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Plaid Sister Recommended丨8 Picture Book Stories About Mid-Autumn Festival Shared

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September 13, 2019

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"The moon is full on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, and the Mid-Autumn Mooncake is fragrant and sweet." Immediately our Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, Mid-Autumn Festival, in addition to enjoying the moon and eating moon cakes, what are the customs and habits, let's walk into the magical world of picture books to see, see ......

"Fourteen Mice Appreciate the Moon"

Readable age: 3-7 years old

Author: [Japanese] Kazu Iwamura Ron

Translated by Peng Yi

Synopsis: The author of "Fourteen Mice Appreciating the Moon" reproduces the mice's wisdom, bravery, vigilance, teamwork, and positive outlook on life through the natural and detailed pictures.

Recommendation: The colorful, delicate and beautiful images in the book hide a lot of surprise, a lot of God's thoughts, read carefully to find out, and repeated play to have a surprise.

The Taste of the Moon

Appropriate reading age: 3-6 years old

Author: [Polish] Mike Greiniec

Translated by: Peng Yi, Ri Ran

Synopsis: The moon, what does it taste like? I wish I could taste it! At night, the animals looked at the moon and always thought so. But no matter how much they stretch their necks, arms and legs, they can't reach the moon.

Recommendation: This is a book about play, or games. Besides eating, the other top priority for toddlers when they're awake is play, which is play.

Daddy, I Want the Moon

Readable age: 3-10 years old

Author: [U.S.] Avery Carr

Translated by Lin Liang

Synopsis: Little Jasmine wanted to play with the moon, but she couldn't pick it, so she asked her dad to take it down, so he took a nice long ladder, set it up on a nice high mountain, and worked hard to go up the mountain. So Daddy took a long, long ladder and set it up on a high, high mountain, and climbed up and up, but the moon was too big to take down, so Daddy had to wait until the moon turned into a waxing crescent to bring it back to Jasmine to play with. ......

Recommendation: This is a story about love and dreams, and the multiple folding variations of the top and bottom openings allow children to be amazed and feel the clever creativity of the spatial extension. From the storyline, children can not only understand the concepts and adjectives of length, height, size, etc., but also observe the natural phenomenon of the moon's yin and yang.

"Eating Mooncakes in a Reunion"

Reading age: 3-7 years old

Author: Zheng Chunhua, Picture: Yu Kun

Translator: None

Synopsis: This story introduces* the Mid-Autumn Festival, a national folk custom, through a vivid story. All of them have to eat mooncakes for the meaning of reunion.

Reason for Recommendation: On this day in both the countryside and the city *Chinese people will get together as a family, lively and lively festival, reunion, **** enjoy the warmth of affection and family.

"Good Evening Moon"

Reading age: 2-6 years old

Author: Lin Mingzi

Translation: Xiao Lin, Xiao Xiong

Synopsis: In this book, Lin Mingzi plays hide-and-seek with her baby by using the scene of clouds covering the moon and then the moon resurfacing

Reasons for recommending this book: the author uses the change of expression on the moon and the reaction of the cat on the roof to play hide-and-seek with her baby

Rationale: The author uses the change of expression on the moon and the reaction of the cat on the roof to play hide-and-seek. The author uses the changing expression of the moon and the reaction of the cat on the roof to cater to the baby's emotional experience in the process, which is more appealing to the baby's input. Reading this book promotes the baby's understanding of the constancy of objects as well as his emotional development.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, Yi Yi!

Reading age: 3-8 years old

Author: Text/Dingding Picture/Liang Kun

Translation: None

Synopsis: On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the whole family had a reunion dinner. After dinner, Yi Yi's grandmother told the story of Chang'e running to the moon. Yi Yi excitedly called the rabbit on the moon and told the rabbit about her experience during the whole day of the Mid-Autumn Festival. In fact, the rabbit was no other than Yi Yi's father dressed up.

Recommendation: Using a child's perspective on the phenomenon of traditional Chinese festivals as the main theme, the book connects elements such as parent-child stories, festival folklore, traditional knowledge, and interactive games. It breaks through the traditional mode of telling festival stories, combines traditional Chinese culture with contemporary educational concepts, and demonstrates the methods and key points of building parent-child intimacy with a mindset of blending the East and the West.

What Does the Moon Do at Night

Reading age: 0-5 years old

Author: [French] Ann Eber

Translated by Xie Bei

Synopsis: During the daytime, the moon sleeps, but at night, what does she do? As soon as she wakes up, she is busy drawing thousands of stars, which converge to form a bright and shining Milky Way. Then, she has to cross the fields and cross the forests, lifting gently the mists caged above, she flies over cities and villages, she sows the seeds of beautiful dreams and shuts the nightmares in the closet, she sprinkles dewdrops and decorates the beauty of the early morning ......When she is done with all this, where does the moon go?

Recommendation: The writing is simple, poetic, and easy to understand for even the youngest readers. The story is short, but engaging, and the heartwarming, wonderfully illustrated pictures bring a mysterious, yet lighthearted and upbeat, reassuring atmosphere.

Little Lily's Mid-Autumn Festival

Appropriate age: 3-6 years old

Author: Li Yipei

Translator: Sun Qi

Synopsis: The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and Little Lily's family, who lives in the city, wants to go back to her grandmother's house in the countryside to celebrate the festival. But the roads are full of cars, so the family finally reaches her house after a lot of hard work, and spends a warm and unique traditional Korean Mid-Autumn Festival with all their relatives***.

Recommendation: A cozy picture book with few words, but with detailed drawings, it shows a beautiful scene of folk life, exuding a strong aroma of the unique festival of the Korean nation.

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