Stories that quietly connect us.

The Mid-Autumn Festival

The night of the full harvest moon, when children carry lanterns and families share something round. Three things carry most of it at home: walk with a lantern after dark, put something round on the table, and tell one story about the moon.

• Once Upon a Mid-Autumn Moon in VietnamEleven bedtime tales of Tết Trung Thu, the children’s lantern festival. Ages 4–10, one story a night.
• Once Upon a Mid-Autumn Moon in ChinaEleven tales of mooncakes, riddle-lanterns and the Jade Rabbit, where the festival began. Ages 4–10.
• Once Upon a Mid-Autumn Moon in SingaporeEleven tales of one moon over many neighbours. Ages 4–10 — and there are six more countries.

Eight countries have their own edition — Vietnam, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore and Malaysia. Each is one country, eleven stories, with a word search and a coloring page after every tale.

The first weeks of school

The nerves usually arrive before the first day does. This one follows a small panda through fourteen days of a new school year, one virtue at a time — holding the gate for a friend, asking a brave question, telling the truth.

• Little Panda’s First Days Back to SchoolFourteen days, five virtues, and a panda who is nervous about the new year. Read-aloud for ages 4–8.
• The Journey of the Little Panda: Premium CollectionAll seven powers, 35 stories and coloring pages — the same panda, for the rest of the term.