Hello, Moon!
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Join a boy and the moon in a fun good night story!In this perfect read-aloud story, a little boy warms up to the moon at bedtime. They have a sweet rapport, with the boy talking to the moon as if it were any other potential new friend.The boy asks the moon if it enjoys some of his favorite activities--and they share in some, like pretending to be pirates, together. But then the boy starts to think big. Can the moon see the city? Can the moon see the whole wide world? What are the moon's friends like? Soon the boy grows tired, says good night to the moon, and falls asleep.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bedtime can be lonely, even with a pet cat for company, so a boy decides to chat with the moon outside his window. His questions, and the imaginary play they inspire, range from quotidian ("Do you like chocolate ice cream?) to philosophical (he imagines Moon has a "billion, trillion gazillion" friends, "But they're all so far away"). This is a sweet book, with lush, dense acrylics Cort's gorgeously blue night sky makes every other color glow and a comforting message that even a literal dark night of the soul will give way to a more confident sense of self ("I'm here" the boy tells the moon before drifting off, "Anytime you want to talk"). But despite the conceit, Simon (the Horrid Henry books) and Cort (Aliens Love Underpants!) don't make the Moon much of a focal point. When the boy wonders whether the Moon likes to pretend it's a pirate, it dons an eye patch, but most of the time it's absent from the boy's reveries altogether or a placidly smiling figure in the sky, more distantly maternal than buddy-buddy. Ages 3 5.
