Mooncakes Mean Family
Written by Benson Shum
Illustrated by Benson Shum
Published by Penguin Workshop
Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with this sweet story of food and family!
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.
Primary ISBN: 9780593658840
Publication Date: July 2024
Available As: Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook, eBook
Picture Book, Age 05 or older
Community Represented: Chinese/Chinese American
Themes: Allegory, Animals, Celebrations, Celebrations: Mid-Autumn Festival, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Multilingual: Mandarin Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Setting: Unspecified
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Unknown Arrival
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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