Full name: Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

Author: Grace Lin Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780375861017 0375861017

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 secret wish up to the moon. Grace Lin's luminous and gloriously patterned artwork is perfect for this holiday tale. Her story is simple--tailor-made for reading aloud to young children. And she includes an informative author's note with further details on the customs and traditions of the Moon Festival for parents and teachers. The Moon Festival is one of the most important holidays of the year along with the Lunar New Year, so this book makes an excellent companion to Grace Lin's Bringing In the New Year, which features the same family. Similar books: The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin Bringing in the New Year by Grace Lin Okie, Dokie Artichokie by Grace Lin A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Where Is Baby's Belly Button? by Karen Katz Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle How to Babysit a Grandma by Jean Reagan Peek-A Who? by Nina Laden Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey Flotsam by David Wiesner On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? for Kids by Spencer Johnson Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco Frozen by Victoria Saxon Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena I Am Enough by Grace Byers I Love My Hair! by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry