And she was awarded a Caldecott Honor for A Big Mooncake for Little Star. She has written and illustrated several picture books about life in a Chinese American family (based on her own!): Dim Sum for Everyone!, Kite Flying, Fortune Cookie Fortunes, and Thanking the Moon. An endnote further describes the festival, emphasizing families coming together, just like the moon returning to its fullness.- Kirkus ReviewsĪbout the Author Grace Lin is an award-winning and bestselling author and illustrator. The inviting nocturnal landscapes are vivid with interesting details, and readers will long to join in this peaceful celebration.- School Library Journal A beautiful, welcome choice for multicultural studies, this also adds diversity to autumnal thanksgiving themes.- Booklist A gentle text and Lin's rounded art style with her signature night-sky swirls lend themselves nicely to the moon symbolism that is so very important to this celebration. The Moon Festival is one of the most important holidays of the year along with the Lunar New Year, so this book makes an excellent companion to Grace Lin's Bringing In the New Year, which features the same family. And she includes an informative author's note with further details on the customs and traditions of the Moon Festival for parents and teachers. Her story is simple-tailor-made for reading aloud to young children. Grace Lin's luminous and gloriously patterned artwork is perfect for this holiday tale. And everyone sends thanks and a secret wish up to the moon. Each member of the family lends a hand as they prepare a moonlit picnic with mooncakes, pomelos, cups of tea, and colorful lanterns. What's more important is such activity provides an opportunity for employees to slow down and enjoy the joys of interaction with each other during moon cake making process.Book Synopsis This simple, young, and satisfying story follows a Chinese American family as they celebrate the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. No matter they are eaten by employees themselves or gifted to friends, the moon cakes made on our own should taste unique. For moon cakes making, a special mould kit is used to help shape edible sticky dough into a round ball, which needs to be carried out carefully to ensure the wholeness of moon cakes.Īfter being finished, the hand-crafted moon cakes were packed in beautiful gift boxes and then distributed to employees.
The basic ingredients of moon cakes making- which 's prepared earlier by our chefs- include cooked sticky rice dough and a variety of sweet fillings such as lotus seed and red bean.
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Kinglumi employees actively participated in this interesting and meaningful activity under the step-by-step guide of professional bakers. Mooncakes, the traditional Chinese pastries representing auspicious meaning of family unity, remain very popular and gifted among friends and families long before Mid-Autumn Festival.Īs Mid-Autumn Festival 2017 is drawing near, there's an activity of moon cake DIY held at Kinglumi on 27th, September. During the holiday, people stay together with loved ones to celebrate the harvest and have joyful reunions under the moonlight. It's the second most important traditional festival in China and listed as a public holiday. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Chinese Moon Festival, falls on the 15th day of August on the lunar calendar.
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