Read Out Loud A BIG MOONCAKE FOR LITTLE STAR 🌕🌟Grace Lin
Join us for a Special Event from The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art!
🌟 Read Out Loud with award-winning author & illustrator, Grace Lin! 🌟
Come join Newbery Honor author and illustrator Grace Lin for a special episode of Read Out Loud, filmed at the wonderful Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art! Start by learning what a mooncake is and have fun moving along with Grace as she shows you how to bake one. Then settle in and enjoy as Grace reads her beautiful picture book, A BIG MOONCAKE FOR LITTLE STAR, a playful story that explains the phases of the moon.
This video was filmed in the museum's East Gallery during “The Art of Grace Lin: Meeting a Friend in an Unexpected Place” exhibition!
🐛 The shelves behind her were inspired by Grace’s real-life studio. 🦋
ABOUT THE BOOK
A Caldecott Honor Book! 🏆
A gorgeous picture book that tells a whimsical origin story of the phases of the moon, from award-winning, bestselling author-illustrator Grace Lin.
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Little Star's soft feet tiptoed to the Big Mooncake.
Little Star loves the delicious Mooncake that she bakes with her mama. But she's not supposed to eat any yet! What happens when she can't resist a nibble?
In this stunning picture book that shines as bright as the stars in the sky, Newbery Honor author Grace Lin creates a heartwarming original story that explains phases of the moon.
About Grace Lin
Grace Lin, a NY Times bestselling author/ illustrator, won the Newbery Honor for “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” and the Theodor Geisel Honor for “Ling and Ting.” Her novel “When the Sea Turned to Silver” was a National Book Award Finalist and her picture book, “A Big Mooncake for Little Star” was awarded the Caldecott Honor. Grace is also an occasional commentator for New England Public Radio, a reviewer for the NY Times, a video essayist for PBS NewsHour, and the speaker of the popular TEDx talk, “The Windows and Mirrors of Your Child’s Bookshelf,” as well as the co-host of the Book Friends Forever podcast. In 2016, Grace’s art was displayed at the White House where Grace, herself, was recognized by President Obama’s office as a Champion of Change for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling. In 2022, Grace was awarded the Children’s Literature Legacy Award from the American Library Association. In 2025, Grace received an honorary doctorate degree from her alma mater, the Rhode Island School of Design and exhibited a career retrospective of her work “The Art of Grace Lin: Meeting a Friend in an Unexpected Place” at the Eric Carle Museum of Picturebook Art.
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