Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Posted on 22 November 2017 by Grace Lin

In the valley of Fruitless Mountain, a young girl named Minli spends her days working hard in the fields and her nights listening to her father spin fantastic tales about the Jade Dragon and the Old Man of the Moon Minli s mother, tired of their poor life, chides him for filling her head with nonsense But Minli believes these enchanting stories and embarks on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man of the Moon and ask him how her family can change their fortune She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest Source Jacket flap Free Read [ Where the Mountain Meets the Moon ] author [ Grace Lin ] – kino-fada.fr When an author wants to write their first fantasy novel for children, they ll sometimes fall back on the books they themselves loved as kids If they were Alice in Wonderland fans they might go the route of Neil Gaiman s Coraline If they were partial to The Wizard of Oz they could do as Salman Rushdie did when he wrote Haroun and the Sea of Stories As Grace Lin explains in her Author s Note to Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, some of the books she read at eleven were d...My five stars might be misleading I don t think I would have enjoyed this half as much reading it to myself as I did reading it aloud slowly over many nights with an utterly enchanted seven year old hanging on every word It s a magical quest story woven of Chinese folk tales and the author s own imagination, with bits of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz thrown in as well There are a few passages that are near quotations, apparently an homage to Baum s classic which I m guessing was a favorite of Li My five stars might be misleading I don t think I would have enjoyed this half as much reading it to myself as I did reading it aloud slowly over many nights with an utterly enchanted seven year old hanging on ev...Me ha encantado Al principio me recordaba mucho a El mago de Oz o Alicia en el pa s de las maravillas pero r pidamente va cogiendo su propio y nico estilo Est escrito a modo de f bula o cuento tradicion...2010 I am completely floored by this book It is perfect on so many levels at the beginning I was reading it with my three year old son in mind he has a crush on the picture of Grace Lin on the back flap , and the text seemed simple enough for him to understand and enjoy the book But by the end, I was reading for me, having forgotten all about my son, and I was thinking that every mother should read this book When I buy it this was a library copy , my son will have to fight me for it.I lov 2010 I am completely floored by this book It is perfect on so many levels at the beginning I was reading it with my three year old son in mind he has a crush on the picture of Grace Lin on the back flap , and the text seemed simple enough for him to understand and enjoy the book But by the end, I was reading for me, having forgotten all about my son, and I was thinking that every mother should read this book When I buy it this was a library copy , my son will have to fight me for it.I loved the way that folktales came to life in this book, and the stories throughout especially the way they connected and the pictures The only thing I didn t like was the font that the little stories were in Oh, and the fact that this book didn t win the Newbery Medal Seriously, I m kind of mad about that not that it s up to me, a lowly nobody in the middle of nowhere, but this book was so beautifully done in word, story, and message t...This book was beautifully written I found it as much a delight to read as my little one did to have it read to her.Minli is a young girl that lives in a poor village in rural China Under the gloomy shadow of a barren mountain, she and her family toil and drudge to just barely scrape by She watches as her mother growsanddisconten...Read via Overdrive app from the Try something different section Narrator Janet Song 3.5 stars, pleasant voice and good job narrating the story but her voices for different characters sometimes didn t sound all that different A beautiful and heartwarming with a couple teary moments tale Simply but elegantly written, the characters feel like old friends fairly quickly and worm their way into your heart.I don t know what else to say except I enjoyed this one very much It is written Read via Overdrive app from the Try something dif...You know what, nuts to my original review I keep waxing on and on about how wise this book is and it s true, but what s also true is that this is quite a tiny story that can be read or,accurately, absorbed in the space of an afternoon It s just that the sense of wonder transforms that stretch of time intoI don t even know, like a magical leap into someone else s imagination or something, that keeps making me come back and ponder it, trying to philosophize and pin d...I loved this book I love learning about myths from the Asian culture I love how the blurb related this to the Wizard of Oz, and I can see that relationship MeiLi is on a quest, a journey Like Dorothy, she realizes she doesn t need anything from an outside source She has the power within This is such a lovely tone The culture is celebrated and the importance of family is here and I love how nature plays into the story so intricately I enjoy t...We loved this book Beyond the strength of the characters Minli in striking out on her own to change her family s fortune, Ba in waiting and loving and hoping, and Ma in learning to seek forgiveness , there was a beauty to the writing that made reading it aloud a joy.

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22 November 2017

Grace Lin