BIG MOONCAKE FOR LITTLE STAR: Calendar & Print Giveaway Winners

22 packages with a wee Grace Lin 2019 calendar and print went to educators, school librarians, public librarians, and amazing literacy folks. With our thanks to the brilliant Grace Lin!

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

A Big Mooncake for Little Star
By Grace Lin
Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9780316404488
Age Range: 4 – 8 Years

Pat, pat, pat…

Little Star’s soft feet tiptoed to the Big Mooncake.

Little Star loves the delicious Mooncake that she bakes with her mama. But she’s not supposed to eat any yet! What happens when she can’t resist a nibble?

In this stunning picture book that shines as bright as the stars in the sky, Newbery Honor author Grace Lin creates a heartwarming original story that explains phases of the moon.

“…Lin successfully combines three distinctive and memorable elements: a fable that avoids seeming contrived, a vision of a mother and child living in cozy harmony, and a night kitchen of Sendakian proportions.”
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
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“…The relationship between Little Star and her mother offers a message of empowerment and reassurance. Lin’s loving homage to the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival is sure to become a bedtime favorite.”
—School Library Journal, Starred Review
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“…Lin’s storytelling is both clever and radiant. Painted in gouache against perfectly black pages, the characters’ pajamas have no edges, only the stars defining the separation between foreground and background. The mooncake gleams against the black as well, crumbs scattering like stars in the sky—a visual delight, suffusing the book with a feeling of otherworldliness that is offset by Little Star’s childlike authenticity and her loving relationship with Mama…A warm and glowing modern myth.”
—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
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“This folkloric pourquoi tale effectively blends peaceful bedtime rhymes with the lure of irresistible snacking temptation.”
—BCCB, Starred Review

 

THE ACTIVITIES

In the picture book, Little Star nibbles on the Mooncake in the sky creating the phases of the moon. Explore activities that put readers in the role of Little Star here.

 

THE GIVEAWAY WINNERS

Academy of the Sacred Heart New Orleans LA
Bethesda Elementary School Lawrenceville GA
Central Virginia Regional Library Farmville VA
Children’s Fairyland Oakland CA
Children’s Center of Brookline Brookline MA
Coweta Library Newnan GA
Elkhart Elementary Aurora CO
Friends School of Baltimore Baltimore MD
Julian Poydras Library Branch Rougon LA
London Public Library London OH
Manteo Library Manteo NC
Mather Elementary School Dorchester MA
Mineola Memorial Library Mineola NY
Monarch Montessori of Denver Denver CO
Orinda Union School District Orinda CA
Palos Park Public Library Palos Park IL
Portsmouth Public Library Portamouth Nh
RJO Intermediate School Kings Park NY
Roslyn Branch Library Roslyn PA
University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN
University of South Carolina Columbia SC
Wilmette Public Library Evanston IL