Book Launch for Grace Lin's Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Congratulations and best wishes to award-winning author and illustrator Grace Lin on the upcoming launch of her newest novel Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. The launch takes place today, Saturday, June 6th at 5:30 pm at the Porter Square Bookstore in Cambridge, MA. Grace will be there reading and signing her books as well as giving away some very unique goodie bags! Amongst other things, each bag will contain a homemade, boxed cupcake and one of these cupcakes will have a coin baked inside it. Grace says that the person who has the cupcake with the coin in it will win their name or likeness in an upcoming book. How exciting is that!
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a Chinese folktale-inspired fantasy novel geared towards kids in Grades 3 -6 and is being printed in full color, which is very unusual for a novel. An overview of the book states:
In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her
parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man of the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life’s questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man of the Moon to ask him how she can change her family’s fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer.
This is a wonderous novel with an epic journey and memorable characters in the tradition of The Wizard of Oz. From the beautiful design and the breathtaking full-color illustrations throughout, to the gentle humor and touching prose, this book is truly a gem.
To get a sneak preview of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, click here. Check out Grace’s blog to read about her book launch preparations!
(Author photo taken by: Alexandre Ferron)
June 6th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Wouldn’t it be great to be there? Imagine biting into that coin!
June 7th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
I just got a review copy of the book and am looking forward to reading it!
June 8th, 2009 at 3:07 am
This looks great! I can’t wait to see it in my hands. Great idea about baking a coin in a cupcake. Fun!
November 17th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Check out Grace’s blog to see her paintings of the kids that were lucky enough to find coins in their cupcakes. http://outergrace.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-my-desk-monday_16.html They will appear in Grace’s upcoming book Thanking the Moon due out next Fall.