6/5/2023 0 Comments Mooncakes bookThe framework of a family celebration is effective and satisfying here, and listeners will enjoy curling up with their parents, learning about or re-experiencing some of the holiday traditions, hearing the funny and comforting stories, and perhaps even drifting off to sleep. Each briefly told tale is a sparkling jewel that contains a valuable lesson about trust, generosity or willpower. Tonight the girl is allowed to stay up late and listen to her parents tell the tales of characters who inhabit the moon, including a wise and protective woman named Chang-E, a selfish woodcutter known as Wu-Gang, and the kind and sharing Jade Rabbit. Warm and appealing watercolor-and-gouache illustrations show a young girl’s family together as they light and hang lanterns, watch the glowing moon in the night sky, drink steaming tea and eat delicious mooncakes. The Chinese Moon Festival is a time to celebrate family, and this year is no exception. “Tonight the moon shines like a polished pearl, round and fat.”
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