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Once Upon a Full Moon
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Once Upon a Full Moon Hardcover - 2007

by Elizabeth Quan


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Elizabeth Quan's father had made a success in the New World, but he longed for his home in China. So in the early 1920's, he and his family set out on an arduous trip to the far side of the world. By train, ship, ferry, cart, and on foot, Elizabeth, her parents, and her brothers and sisters set off from Toronto to a village in China to visit the grandmother they have never met. From the mountain of luggage to the whales breaching in the Pacific and geishas on wooden sandals on the cobbled streets of Yokohama, Elizabeth Quan describes sights that would captivate any child. But hers is also a journey of personal discovery. Did she fit in in Canada, where her straight dark hair and even the foods she ate set her apart? Would she fit in in China where she was just as different to the people she met? In the course of her family's travels she learns that home is a state of mind and that the moon can find us, no matter where we are.The rhythms of travel and the longing for connection are conveyed in lyrical text and lovely watercolors in a truly memorable book.

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  • Title Once Upon a Full Moon
  • Author Elizabeth Quan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition; F
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Tundra Books (NY)
  • Date April 10, 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9780887768132 / 088776813X
  • Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.28 x 7.37 x 0.47 in (23.57 x 18.72 x 1.19 cm)
  • Ages 06 to 09 years
  • Grade levels 1 - 4
  • Reading level 850
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
  • Library of Congress subjects China - Description and travel, China - Social life and customs - 1912-1949
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Media reviews

"Nothing short of enchanting…"
-The Globe and Mail

Citations

  • Booklist, 07/01/2007, Page 56
  • Multicultural Review, 12/01/2007, Page 83
  • Quill & Quire, 05/01/2007, Page 47
  • School Library Journal, 10/01/2007, Page 138

About the author

Elizabeth Quan is a Canadian watercolorist active in the art scene both nationally and internationally, and has been for over 25 years. She is known for her vital and organic impressionistic works which are included in hundreds of private and corporate collections. She was the last protg of Jack Pollock. Elizabeth holds a BA in East Asian studies from the University of Toronto, and was connected with the Chinese Gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum for six years. She has published two books: Quan, My Life My Art, and The Immortal Poet of the Milo -- three Chinese puppet plays. She was an active puppeteer for many years. She is widowed with three grown daughters and lives in Toronto.
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