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  • Moon! Earth's Best Friend (Our Universe #3)

Moon! Earth's Best Friend
(Our Universe #3)

Author
Stacy McAnulty
Illustrator
Stevie Lewis
Publication Date
June 11, 2019
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
Moon! Earth's Best Friend (Our Universe #3)
Description

From writer Stacy McAnulty and illustrator Stevie Lewis, Moon! Earth's Best Friend is a light-hearted nonfiction picture book about the formation and history of the moon--told from the perspective of the moon itself.Meet Moon! She's more than just a rock--she's Earth's rock, her best friend she can always count on. Moon never turns her back on her friend (literally: she's always facing Earth with the same side!). These two will stick together forever. With characteristic humor and charm, Stacy McAnulty channels the voice of Moon in this next celestial "autobiography" in the Our Universe series. Rich with kid-friendly facts and beautifully brought to life by Stevie Lewis, this is an equally charming and irresistible companion to Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years and Sun! One in a Billion.

Publication date
June 11, 2019
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781250199348
Lexile Measure
510
Publisher
Henry Holt & Company
Series
Our Universe
BISAC categories
JNF051040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Astronomy
Library of Congress categories
Moon
Solar system

Publishers Weekly

In a companion to Sun! One in a Billion, an anthropomorphic Moon--rendered by Lewis as a friendly figure with doe eyes and a sweet smile--announces that it is BFF's with Earth (an equally affable figure who shows its appreciation for Moon with a tender half hug). "We have been together since the beginning. Almost," Moon begins. It describes how it came into existence (from a giant impact with "baby Earth"), explains the moon's phases, and details the way that gravity "pulling on Earth's oceans" causes the tides. Moon provides facts about itself and about various planets and their moons, while clearing up misconceptions and myths (it doesn't go away during the day, and cows don't jump over it). McAnulty conveys complex concepts in a gentle, clear manner that provides readers with a solid foundation for learning more about the galaxy. Ages 4-8. (June)

Copyright 2019 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission.

Stacy McAnulty

Stacy McAnulty is a concerned Earthling, a lover of all things science-y, and the author of over thirty books for young humans, including the nonfiction chapter-book Save the People! Thwarting Human Extinction. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, three kids, and three dogs.

David Litchfield is the author-illustrator of the award-winning The Bear and the Piano as well as the illustrator of numerous picture books, including Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years and Ocean! Waves for All by Stacy McAnulty. He lives in Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom.

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