Book Description
for Thanking the Moon by Grace Lin
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
While the “mid-autumn moon glows in the sky” a contemporary family shares a nighttime picnic of pomelo fruit, tea, and mooncakes during the Chinese Moon Festival. Three young sisters and their parents gather on a hillside with others from their community in a tradition of thanksgiving for “a good year and to come together with family.” Rich, saturated hues in the vivid gouache illustrations add to the warmth of the night in this quiet celebratory volume. A concluding author’s note provides additional information about the holiday to supplement the brief text. (Ages 2–5)
CCBC Choices 2011. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2011. Used with permission.