VERDICT The relationship between Little Star and her mother offers a message of empowerment and reassurance. So there is so much in this book about her daughter, being American, and finding her own way in this book. This book has no roots in Chinese Thanksgiving here in the US—but the way you celebrate it is by eating Lin’s loving homage to the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival is sure to become a bedtime favorite. Reading level: Preschool – 3Pages: 40 pgPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (October 15, 2019)ISBN: 9780316478366. When I told her there weren’t any more, she laughed at me. • NEIBA Book Award Finalist 2018• Featured in the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show• Amazon Best Book of 2018 for Children Ages 3-5• Shelf Awareness Best Book for Children’s and Teen• NYPL Best Book of 2018• 2018 Kirkus Reviews Best Book• 2018 School Library Journal Best Book• 2018 Publishers Weekly Best Book• 2018 Boston Globe Best Book• 2018 Horn Book Fanfare Book• 2018 Washington Post Best Book• 2018 BookPage Best Book• 2018 Chicago Pubic Library Best Book• 2018 King County Library System Best Book• 2018 Iowa Public Radio Holiday Gift Guide Pick• 2018 Book Riot Holiday Gift Guide Pick, Kirkus Reviews*Starred Review* Little Star has trouble resisting the Big Mooncake that Mama has hung in the sky in Lin’s (When the Sea Turned Silver, 2016, etc.) Though she understands that she might get in trouble if she eats all of it, so she only eats a little bit at a time, hoping it won't be missed. Just as Little Star can't resist nibbling her mooncake, readers won't be able to resist this deliciously warm bedtime story with luminous art. First edition. Of course, it's gone, but there's a trail of crumbs she follows back to Little Star. named Little Star and her mother. This activity pairs well with the Reader’s Theater. The setting takes place in outer space. The Moon Festival is an important Asian holiday—kind of like To comfort her, I showed her Here is excerpt of the interview, telling the origins of photos of mooncakes online. think about it.”. Don’t wait for bedtime, and you’ll probably want to read it with cake. A gorgeous picture book that tells a whimsical origin story of the phases of the moon. Little Star’s mother hangs the Big Mooncake in the sky to cool, reminding her daughter not to touch it until given permission. It’s so good. Published by Little, Brown and Company. "'Little Star!' So she walks over to it and takes a tiny nibble, thinks someone might be coming, and runs back to bed. Little Star makes a mischievous choice. But that's icing on the cake, and the book stands on its own as a good book, with a good message. mooncakes—some were flat and some were pale and some, Hazel said, “were A Big Mooncake for Little Star is an experience in quiet joy, love, and beauty. Obviously, nobody is going to claim that the moon is actually a giant mooncake, or that these characters of Little Star and her mother are real. Mama surely won’t notice. Surely her mother won't notice if she just has a little bit of the Big Mooncake. Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin available in Hardcover on Powells.com, also read synopsis and reviews. Like Age Add Age Suitability k. kyliereann Dec 23, 2019. kyliereann thinks this title is suitable for 2 years and over A double-page spread shows Little Star’s speculative glance on the left and the huge golden mooncake—or is it the round, golden full moon?—on the right. Who are the characters in this book? The only two characters in the book are a young girl (maybe about four or five years old?) Home » A Big Mooncake for Little Star. "Yum!" “Yum!” Each night, she wakes from her bed in the sky and nibbles from the giant mooncake. A mooncake is a Chinese pastry that is popular during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Festival would be a slam dunk. If you couldn’t tell, A Big Mooncake for Little Star is a book very dear to Grace’s heart. A Big Mooncake for Little Star is an experience in quiet joy, love, and beauty.
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