Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
Loading... The Moon's Almost Here (2016)by Patricia MacLachlan
None Loading...
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Patricia MacLachlan and Tomie dePaola, what's not to like. ( ) The pairing of MacLachlan, a multiple Newbery medalist and DePaola a Caldecot Medal recipient, yields a marvelously written, stunningly beautiful illustrated tale about a man and his son walking during the gloaming time when the day is transitioning into night and the animals and nature prepare to sleep. In soft illustrations, the tone is set for quiet. In a lullaby like rendering of the tale, this is a delightful book to read to a child at bedtime. As the sky turns from white and blue to darkness, all is quiet, all is calm, all is lovely. And as the mama bird sings her babies to the nest before the bright moon fills the sky, father, whose face is painted white like the character Pierrot, carries the weary child as he falls asleep while the moon looks over all and blesses all with light in the darkness. Much like a huge night light of a worldly bedroom, the images show the necessity and beauty of rest. no reviews | add a review
Notable Lists
Illustrations and rhyming text follow an assortment of creatures as they make their way to a nest, the shore, or a porch while the day comes to an end and the moon begins to rise. No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsNone
Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |