Moonlight
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Chase the silvery light of the moon across the sleeping world in this elegant modern lullaby.
At once profound and playful, this bedtime story follows the moonlight as it travels across the globe. From jungle to sea, from ocean to valley, from distant lands right to your own window. The simple, lullaby-like text is sure to encourage sweet dreams.
With elegant, bold illustrations featuring large blocks of color in a gentle blue and green palette and a foil-stamped jacket, Moonlight is a perfect gift for young readers and art-lovers alike.
Award-winning author and illustrator Stephen Savage turns his talent to hand-cut lino prints, creating a sophisticated, appealing exploration of the moon's nightly journey, sure to be a family favorite for years to come.
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Something is on the move," writes Savage (And Then Came Hope) in an opening line that lures readers through a series of linocut settings. Rendered in a limited palette of cool hues—from teal to deepest navy—with accents of gleaming white, the world is composed of alluring and allusive shadows, shapes, and textures: a dense rainforest, a tropical seashore, the deck of a ship, a bank of clouds, an alpine landscape, a train depot, and, finally, an urban neighborhood. As the pages turn, readers mull over what is it that "streaks through the forest then slips—// tumbling over/ a waterfall, swirling/ down a river," and "hides behind/ a cloud,// then catches a passing plane." An intimate final scene in a child's bedroom reveals the answer, though the book's title is certainly a tip-off. With the six-sentence text providing an almost incantatory counterpoint to the pictures' clean, geometric lines, and bold, flat colors, this is a lovely bedtime meditation on themes of universality, a shared planet, and quiet wonder. Ages 4–8.
