book
Lin Yi is given money to buy items at the market for tonights Moon Festival. If he bargains well, he can purchase a red rabbit lantern for himself. But he must purchase everything on his mothers list first! This heartwarming story will resonate with both children and adults, as they learn about the...
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Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Grace Lin
Paper Book
This simple, young, and satisfying story follows a Chinese American family as they celebrate the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. Each member of the family lends a hand as they prepare a moonlit picnic with mooncakes, pomelos, cups of tea, and colorful lanterns. And everyone sends thanks and a...
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The Moon Lady
Amy Tan
Paper Book
A MAGICAL NIGHT WHEN SECRET WISHES CAN COME TRUE On a rainy afternoon, three sisters wish for the rain to stoop, wish they could play in the puddles, wish for something, anything, to do. So Ying-Ying, their grandmother, tells them a tale from long ago. On the night of the Moon Festival,...
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