Change on the Moon

Everlasting Tales is a collection of multicultural fairy tales and folktaleshonoring the stories traditionally passed down through oral tradition by refreshing and preserving them for new generations. Before she was the famous goddess of the moon, she was simply Change. Once upon a time, there lived a kind, beautiful woman named Change. She and her husband, Hou Yi, were deeply in love and existed in peaceful harmony . . . Until, one day, ten blazing suns rose into the sky and threatened everything they knew. But while the two worked together to save the lands from burning upsomeone else they trusted was plotting against them. This epic romance follows how Changes bravery and selflessness saved her people, and why, centuries later, they celebrate her and retell her story all over the world. In the first of the Everlasting Tales collection, multicultural folktales traditionally passed down through oral tradition now refreshed for a modern audience, Katrina Moore and Cornelia Li tell the Chinese legend of Change, the moon goddess. Back matter includes an author's note and a condensed tale in Mandarin for bilingual readers, perfect all year and during mid-Autumn Festival celebrations.