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Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

10 best books like Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Grace Lin): Spring Is Here, Kiss Kiss! (Mini Edition), The Paper Crane, Mouse's First Snow, When Winter Comes, Tico and the Golden Wings, The Dog Who Belonged to No One, I Don't Want a Cool Cat!, The Runaway Rice Cake, In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb

Spring Is Here
AuthorWill Hillenbrand
Looking at Hillenbrand's Goodreads page just now made me realize that Mole and Bear are characters in a series of books. I'll have to look for some of the others at the library, because my 3-year-old daughter really enjoyed this one. She grabbed it from the Spring display at the library and we read it together...
Kiss Kiss! (Mini Edition)
AuthorMargaret Wild
ISBN1416934405
I found this story to be absolutely adorable. It's about a baby hippo who started his morning off really fast. He ran out of the water eager to play. He was so preoccupied with starting the day that he left without giving his mama a kiss! He was wandering around the land and saw every little animal giving their...
The Paper Crane
AuthorMolly Bang
ISBN0688073336
A beautifully illustrated retelling of an ancient Japanese folktale by Molly Bang, the celebrated creator of numerous picture books including the Caldecott Honor Books Ten, Nine, Eight; The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher; and When Sophie Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry . . .

Business...
Mouse's First Snow
AuthorLauren Thompson
ISBN0689858361
Mouse and Poppa have so much fun playing in the snow! We had some skeptics in our storytime group that didn't think Mouse could sled, skate, and make snow angels just like his Poppa can, but we quickly learned that Mouse can do anything he sets his mind to... he just does so in his own unique way! There were...
When Winter Comes
AuthorNancy Van Laan
ISBN0689817789
As bland as the snow.

Very repetitive. I certainly couldn't read this to my kid because it would drive me crazy.

Every other page is, “Where, oh where does the X go/When winter comes and the cold winds blow?” And then it says where it goes. It's in rhyme. It's all about the different...
Tico and the Golden Wings
AuthorLeo Lionni
ISBN0394817494
As a child, the German version of Leo Lionni's Tico and the Golden Wings (Tico und die goldenen Flügel) was a personal favourite which I repeatedly requested as a read-aloud (I have always loved birds and how Tico attains his golden wings and how he then disposes of them in a charitable manner and is again...
The Dog Who Belonged to No One
AuthorAmy Hest
ISBN0810994836
A timeless tale of friendship by New York Times bestselling author Amy Hest.

Once there was a small dog with
crooked ears. He belonged to no one.
And once there was a wisp of a girl
named Lia. . . .
The dog who belonged to no one spent
his days quite alone. . . . He longed for a friend.

No...
I Don't Want a Cool Cat!
AuthorEmma Dodd
ISBN0316036749
In this hilarious, heartfelt picture book, one little girl discovers just how difficult it can be to find the perfect pet. Along the way, she meets a zany mix of cats with distinct personalities, but none of them are right for her! After a comical cat chase, she finally finds a special one to call her very...
The Runaway Rice Cake
AuthorYing Chang Compestine
ISBN0689829728
It's the Chinese New Year, and the Chang Family has only enough rice flour to make one nián-gão, a special New Year's rice cake, for the entire family to eat. But this delicious little nián-gão has other ideas. "Ai yo! I don't think so!" it cries, coming to life and escaping.Ming, Cong, little Da and...
In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb
AuthorMarion Dane Bauer
ISBN0823422380
A fresh take on a familiar saying, perfect for the first rainy days of spring.

Rattling windows with the roar of a late-winter storm, March shows up like a lion-- wild and messy, muddy and wet. In rhythmic, exuberant text, Newbery Honor-author Marion Dane Bauer conveys the changeable nature...
The Lion and the Little Red Bird
AuthorElisa Kleven
ISBN0140558098
We LOVE LOVE LOVE this book! We have had it for many years (I think my daughter was 2 when we got it, she's now 10) and we still read it. Very sweet story about friendship and language. The illustrations are fantastic (as they are in all Elisa Kleven books). This book was read many many times when my daughter...
Isabella: Girl on the Go
AuthorJennifer Fosberry
ISBN1402266480
New York Times best-selling author, Jennifer Fosberry, continues her Isabella series with Isabella: Girl on the Go. In this book, Isabella, plays side by side with her father as he accomplishes his to-do list. From archaeologist, to astronomer, Isabella travels around the world, exploring the greatest...
Bear about Town
AuthorStella Blackstone
ISBN1841483737
2010: My one-year-old loves these Bear books. They even caused her to say bear for the first time. The bright colors are perfect to get a baby's attention, and you will find the same few objects and patterns throughout the pages—for example, there's a black-and-white stripe motif that really gets...
Lola Reads to Leo
AuthorAnna McQuinn
ISBN1580894046
We all know how much Lola loves books. In this third book in the Lola series (LOLA AT THE LIBRARY and LOLA LOVES STORIES), Lola has a new baby brother and she can’t wait to share her love of reading with him. Lola gets ready for little Leo’s arrival by reading books about brothers and sisters and picking...
Machines Go to Work in the City
AuthorWilliam Low
ISBN0805090509
Toddlers love machines and things that go, and this book gives them everything they want, from a bucket truck to a tower crane to an airplane. Every other spread has an interactive gatefold which extends the original picture to three pages, revealing something new about each situation.

The...
Mudkin
AuthorStephen Gammell
ISBN0761357904
"Rain's gone! Time to play!" commands the queen. Well, she's not really a queen--just an ordinary girl who has an extraordinary day. She meets Mudkin, a friendly creature who whips up a robe and crown for her. Away they go to meet Her Majesty's subjects. Even if the kingdom lasts only until the next rain...
Rabbit's Gift
AuthorGeorge Shannon
ISBN0152060731
Snow is coming, coming soon, so Rabbit needs to find food fast. Just in time, a turnip turns up, and a second one, too. Who in the woods wouldn't want to tuck away an extra turnip for the long winter? Not Rabbit. He chooses a different path--and starts a wave of generosity that spreads among all his forest...
A New Year's Reunion
AuthorYu Li-Qiong
ISBN0763658812
Maomao's dad works many miles away, but he is coming home for New Year!

Little Maomao's father works in faraway places and comes home just once a year, for Chinese New Year. At first Maomao barely recognizes him, but before long the family is happily making sticky rice balls, listening to firecrackers,...
The Queen of France
AuthorTim Wadham
ISBN0763641022
Dressed up as a queen, a little girl has some endearing and funny audiences with two most obliging subjects — her mother and father.

When Rose wakes up one morning feeling royal, she dons her necklaces, bracelets, and crown. Soon the Queen of France emerges to survey her domain, disapproving...
Monkey: A Trickster Tale from India
AuthorGerald McDermott
ISBN0152165967
Monkey is hungry for the delicious mangoes on the island in the river, but he can't swim! How will he get there? Crocodile offers to carry Monkey across the water on his back, so Monkey hops aboard. Trouble is, Crocodile is hungry, too—for Monkey! Will clever Monkey come up with a way to get the mangoes...
My Farm Friends
AuthorWendell Minor
ISBN0399244778
Is there anything cuter than a little lamb or playful piglet? Farm animals are fascinating, and they are full of surprises, too. Naturally, cows make milk- but did you know they need to drink a bathtub-full of water every day? And of course turkeys gobble- but sometimes they purr like cats. Wendell Minor's...
Please Take Me for a Walk
AuthorSusan Gal
ISBN0375858636
Please Take Me for a Walk is a celebration of dogs and kids and community. The book stars a very persuasive pup pleading with his best friend—the reader!—to take him for a walk. He recounts all the fun things they can see and do: chase squirrels in the yard, greet neighbors on their block, visit the...
Jungle Bullies
AuthorSteven Kroll
ISBN0761452974
Written by Steven Krull and illustrated by Vincent Nguyen, Jungle Bullies as the title explains, looks at the topic of bullying using a range of animals as the characters/main plot. The story sets out with an elephant wanting to bathe in the pond, but finding that the pond is already taken up by a hippo,...
I Am the Dog
AuthorDaniel Pinkwater
Jacob is the boy.

Max is the dog.

Until they decide to change places.

Now Jacob gets to eat kibble, chase squirrels, and snooze, just like a real dog. Max brushes his teeth, goes to school, and plays video games, just like a real boy. The question is: Who has the better deal?

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