Picture Books for the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

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
A gorgeous picture book that tells a whimsical origin story of the phases of the moon, from award-winning, bestselling author-illustrator Grace Lin Pat, pat, pat... Little Star's soft feet tiptoed to the Big Mooncake. Little Star loves the delicious...
Mooncakes
Loretta Seto
Paper Book
Mooncakesis 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...
The Shadow in the Moon: A Tale of the Mid-Autumn Festival
Christina Matula
Paper Book
A unique blend of traditional folklore and contemporary customs brings the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival to life. Two sisters and their grandmother celebrate a popular Chinese holiday with family. Their favorite part? Mooncakes, of course--along with Ah-ma's story of the ancient...
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...
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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