The Moon Rabbit: A Celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival

(Hardback)

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A stunning keepsake re-telling of the Chinese myth behind the Mid-Autumn Festival. This captivating picture book tell us the story of Chang'e the Moon Goddess, the Moon Rabbit, and her tale of love, immortality and magic.

Meilin asks her mother to tell her, once more, the story behind the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival the story of Change and the moon rabbit; a tale of nine scorching suns, a brave archer, an ancient queen, an elixir of life and a doomed love. Readers will be as captivated as little Meilin by Eva Wong Nava's stunning version of this legend in Chinese mythology, which has been brought to life on the picture book page by extraordinary new talent, Jason Chuang. With enormous imagination and breathtaking beauty, Eva and Jason have made the ultimate gift book for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

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Eva Wong Nava combines degrees in English Literature and Art History, and writes stories that explore identity, culture, and belonging. Eva has done many things in life but writing remains her favourite thing to do. She has written an award-winning middle-grade novel and several picture books including I Love Lunar New Year, illustrated by Li Xin, and Dancing Dumplings for my One and Only, illustrated by Natelle Quek. Eva has been a speaker at the Asian Festival of Childrens Content on writing about diversity and representing marginalised voices. A passionate collector and reader of picture books, she teaches the art of picture book writing at Picture Book Matters. Eva writes full-time and lives in London with her family and two scampering squirrels. Find her on Instagram or on X as @evawongnava.


Born and raised in Taiwan, Jason Chuang moved to the UK when he was 15 and subsequently pursued an illustration degree at Falmouth University, graduating from his Visual Communication Masters degree at Royal College of Art in 2021. Jasons practice focuses on the exploration of human emotions through the creation of symbolic imagery, coating them with elements of the absurd and poetries. Find him on Instagram at @JasonChuangArt, or on X as @art_chuang.