Nicholas Debon Arlene Chan
Autore di The Moon Festival: A Chinese Mid-Autumn Celebration
Opere di Nicholas Debon Arlene Chan
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I have encountered the work of illustrator Nicolas Debon before, in Colleen Sydor's Timmerman Was Here, but The Moon Festival: A Chinese Mid-Autumn Celebration was the first book I have read from Arlene Chan. I found it both educational and entertaining, with a wealth of information about the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, the folklore associated with it, and the customs observed during its course. Debon's artwork is lovely, particularly in the section devoted to the story of Hou Yi and Chang O. I've read a number of picture-books about Mid-Autumn Moon Festival at this point - Loretta Seto's Mooncakes, Christina Matula's The Shadow in the Moon: A Tale of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Brenda Williams' Lin Yi's Lantern: A Moon Festival Tale - and a number of them address or include the folklore behind the celebration, often pairing it with a fictional story. Chan, on the other hand, pairs the folklore with non-fictional elements, from the historical legend of the mooncake rebellion to the way in which the festival is observed. The result is an engaging book, one I would recommend to any picture-book reader looking for titles to read at this time of year.… (altro)