In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. While her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man in the Moon, Minli's mother chides him for filling her head with stories. But inspired by these stories, Minli spends one of her precious copper pennies on a beautiful goldfish, which is said to be able to change the fortune of the owner. Her mother reprimands her for the silly purchase, but, it pays off when the goldfish talks and offers to show her the path to fortune and wealth! Minli is eventually joined by a dragon who can't fly, and together they set out to find the Old Man of the Moon to ask him to fulfill their dreams.
纽伯瑞获奖作品，中国版的“绿野仙踪”。
这是一个中国女孩的故事。她家境贫寒，听说月山上的老人可以知道过去和未来，改变一个人的财富和命运，就决定去寻找这位老人。沿途她遇见一条深居简出的龙，有很多神奇的遭遇，在这个过程中她懂得了很多关于家庭、财富、人生的道理。
这本书里有很多中国元素，比如金鱼、祥龙、牧童、白兔等等。来自台湾的美国华裔作家林珮思 GraceLin 还特别为每一章节的故事都设计了特别精美的插图，每隔一章就有一个中国民间故事穿插其间。纽伯瑞儿童文学奖的评委会说“月夜仙踪”是...