Mooncakes

· Orca Book Publishers
Ebook
32
Pages
Eligible

About this ebook

The lyrical story of a young girl who shares the special celebration of the Chinese Moon Festival with her parents.

As they eat mooncakes, drink tea and watch the night sky together, Mama and Baba tell ancient tales of a magical tree that can never be cut down, the Jade Rabbit who came to live on the moon and one brave woman's journey to eternal life. With a gentle focus on the importance of family, Mooncakes is both a perfect book for parent and child to read together and an ideal choice for schools and libraries.

The lyrical story of a young girl who shares the special celebration of the Chinese Moon Festival with her parents. As they eat mooncakes, drink tea and watch the night sky together, Mama and Baba tell ancient tales of a magical tree that can never be cut down, the Jade Rabbit who came to live o...

About the author

Loretta Seto is a fiction and screenwriter, as well as a playwright. She has been published in Ricepaper magazine and the anthology Strike the Wok. Loretta completed her MFA in creative writing at UBC and is excited by the challenges she faces writing in different genres. Mooncakes is her first children’s book. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Renné Benoit has been drawing pictures since she could hold a crayon. She works out of her home studio in St. Thomas, Ontario, where she lives with her husband, their daughter and their dog. Her recent work includes Goodbye to Griffith Street, which won the Christie-Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize in 2005. Some of her favorite things are thunderstorms, fireflies, practical jokes, and the first snow.

Loretta Seto is a fiction and screenwriter, as well as a playwright. She has been published in Ricepaper magazine and the anthology Strike the Wok. Loretta completed her MFA in creative writing at UBC and is excited by the challenges she faces writing in different genres. Mooncakes is her first c...

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