The Moon Rabbit
Candlewick Press · Print & ebook · August 5, 2025
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- Who it’s for
- A festival read-aloud pairs family storytelling with the enduring legend of Chang’e and the moon rabbit.
- Themes
- Family and storytelling, Keeping traditions across generations, Mid-Autumn Festival
- Genres
- Asian Myths & Legends, Nonreligious Celebrations, Country & Ethnic Folktales
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Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with a luminous read-aloud about the joys of family, sharing stories, and keeping tradition alive across generations. “See that, Mama? See the rabbit?” I say, spotting the shadows on the moon’s face. “Yes, my precious. It’s Chang’e the Moon Goddess coming out to play. Some people say she’s the rabbit in the moon.” Families and neighbors gather to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together.
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Soon Meifung and her family will join them, holding paper lanterns and moving like a gleeful parade of fireflies. But first, Meifung asks her mother to tell her, once more, the story behind the Mid-Autumn Festival—the story of Chang’e and the moon rabbit. It is a tale of nine scorching suns, a brave archer, an ancient queen, an elixir of life, and a doomed love. The beautifully told legend of Chang’e and the moon rabbit is perfectly paired with art steeped in tradition and layered symbolism to make an ultimate gift book for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Moonlit Traditions
A festival read-aloud pairs family storytelling with the enduring legend of Chang’e and the moon rabbit.
Come here for
- Mid-Autumn Festival traditions shared across generations
- A retelling of Chang’e and the moon rabbit
Expect
- A family read-aloud about sharing stories and keeping tradition alive
- Art steeped in tradition and layered symbolism
Where it sits
| Asian Myths & Legends | 76% |
|---|---|
| Country & Ethnic Folktales | 53% |
| Nonreligious Celebrations | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Country & Ethnic Folktales
- Asian Myths & Legends
- Nonreligious Celebrations
- Authors
- Eva Wong Nava
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- August 5, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Family and storytelling · Keeping traditions across generations · Mid-Autumn Festival
- Reading lane
- Country & Ethnic Folktales