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A Big Mooncake for Little Star

Little Star’s Mama takes the Big Mooncake out of the oven and lays it onto the night sky to cool. “Can you remember not to touch this Big Mooncake until I tell you to?” Little Star says yes, and she does remember until the middle of that night. Then all she can think about is that Big Mooncake. “Pat Pat Pat.” She tiptoes out and takes a tiny nibble. Trailing crumbs, she flies back to bed. But the next night she does it again. And again the night after that. Slowly the Big Mooncake gets smaller, its shape gradually changing from round to crescent to nothing at all. Grace Lin’s enchanting original story inspired by the Chinese Mid-Autumn (Moon) Festival features luminous gouache illustrations in beautiful black and gold showing Little Star, Mama, and the deep night sky in which the Big Mooncake wanes, crumbs sparkling as stars. Highly Commended, 2019 Charlotte Zolotow Award ©2019 Cooperative Children’s Book Center

Illustrated by Grace Lin

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 2-5
Age Range: Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3) PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format: Picture book
Subjects: Bedtime Chinese and Chinese Americans Mothers
Diversity subject: Asian

Publisher: Little, Brown
Publish Year: 2018
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9780316404488

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Lin

A Big Mooncake for Little Star