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Feb 18, 2019
Cary Hunter
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A Big Mooncake for Little Star
By: Grace Lin
A Big Mooncake for Little Star is a story about a mother and daughter who bake a giant mooncake to place in the sky. The daughter, against her mother’s wishes, continually wakes at night to sneak up into the sky and nibble at the delicious cake. She continues to devour the mooncake until there is nothing left but crumbs.
A Big Mooncake for Little Star was a 2019 Caldecott award winning book. This award is given to the illustrator in recognition of excell ...more
By: Grace Lin
A Big Mooncake for Little Star is a story about a mother and daughter who bake a giant mooncake to place in the sky. The daughter, against her mother’s wishes, continually wakes at night to sneak up into the sky and nibble at the delicious cake. She continues to devour the mooncake until there is nothing left but crumbs.
A Big Mooncake for Little Star was a 2019 Caldecott award winning book. This award is given to the illustrator in recognition of excell ...more
Sep 25, 2019
Rosa Te
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A Big Mooncake for Little Star
by Grace Lin
Blended with Chinese culture Mooncake Festival and what happens to the moon each night, the story of A Big Mooncake for Little Star, introduces younger children to the changing phases of the moon. This book is one of the American Library Association-Youth Media Awards in 2019. It is a good book for preschoolers to first graders. This is a great book to introduce young children to a space science topic. This mythical story helps children to understand wh ...more
by Grace Lin
Blended with Chinese culture Mooncake Festival and what happens to the moon each night, the story of A Big Mooncake for Little Star, introduces younger children to the changing phases of the moon. This book is one of the American Library Association-Youth Media Awards in 2019. It is a good book for preschoolers to first graders. This is a great book to introduce young children to a space science topic. This mythical story helps children to understand wh ...more
This book has beautiful illustrations and an adorable story. This book received the Caldecott Medal. I was initially drawn to this story because of the beautiful artwork, but I came to love it even more after reading it a few times. This book helps represent Asian culture through the illustrations the topic of the story. I can see this story being easy to incorporate into many different lessons in the classroom, as there is a focus on family and can introduce the children to a different culture.
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A Big Mooncake for Little Star
by Grace Lin
This picture book follows a cute mischievous little girl who is told not to eat the big mooncake her mother has made. This 2019 Caldecott Honor winning picture book is perfect for early readers because of its huge, bright, and captivating illustrations that pop off a black background, that will be sure to capture young readers attention. It also has a funny message, as well as repetitive sentences so young readers can read/chant along. This story asks th ...more
by Grace Lin
This picture book follows a cute mischievous little girl who is told not to eat the big mooncake her mother has made. This 2019 Caldecott Honor winning picture book is perfect for early readers because of its huge, bright, and captivating illustrations that pop off a black background, that will be sure to capture young readers attention. It also has a funny message, as well as repetitive sentences so young readers can read/chant along. This story asks th ...more
This is a charming story of Little Star who wakes each night to nibble away at the giant mooncake she and her mother baked together. With each bite, children will begin to see the various phases of the moon.
The book is a 2019 Caldecott Honor-winning picture book and is perfect for improving learning about the universe.
The vibrant colors used such as the warm bright golden moon against the black page gets children’s attention.
This book should be used during story time and some props can be adde ...more
The book is a 2019 Caldecott Honor-winning picture book and is perfect for improving learning about the universe.
The vibrant colors used such as the warm bright golden moon against the black page gets children’s attention.
This book should be used during story time and some props can be adde ...more
I love this book. It makes a great science lesson for the different phases of the moon by telling an adorable story about Little Star nibbling the moon cake throughout a series of nights eating the entire moon. This book connects a mother/daughter bond, connects phases of the moon, and celebrates the Asian culture by using a mooncake that is celebrated during the fall festival. It has large print and illustrations with few words so it is good for children who may be using the pictures to read.
Feb 27, 2019
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Wendy Wales
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