Sunday Sparkle - A Big Mooncake for Little Star
A quiet Sunday Sparkle read of A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin, a nibble-by-nibble tale of why the moon changes shape, with Allison spotting the recipe on the last page and picking her own pastry flavor.
The words below follow the recording when you press play.
What the cast said
Welcome back to StoryBeam, the daily podcast where imagination shines bright.
I'm Kat.
I'm Allison. Happy Sunday Sparkle!
It is time for Sunday Sparkle, our favorite time to slow down, get cozy under the covers,
and look up at the glowy night sky.
Today our StoryBeam is shining a soft starry light on A Big Mooncake for Little Star by
Grace Lin.
Little Star bakes a huge mooncake in the sky, but takes little nibbles.
Pat pat pat, nibble nibble nibble.
Her mama baked a giant mooncake and hung it in the night sky to cool.
But Little Star just can't resist a tiny late night treat.
Let's watch how the moon changes shape night after night.
Let's get our ears on.
I've got mine.
Ready?
Three.
Two.
One.
Let's read!
Here the cast reads A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin. The book's own words stay with its author and publisher, so that part of the recording is not written out. Press play to hear it.
In the last page, you can see Little Star making the mooncake with her mommy and all the
ingredients you need.
That's right, very good.
What a magical explanation for why the moon waxes and wanes from a big round circle down
to a tiny crescent.
It's just Little Star eating her delicious mooncake.
Co-host, if you could bake a pastry shaped like a star or the moon, what flavor would it be?
Um, cotton candy flavor.
Cotton candy flavor, that sounds delicious.
I wouldn't be able to resist that either.
Grown-ups, for another breathtaking bedtime story, steeped in folklore and stunning art,
our StoryBeam suggestion is...
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle, a classic and magical story about a father who
tries to bring the moon down from the sky for his little girl.
Pure bedtime magic from one of the greatest picture books illustrators who ever lived.
Check our show notes for the title.
Send us your favorite book requests.
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Sweet dreams and starry wishes tonight.
Rest easy, dream big, and thank you for spending another magical week with us on StoryBeam.
And don't forget...
Keep on reading!
Bye!
After the story
The cast's after-story: the moon waxes and wanes because Little Star keeps nibbling. Look at tonight's moon together and decide how many nibbles are gone.
If you could bake a pastry shaped like a star or the moon, what flavor would it be?
Little Star remembered the mooncake instead of her mama's words. When is it hard for you to remember a rule?
Look at the moon tonight. Is it a whole mooncake, a half, or just crumbs?