Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)

from Maria.Vasquez

The context from this book was very interesting because it clearly shows how kids understand differently from humans, especially stories. Also, it was amazing to see how Minli decides to go explore and experience the real world without any other intention but help her parents, Personally, I enjoy...

from oapostrophe

Minli's mother often sighs with dissatisfaction at her familiy's lack of wealth. Her father is a teller of stories. Minli loves to hear her father tell his stories. One day a goldfishman comes to their little town on Fruitless Mountain and Minli spends one of her two coins on a goldfish. Her moth...

from shelf-employed

Grace Lin, as talented an artist as she is an author, illustrates her own novels; and it shows in the way that her cover art and drawings so expertly convey the mystical, magical feeling of her book, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. The jacket art draws the reader in; and, thumbing through page...

from mirrani

An amazing book on Chinese culture that seamlessly blends the folk tales into "reality" as the main character, Minli, goes about making her way through the world to seek a fortune for her family based solely on the stories her father has told her in the past. Along the way we meet characters who ...

from ejmust

Minli sets off on a quest, leaving Fruitless Mountain and her parents, in order to find the answers from the Old Man in the Moon on how to find fortune for her family that lives in poverty. This fantastical journey is filled with delightful characters that help Minli, and try to stop her, on her ...