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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Also known as the Moon Festival, this harvest festival falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar. That's October 6th in 2025 of the Gregorian calendar. It's celebrated as Chuseok in Korea, Tsukimi in Japan, and Tết Trung Thu in Vietnam.

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  • Chuseok

    a Good Harvest Festival

    Habib, Grace,
    This board book uses simple phrases and cute illustrations to show the traditional activities and foods that Koreans have for their Mid-Autumn Festival.
    Board Book, 2025New York, NY : Little Bee Books, [2025] — EI INFANT Habib Grace 08/2025
  • An insanely adorable rabbit family enjoys the day together celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival.
    Book, 2024New York : Penguin Workshop, 2024. — E FICTION Shum Benson 08/2024
  • A wonderful, sensitive story about a family coming together to grieve. Mindy's grandfather dies shortly before Chuseok (a Korean holiday similar to Thanksgiving). When she travels with her dad and stepmom to Korea, she experiences her first Korean…
    Book, 2023New York : Aladdin, 2023. — J FICTION Lee Lyla 09/2023
  • Thanking the Moon

    Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

    Lin, Grace
    Ma-Ma, Ba-Ba, and their three daughters set up a night picnic for their Moon Festival celebration.
    Book, 2010New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2010. — EP Lin Grace
  • The Moon Rabbit

    a Celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival

    Wong Nava, Eva,
    With colorful and detailed illustrations, this book has the most detailed retelling of how Chang-E became the Moon Goddess.
    Book, 2025Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2025. — E FIC WongNava Eva 08/2025
  • The Shadow in the Moon

    a Tale of the Mid-Autumn Festival

    Matula, Christina,
    Ah-ma tells her granddaughters the legend of the moon goddess and why they celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
    Book, 2018Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2018] — E FICTION Matula Christin 05/2018
  • Ruby's family, which has both Chinese and Jewish ancestry, combines their Mid-Autumn Festival and Sukkot celebrations.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — E FICTION Matula Christin 09/2024
  • When Marcus's family moves from Berlin to Shanghai, he celebrates both the Jewish harvest festival, Sukkot, and the Chinese harvest festival, the Moon Festival.
    Book, 2015Minneapolis, MN : Kar-Ben Publishing, [2015] — E FICTION Hyde H. 12/2015
  • Moon Messenger

    Yue Liang Xin Shi : a Family Reunion During the Mid-autumn Festival : a Story Told in English and Chinese

    Wei, Jie (Children's author)
    Maomao asks the moon to deliver a message to his dad.
    Preloaded Audiobook, 2021[Fairfax, Virginia] : [Library Ideas, LLC], [2021] — E TALKING BOOK Wei Jie BILINGUA CHINESE
  • A family stays up late together for the Moon Festival. The parents tell their daughter the tales of Chang-E the moon goddess, Wu-Gang the woodcutter, and Jade Rabbit. (Note: this is not the most common version of Chang-E's story.)
    Book, 2013Victoria, BC, Canada ; Custer, WA, USA : Orca Book Publishers, 2013. — E FIC Seto Loretta
  • In this book, the Mid-Autumn Festival takes a backseat to the mystery of which family member is secretly eating mooncakes. It's part of the Storytelling Math series, which teaches various math concepts through diverse protagonists.
    Book, 2025Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2025] — E FICTION Yim Natasha 09/2025
  • Set in the time when China was ruled by a Mongolian Emperor, a young girl volunteers to deliver mooncakes that contain a secret message.
    Book, 2024Concord, MA : Barefoot Books, 2024. — J PICTURE Chow Sapphire 10/2024
  • Simple, straight-forward sentences explain what the Mid-Autumn Festival is and how it is celebrated in different places.
    Book, 2024North Mankato, Minnesota : Pebble, a Capstone imprint, [2024] — J 394.264 Collins 01/2024
  • Feasts of Good Fortune

    75 Recipes for a Year of Chinese American Celebrations, From Lunar New Year to Mid-Autumn Festival and Beyond

    Chou, Hsiao-Ching, 1972-
    This incredible cookbook is a collaboration between Hsiao-Ching Chou, a Chinese American food journalist, and her daughter, Meilee Chou Riddle. The introduction thoroughly covers key ingredients, equipment, and techniques used in Chinese cuisine.…
    Book, 2024Seattle : Sasquatch Books, [2024] — 641.5951 Chou 12/2024
  • Giving Thanks With Halmoni

    Celebrating Chuseok, the Korean Harvest Festival

    Choi, Kathleen,
    Book, 2025Brooklyn : Red Comet Press, 2025. — J 394.26 Choi 10/2025