Lin, G. (2018). A Big Mooncake for Little Star. Little, Brown Books.
Summary
Little Star and her mother live in the sky and one night they bake a big mooncake and hang it up to cool. Despite being told to make the mooncake last for a while, Little Star forgets her instructions and takes a tiny nibble, night after night, of her big mooncake. When she finishes the mooncake, her mother goes to look for it. She finds only a trail of shiny crumbs leftover, and traces them to Little Star. Smiling, they decide to make another one.
A Teacher's Perspective
I adore this book. I think folk tales of natural occurrences make wonderful editions to the ELA classroom, but I think the explanation of the moon phases is precious. This would be an adorable way to introduce moon phases in the science classroom. Science doesn't have to be 100% facts--introducing it this way would make it interesting and fun.
I love the illustrations, and the fact that the end of the book shows that Little Star is actually 'creating' moon phases, but I especially love the loving family unit of mother and daughter.
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When the book first came out, author Grace Lin introduced it--this is a cute way to introduce books to children:
I highly recommend pressing the settings and speeding this readaloud up to a 1.25 on youtube, but otherwise, this narrator's voice is wonderful for this story:
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