Mooncakes Read-Along
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2016
- Category
- Asian, General, General
- Recommended Age
- 3 to 5
- Recommended Grade
- p to k
- Recommended Reading age
- 3 to 5
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459816008
- Publish Date
- Sep 2016
- List Price
- $19.99
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Description
The lyrical story of a young girl who shares the special celebration of the Chinese Moon Festival with her parents.
As they eat mooncakes, drink tea and watch the night sky together, Mama and Baba tell ancient tales of a magical tree that can never be cut down, the Jade Rabbit who came to live on the moon and one brave woman's journey to eternal life. With a gentle focus on the importance of family, Mooncakes is both a perfect book for parent and child to read together and an ideal choice for schools and libraries.
About the authors
Loretta Seto is a fiction and screenwriter, as well as a playwright. She has been published in Ricepapermagazine and the anthology Strike the Wok. Loretta completed her MFA in creative writing at UBCand is excited by the challenges she faces writing in different genres. Mooncakes is her first children'sbook. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. For more information, visit www.lorettaseto.com.
Renné Benoit is living her childhood dream of being an artist. Trained in graphic design, she is the award-winning illustrator of more than 15 books for children. Her awards include the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award for Children's Literature for Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion; the OLA Silver Birch Express Award for The Secret of the Village Fool; and the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize for both Fraser Bear and Goodbye to Griffith Street. The latter was also nominated for the Amelia Frances Howard Gibbon Award. Big City Bees was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustration, and A Year of Borrowed Men was a finalist for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, among others. Renné lives in St. Thomas, Ontario.
Awards
- Commended, Resource Links, The Year's Best Books
- Commended, CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens
Editorial Reviews
"This quiet gem will make an effective read-aloud to introduce the Moon Festival and Chinese culture."
School Library Journal
"A cozy family story rooted in tradition."
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