A trio of peaceful, gentle, moon-centered stories. Another that would have gone delightfully with this theme is Floyd Cooper's beautiful sepia-toned Max and the Tag-Along Moon, but it was just a smidge too long, and I wanted to try and include a nonfiction title as often as I could with these themed storytimes.
Footprints on the Moon
Mark Haddon, illustrated by Christian Birmingham
ISBN: 9780763644406
The author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time presents a lyrical (and hella long, but we skipped pages like mad) exploration of watching the original moon landing, and being comforted by knowing that regardless of the changes here on earth, the footprints on the moon will endure for centuries.
Moon Plane
Peter McCarty
ISBN: 0805079432
A small boy watches a plane fly at night and spins a fantasy about flying up to the moon.
Kitten's First Full Moon
Kevin Henkes
ISBN: 9780060588281
Kitten wanders around in a luminous night and has kitten-sized adventures chasing after the "little bowl of milk" that is the full moon, having a few accidents, but ending safely at home.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Summer Reading Program 2014. Week 2: Mad Science (special program) & Moon
Our official Summer Reading Program this afternoon is a special event - a performer is coming in and doing a Mad Science Magic Show for us, and that means I'm off the hook for doing that program this week - but I still have to do a Space-themed program for my little ones this morning. However, we're picking Space up again later in the summer for our make-up week, so I went off on a slight tangent for our little ones today, and we read about the moon today.
Footprints on the Moon
Mark Haddon, illustrated by Christian Birmingham
ISBN: 9780763644406
This book is so pretty. I think the overall message is a bit sophisticated for this age-group, but they enjoyed the beautiful pointillist paintings, and the surface story is simple enough - a young boy longs for the moon, and even when he grows up, he loves knowing that the footprints on the moon are nearly eternal.
(Side note, the author also wrote the middle-grade/YA book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time which also recently got a National Theatre adaptation by Simon Stephens and Marianne Elliot.)
Happy Birthday, Moon
Frank Asch
ISBN: 0689835442
An old but excellent read, and fairly short and straightforward, with simple line and color to balance the richness of the other two. Bear wants to give the moon a birthday present, so he first tries to figure out when it is and what to give, and then later a mishap occurs, but all is forgiven. Bonus points for having an echo as a key plot point - I love doing echoes.
Max and the Tag-Along Moon
Floyd Cooper,
ISBN: 9780399233425
Max has to leave his grandpa's house one night, and he already misses him, but grandpa assures him that the moon will always shine for him "on and on" through the night. And it's true, as Max travels the (very long way) back home, the moon sticks with him all night, until clouds roll in and cover it up. Max is sad, now missing grandpa AND the moon, but as he settles in to sleep in his bed, the clouds fade away and the moon is still there, reminding Max of his grandfather, and helping him sleep peacefully. African American family and a lovely lullaby story with exceptionally beautiful painterly illustrations.
Footprints on the Moon
Mark Haddon, illustrated by Christian Birmingham
ISBN: 9780763644406
This book is so pretty. I think the overall message is a bit sophisticated for this age-group, but they enjoyed the beautiful pointillist paintings, and the surface story is simple enough - a young boy longs for the moon, and even when he grows up, he loves knowing that the footprints on the moon are nearly eternal.
(Side note, the author also wrote the middle-grade/YA book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time which also recently got a National Theatre adaptation by Simon Stephens and Marianne Elliot.)
Happy Birthday, Moon
Frank Asch
ISBN: 0689835442
An old but excellent read, and fairly short and straightforward, with simple line and color to balance the richness of the other two. Bear wants to give the moon a birthday present, so he first tries to figure out when it is and what to give, and then later a mishap occurs, but all is forgiven. Bonus points for having an echo as a key plot point - I love doing echoes.
Floyd Cooper,
ISBN: 9780399233425
Max has to leave his grandpa's house one night, and he already misses him, but grandpa assures him that the moon will always shine for him "on and on" through the night. And it's true, as Max travels the (very long way) back home, the moon sticks with him all night, until clouds roll in and cover it up. Max is sad, now missing grandpa AND the moon, but as he settles in to sleep in his bed, the clouds fade away and the moon is still there, reminding Max of his grandfather, and helping him sleep peacefully. African American family and a lovely lullaby story with exceptionally beautiful painterly illustrations.
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