Books like A Big Mooncake for Little Star
By Grace Lin
For the kid who always sneaks a taste of the cookie dough before it's time, this one turns that exact temptation into the reason the moon looks the way it does. Soft, dreamy, and quietly playful — like a bedtime story that drifts into a lullaby.
A great-grandson wanders through his grandfather's topiary garden, where hedges shaped like a farmboy, a soldier, and a chickenpox-covered kid retell a whole lifetime one memory at a time.
Four families in four different centuries — from 1710 England to present-day San Diego — each make the same blackberry fool dessert, showing how daily life and technology transform across generations.
A foreign exchange student named Eric moves in with a suburban family, asking curious questions his hosts can't always answer, until his farewell leaves behind an unforgettable surprise.
A boy afraid to go to school rides his grandfather's 1952 Ford time machine back through Big Papa's own frightening moments, hearing the same lesson each time: that's called being brave.
A young donkey finds a magic pebble that grants wishes, but a panicked wish during a scary encounter with a lion turns him into a rock — with no way to wish himself back.
A six-year-old boy spends his days in his grandfather Luis's towering garden, learning bird names, playful expressions, and reading and writing from a grandfather who never had schooling of his own.
A little girl too excited to sleep before a family dim sum outing follows a delicious smell into a dream palace, where she tumbles into dumpling filling and gets rolled up as a treat for the Empress.
A spirited little girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel throws herself into the whirl of Christmas in New York City, turning every hallway and holiday errand into an adventure.
A carpenter named Caleb gets into a spat with his wife Kate, then wakes up transformed into a dog — unable to speak or explain who he really is, so he stays close to her as her loyal companion.
A spider sets off on a dangerous journey and is rescued in turn by his six sons — then faces a puzzle: which son deserves the glowing reward he found?
A girl who loves gorillas longs for her too-busy father to take her to see one, until the night before her birthday brings an extraordinary, moonlit visitor.
A girl named Treva notices her family's Christmas decorations and presents mysteriously vanishing, and when she tracks down the culprit, she finds two trolls who have never had a Christmas of their own.
