Mooncakes Mean Family by Benson Shum

Mooncakes Mean Family

Benson Shum

Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · July 16, 2024

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Who it’s for
A playful early-reader story brings mooncakes, family, and Mid-Autumn Festival together.
Themes
Mid-Autumn Festival, Family togetherness, Mooncake-making
Genres
Nonreligious Celebrations, Cooking & Food, US: Asian American Stories

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About this book

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!

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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.

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A playful early-reader story brings mooncakes, family, and Mid-Autumn Festival together.

Come here for

  • Mooncake-making, salted egg yolk, and a family meal
  • A lighthearted introduction to Mid-Autumn Festival

Expect

  • Simple text, lively illustrations, and laugh-out-loud humor
  • Fun facts about the holiday at the back

Where it sits

Nonreligious Celebrations66%
Cooking & Food45%
US: Asian American Stories42%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Nonreligious Celebrations
  • Cooking & Food
  • Diversity & Multicultural
Authors
Benson Shum
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
July 16, 2024
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Mid-Autumn Festival · Family togetherness · Mooncake-making
Reading lane
Nonreligious Celebrations