{"id":6199,"date":"2009-08-26T22:06:04","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T02:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=6199"},"modified":"2014-05-19T22:22:49","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T02:22:49","slug":"moonlight-memoirs-remembering-that-family-and-friends-are-forever-by-maggie-mei-lewis-illustrated-by-melody-lea-lamb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/moonlight-memoirs-remembering-that-family-and-friends-are-forever-by-maggie-mei-lewis-illustrated-by-melody-lea-lamb\/","title":{"rendered":"Moonlight Memoirs: Remembering that Family and Friends are Forever by Maggie Mei Lewis, illustrated by Melody Lea Lamb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/08\/Moonlight-Memoirs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29557\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/08\/Moonlight-Memoirs-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"Moonlight Memoirs\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a>Two young mice, out &#8220;on a cold, lonely night,&#8221; meet a mysterious older mouse who leads them to a magical place where &#8220;departed loves ones&#8221; appear to remind the two adventurers that they will never be alone. &#8220;They&#8217;re not truly gone, but watch over you forever; \/ Always guardian angels, not doubting you ever,&#8221; the older mouse gently intones.<\/p>\n<p>While the adorable tale is a sweetly useful title to help teach children about loss, the back story is perhaps even more interesting. The teenage author, a Chinese adoptee, decided at age 13 that she wanted to write a book. Not only did she produce a story some six months later, but on her own, she even managed to find herself an artist on eBay (!!). Seeing their daughter&#8217;s determination, her parents decided to start their own publishing company and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moonlightmemoirs.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Moonlight Memoirs<\/a> <\/em>becomes available for distribution today!<\/p>\n<p>Young Lewis&#8217; &#8220;experiences of losing birth family, friends, pets, and grandmother,&#8221; writes her publisher mother in the attached news release, &#8220;gives Maggie remarkable insight to relate this timeless message of hope to her readers.&#8221; Indeed with such insight for one so young, we&#8217;ll certainly be on the watch for the fledgling author&#8217;s future endeavors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Children<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two young mice, out &#8220;on a cold, lonely night,&#8221; meet a mysterious older mouse who leads them to a magical place where &#8220;departed loves ones&#8221; appear to remind the two adventurers that they will never be alone. &#8220;They&#8217;re not truly gone, but watch over you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,21,6,60],"tags":[6608,75,10,11,2610,2611,2612,64],"class_list":["post-6199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-children-picture-books","category-chinese-american","category-fiction","category-nonethnic-specific","tag-bookdragon","tag-death","tag-family","tag-friendship","tag-maggie-mei-lewis","tag-melody-lea-lamb","tag-moonlight-memoir","tag-pets-animals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Moonlight Memoirs: Remembering that Family and Friends are Forever by Maggie Mei Lewis, illustrated by Melody Lea Lamb - BookDragon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/moonlight-memoirs-remembering-that-family-and-friends-are-forever-by-maggie-mei-lewis-illustrated-by-melody-lea-lamb\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Moonlight Memoirs: Remembering that Family and Friends are Forever by Maggie Mei Lewis, illustrated by Melody Lea Lamb - BookDragon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two young mice, out &#8220;on a cold, lonely night,&#8221; 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