Thanking the Moon Celebrating the Mi..., Grace Lin
Thanking the Moon Celebrating the Mi..., Grace Lin
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Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

Author: Grace Lin

Narrator: Elaine Wang

Unabridged: 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2022

Synopsis

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 story is simple—tailor-made for listening with 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.

About The Author

Grace Lin is an award-winning and bestselling author and illustrator. 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 other picture books include A Big Bed for Little Snow and the Caldecott Honor winning A Big Mooncake for Little Star. Her books for older readers include the Newbery Honor winner Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, When the Sea Turned to Silver, Starry River of the Sky, The Year of the Dog, The Year of the Rat, and Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!.  Grace Lin grew up in upstate New York and attended the Rhode Island School of Design. She now lives in Massachusetts. To learn more, visit gracelin.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista

A simple story about the Asian celebration of the Moon Festival. Families gather together and bring poems, picnics, family and symbols in round shapes like the moon to gather together at night and send up wishes to the moon. I love this. Simple, and in line with nature to have a moment together as a......more

Goodreads review by Abigail

Much as she did in her Dim Sum for Everyone!, children's author Grace Lin uses a simple text and colorful, engaging gouache artwork to introduce young readers to an aspect of Chinese (and Chinese-American) culture. Here we have a family - Ma-ma, Ba-ba, Mei-mei, Jie-jie, and the narrator - embark......more

Goodreads review by Tasha

Join a Chinese-American family as they head out into the night to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. They bring a night-time picnic and set up the moon-honoring table. There are glowing lanterns and tea to drink. There are also special mooncakes to munch. Then everyone thanks the moon for bring......more

Goodreads review by Nancy Jo

This lovely book by Grace Lin is catalogued in fiction, but I think it should be in nonfiction. In this book, the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, commonly referred to as the Moon Festival, a family describes their celebratory traditions. I love the simple text with one sentence per page. The illustrations......more

Quotes

"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

Awards

  • Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award
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