Lin Yi’s Lantern

Summary of Book

Lin Yi's mother has sent him to the local market to buy food for the Moon Festival, but what he really wants is a red rabbit lantern. Will he barter well enough to be able to buy one? Benjamin Lacombe's vivid illustrations are the perfect complement to Brenda Williams' gentle story.

Author Biography

I have loved poetry since, as a small child, I found my first 'Rupert' book in my Christmas stocking! At first, it was wonderful just to 'read' the delightful pictures of Rupert and his many friends. Later, as my reading skills grew, I began to enjoy the written words, but once I discovered the two rhyming lines under each picture I was hooked! How fantastic it seemed, to condense all that text into two simple lines of poetry. Its very brevity held its own appeal.