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Children's Fiction Other, Non-religious

Mooncakes Mean Family

illustrated by Benson Shum

Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Initial publish date
Jul 2024
Category
Other, Non-Religious, Diversity & Multicultural, Cooking & Food
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780593658840
    Publish Date
    Jul 2024
    List Price
    $14.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780593658833
    Publish Date
    Jul 2024
    List Price
    $7.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 5 to 7
  • Grade: k to 2

Description

Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with this sweet story of food and family!
In this story designed to engage early readers, charming characters combine with simple text, lively illustrations, and laugh-out-loud humor to help boost kids' confidence and create lifelong readers!

Jade and Crystal love the Mid-Autumn Festival because it means it’s time to make a tasty treat—mooncakes! Crystal's favorite part of the delicious dessert made of lotus seed paste is the yummy salted egg yolk at the center, meant to represent the moon. Join the sisters as they gather with their family for a memorable meal together!

Complete with fun facts about the holiday in the back of the book, young readers will want to revisit this story again and again.

Exciting, easy-to-read books are the stepping stone a young reader needs to bridge the gap between being a beginner and being fluent.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Benson Shum is an author-illustrator who enjoys creating and telling stories through animation and illustration. He is originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, but now lives in sunny southern California.

Editorial Reviews

“[A] cozy introduction to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Shum gently conveys the warmth and joy of this celebration; he wraps up with a retelling of the legend of Change’e, the moon goddess.” Kirkus

“[A] fun teaching tool for children who are not familiar with the holiday [and] a cute and accessible introduction to the Mid-Autumn Festival.” School Library Journal

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