Author: Amy Tan
Title: The Moon Lady
Illustrator: Gretchen Shields
Publisher: Aladdin
Year: 1995
Format: Paperback
Genre: Multicultural
Reading Level: Independent
Interest-Level: Elementary, Early Middle School
Topics: Chinese Moon Festival, Wishes
Summary: The Moon Lady begins with a grandmother named Ying Ying telling her granddaughters a story on a rainy afternoon. The story is about her self many years ago when she was young on the night of the Moon Festival; the night she encountered the Moon Lady. The Moon Lady grants the secret wishes of those who ask.
Extension Activities:
-Talk to the children about the Chinese Moon Festival and the importance of it.
-Have students write down what their three wishes would be if they encountered the Moon Lady and have the students go around and read off their wishes.
