Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

By Grace Lin

Paperback

Published on Jul 5, 2022 | 32 Pages

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Published on Sep 26, 2012 | 32 Pages

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Published on Sep 14, 2010 | 32 Pages

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Grades Preschool – 2
Ages 3–7

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.

"The inviting nocturnal landscapes are vivid with interesting details, and readers will long to join in this peaceful celebration."—School Library Journal

"A beautiful, welcome choice for multicultural studies, this also adds diversity to autumnal thanksgiving themes."—Booklist

"A gentle text and Lin’s rounded art style with her signature night-sky swirls lend themselves nicely to the moon symbolism that is so very important to this celebration. An endnote further describes the festival, emphasizing families coming together, just like the moon returning to its fullness."—Kirkus Reviews

ISBN 9780593480182 (Paperback)
Published on Jul 5, 2022
Published by Dragonfly Books
Pages 32
Dimensions 10 x 8
Age Range 3-7 years
Grade Preschool - 2
Reading Level Lexile: AD1060L | Fountas/Pinnell: N

ISBN 9780593586266 (Audiobook Download)
Published on Jul 5, 2022
Published by Listening Library
Age Range 3-7 years
Grade Preschool - 2
Reading Level Lexile: AD1060L | Fountas/Pinnell: N

ISBN 9780307983282 (Ebook)
Published on Sep 26, 2012
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages 32
Age Range 3-7 years
Grade Preschool - 2
Reading Level Lexile: AD1060L | Fountas/Pinnell: N

ISBN 9780375861017 (Hardcover)
Published on Sep 14, 2010
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages 32
Dimensions 10 x 8
Age Range 3-7 years
Grade Preschool - 2
Reading Level Lexile: AD1060L | Fountas/Pinnell: N

Grace Lin

Grace Lin grew up in upstate New York and attended the Rhode Island School of Design. She has written and illustrated several picture books about life in a Chinese American family (based on her own!): Dim Sum for Everyone!, Kite Flying, Fortune Cookie Fortunes, and Thanking the Moon. Her books for older readers include the 2010 Newbery Honor winner Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, The Year of the Rat, and Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!. She lives in Massachusetts. To learn more, visit gracelin.com.