Moon (Peek-Through Picture Book)

by Britta Teckentrup (Author)

Moon (Peek-Through Picture Book)
Next in the much-loved children's series that began with Tree: A Peek-Through Picture Book is an elaborate book with peek-through holes that show the moon's different phases with each turn of the page. Over deserts and forests, Arctic tundra and tropical beaches, the moon shines down on creatures around the world. Children will love discovering how it changes from day to day as the lunar cycle is shown through clever peek-through holes, each revealing the moon in a different size and shape. It's the perfect light nonfiction book for young stargazers--and an ideal bedtime book, ending with a giant moon hovering over a sleepy town hunkered down for bed. Look for all the books in the Peek-Through Picture Book series: Tree, Bee, and The Twelve Days of Christmas. Nominated for the 2019 Kate Greenaway Medal "young readers will delight in finding the many creatures on every page. . . . A lovely addition, perfect for bedtime and one-on-one sharing."--School Library Journal"The author's rhyming text includes well-chosen language that delights the ear."--Kirkus Reviews
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Publishers Weekly

Die-cuts reveal the phases of the moon as it waxes and wanes in this companion to Tree and Bee. "Have you ever wondered why/ The moon shines in the nighttime sky?" writes Hegarty as the book opens. "How every creature, plant, and tree/ Is subject to its mystery?" Teckentrup's grainy-textured images reveal the nocturnal worlds of animals in a variety of habitats that include the desert and a beach where turtles amass to lay their eggs under a full moon (oddly, the moon blinks out and becomes a new moon on the following page). Though readers won't learn much about the animals or moon itself, it's still a dramatic and poetic nighttime journey. Ages 3-7. (Feb.)

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School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1--The moon provides a unifying theme for a whirlwind tour around the world's habitats, including the desert, the ocean, the jungle, the icy arctic, and many more. With every page turn in this follow-up to the similarly illustrated Tree, readers are taken to a new location lit by a moon that gradually ebbs and then wanes, the result of clever die-cuts on almost every page. The illustrations are clearly this work's heart and soul--indeed, Hegarty, the author of its charming rhymed couplets, receives credit only in a tiny mention in the copyright note. And the illustrations certainly merit close study. Textured brushstrokes and a palette that ranges from basic black to blues and even greens convey the subtle differences of the night sky from place to place, while young readers will delight in finding the many creatures on every page. The final spread brings readers home to safe houses under a large, warm crescent moon, making this a comforting bedtime choice. VERDICT A lovely addition perfect for bedtime and one-on-one sharing.--Sally James, South Hillsborough Elementary School, CA

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Review quotes

"young readers will delight in finding the many creatures on every page. . . . A lovely addition, perfect for bedtime and one-on-one sharing."—School Library Journal

"The author's rhyming text includes well-chosen language that delights the ear."—Kirkus Reviews
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781524769666
Lexile Measure
760
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Publication date
February 20, 2018
Series
Peek-Through Picture Book
BISAC categories
JUV029000 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | General
JUV009100 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Seasons
Library of Congress categories
Animals
Moon
Toy and movable books
Stories in rhyme
Night
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / General
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Astr
Phases
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Concepts / Seasons

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