Mooncakes Mean Family

Written and illustrated by Benson Shum

Sisters celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with mooncakes and family fun.

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32 pages· 570L

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Bookroo's summary

Jade and Crystal eagerly await the Mid-Autumn Festival, a time for family and mooncakes. As they prepare the traditional treat, the sisters savor the salted egg yolk center, symbolizing the moon. Join them in this delightful tale of food, family, and festivity, where laughter and learning go hand in hand. Will their celebration be as sweet as the mooncakes they love? Discover the joy of tradition and togetherness in this charming story, complete with fun holiday facts to explore.

From the publisher

Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with this sweet story of food and family! In this story designed to engage early readers, charming characters combine with simple text, lively illustrations, and laugh-out-loud humor to help boost kids’ confidence and create lifelong readers! Jade and Crystal love the Mid-Autumn Festival because it means it’s time to make a tasty treat–mooncakes! Crystal’s favorite part of the delicious dessert made of lotus seed paste is the yummy salted egg yolk at the center, meant to represent the moon. Join the sisters as they gather with their family for a memorable meal together! Complete with fun facts about the holiday in the back of the book, young readers will want to revisit this story again and again. Exciting, easy-to-read books are the stepping stone a young reader needs to bridge the gap between being a beginner and being fluent.

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