Books
Exclusive books from MoonRattles
We have found ourselves in the book business. As we searched for quality children's books to include in our heritage kits, we couldn't always find exactly what we wanted for a kit. The result: MoonRattles Publishing. We hope you enjoy our small, but growing, selection of thoughtful children's books. All our books seek to open the world's doors to our children.
Please purchase all our books through Amazon.com or (even better!) from a local bookseller. Ask for our books and the stores will order them in.
If you are a non-profit or need to purchase larger quantities of books, please email us.
Rabbit Mooncakes
Book Synopsis
Why must Hoong Wei play the piano in front her entire family—surely the largest family in the whole neighborhood and at least as big as her first-grade class! With so many eyes on her, she is sure to make a very loud mistake, and then everyone will laugh.
But when the extended Lee family gathers under the brightest and fullest moon of the year to sing poem songs, Hoong Wei finds that in the midst of such warmth and love, mistakes hardly matter at all. In playful illustrations and graceful prose, this warmhearted story celebrates that bond of all bonds—family—with song and sweet harvest mooncakes.
MoonRattles is proud to bring this book back into print. This new edition brings back a treasured story to a new generation of families and includes the author’s family recipe for rabbit mooncakes.
USD List Price $16
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Book Details
Author and Illustrator: Krakauer, Hoong Yee Lee
Format: Hardback with dust jacket, 8" x 10", 40 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9790920-7-7
Publication Information: MoonRattles, 2007, First Edition
Grandfather's Ghosts: A Chinese Tale
Book Synopsis
Grandparents can be pretty special. One grandfather even knows some ghosts and wants to introduce his two young grandchildren to them. In this lively folktale, young readers explore the day of the Hungry Ghost Festival with Lotus, a spunky young girl, and her brother, Little Dragon. Will they meet ghosts and what else will they do on this day honoring family—past and present? Come with them and see.
Chinese artist Zi Hua's accompanying illustrations perfectly meld modern art techniques with more traditional Chinese presentations of people and place to create a fun world that children will love.
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Book Details
Author: Bucher, Heatherly
Illustrators: Yang, Zi Hua
Format: Hardback with cloth cover, 8" x 8", 32 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9790920-6-0
Publication Information: MoonRattles, 2007, First Edition
The Dragon's Gift
Book Synopsis
Most fishermen use a boat to fish because the fish are out there, in the deep water. But, Cai doesn’t have a boat. He’s not even a fisherman, but a fisherboy. Cai finds a rock in the Miluo river and tries his luck there, until the grown-up fishermen tell him to move on. Now what is he to do?
It turns out there is more than fish in the river. A dragon lives there, too. When Cai accidentally nets the dragon, surprising things are bound to happen.
Thomas Allen uses the Chinese legends of water dragons to show us the wonder and trust of children everywhere. Sarah Madsen turns her considerable talent toward making the Chinese landscape, people and mythical dragon come alive in the accompanying watercolors.
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Book Details
Author: Allen, Thomas
Illustrators: Madsen, Sarah
Format: Hardback with dust jacket, 10" x 8", 32 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9790920-3-9
Publication Information: MoonRattles, 2007, First Edition
The Happy Dragon
Book Synopsis
Jenny is in a bit of trouble. She promised her best friend a Chinese New Year Party, but her parents don’t have time to put one together. They moved from China to the United States in the last year and finally opened their restaurant. Life is going well, but they are busy.
With the help of her friend Emily, her paternal grandmother NaiNai and her little brother Sean, Jenny devises a plan. It will take a lot of work, but they may just be able to pull off the Chinese New Year Party.
Through colorful illustrations and a fun story, we learn not only about Chinese New Year traditions, but also the special power of family and community in all our lives.
USD $16
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Authors: Bucher, Heatherly and Menking, Amanda
Illustrators: Menking, Amanda and Fisher, Sean
Format: Hardback with dust jacket, 10" x 8", 32 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9790920-1-5
Publication Information: MoonRattles, 2006, First Edition