Mooncakes Mean Family

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.

Author: Benson Shum
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Published: 07/16/2024
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.60w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780593658840
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 06/28/2024 pg. 1

About the Author
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.