The Book of Night with Moon Story in English for Children

“The Book of Night With Moon” revolves around the stories about the moon that have been narrated to kids for decades.

The mythological story about How Moon Lost Its Light is centred on lord Chandra (the god of the moon) who got married to King Daksha Prajapati’s twenty-seven daughters with a condition of treating all of them equally but ended up getting cursed by the king to lose his shine.

Diwali Read Aloud For Kids involves the story stating the significance of the auspicious festival of lights, that is, Diwali! The festival of lights is celebrated with the significance of the victory of good over evil. It is celebrated every year on Amavasya (no moon day), as on this day Lord Rama returned back to Ayodhya with his wife Sita and Brother Lakshmana after completing 14 years of exile and defeating Ravana.

The Book of Night with Moon Summary 

How Moon Lost Its Light: King Daksha Prajapati, son of Brahma, had twenty-seven daughters, who were all married to Chandra, with a condition that he would treat all of his wives equally. Chandra visited the palace of one wife each night as per Lord Brahma’s advice. But Chandra cherished and loved only one of his wives, Rohini, and shone the brightest on the night when he visited her. The other twenty-six wives were sad and felt lost on the moon and complained about this to their father, who cursed Chandra that he would stop shining. Now the daughters regretted complaining to King Daksha.

Chandra, the Moon Goddess

They didn’t want Chandra to get punished but rather be his beloved wife. What they feared now was the question “What if their husband disappeared someday alongside with his powers?”

All day Surya (the god of the sun) nourished Chandra with a divine drink that nourished the gods who lost their source of strength. They went to Brahma for help. On Brahma's recommendation, Chandra chanted the ‘Mrityunjaya’ mantra ten crore times. This pleased Lord Shiva and he partially freed Chandra from his curse. Since then Chandra shines the brightest on certain nights.

Diwali Read Aloud For Kids: Have you ever thought about when and why we celebrate Diwali? It is celebrated in the significance of the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. It is believed that after defeating the demonic king Ravana, Lord Rama along with his wife Sita and his brother Lakshmana, returned to Ayodhya.  As it was the Amavasya (no moon day), all the people lit earthen lamps throughout Ayodhya and celebrated Rama’s victory by decorating the whole kingdom with flowers.  Hence teaching us that the darkness of problems in life can be overcome by the light of confidence and knowledge.

The Origin of Diwali

Moral of the Story the Book of Night With Moon

How The Moon Lost Its Light teaches us to treat everyone equally.

Diwali Read Aloud For Kids says that the darkness of ignorance can be overcome by the light of knowledge and wisdom.

Note to Parents

Parents should teach kids mythological stories which can help them gain knowledge about Indian Mythology. Kids' ability to learn what they see and listen to continues till the age of 15 which grooms their life. Teaching them Indian mythology makes them understand our culture more which is better if it gets started from an early age. The morals and lessons of the story also help kids in developing their character and intelligence.

Conclusion 

The story that we discussed in this article namely, The Book of Night With The Moon is a collection of two stories, one about how the moon lost its light and the other about Diwali, the festival of lights. Both the stories are mythological and throw more insight into India’s mythological history about the gods and goddesses, thus making the experience of reading the stories both fun as well as educational.