This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of a young Chinese boy, Lin Yi, who longs to be able to buy a red rabbit lantern for the occasion of the Moon Festival - a traditional Chinese mid-autumn festival when families gather together to watch the full moon rise and celebrate with special cakes, poems and lanterns. He must bargain hard at the market if he is to have enough money left from his errands to buy the coveted rabbit lantern. His story is followed by a short example of a moon fairy legend, along with instructions on making a Chinese lantern, and an afterword describing the traditional markets that are the centre of many small rural towns.