When Little Star's mother bakes a delicious-looking mooncake, she leaves it in the night sky to cool. But it looks so tasty that Little Star can't wait, and every night she must take a little nibble of the perfectly round confection until instead of a glowing, round cookie, there is only a shining trail of crumbs!
As Little Star takes bites out of the mooncake, readers see that the moon itself wanes, passing through each phase until it becomes a new moon--and Little Star's mother bakes a new mooncake!
Illustrated in a limited palette of mainly black and yellow, this striking, book is the latest dazzling offering from award-winning author Grace Lin
她最著名的作品有“Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” (月夜仙蹤),這本書得到2010年的紐伯瑞銀牌獎,故事中以東方的奇幻故事為背景,被認為是亞洲版的綠野仙蹤。此外,她的繪本作品“Dim Sum for Everyone”、“The Ugly Vegetable”、“Kite Flying”…等,也充滿中國風情,書中的許多角色都是以她的家人為原型,結合中國的傳統節慶主題,例如:中國新年、中秋節…等,描述中國慶祝節慶時的特有習俗外,也藉這個主題,展現中國大家庭裡,每位成員彼此照應,和樂融融地相處在一起的情景。