Meet Me at the Moon

by Gianna Marino

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During a dry time, Mama leaves Little One alone while she climbs the highest mountain to ask the skies for rain, but she promises that her love will remain all around.

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Gorgeous illustrations add depth to a simple story about a mother elephant who must leave her baby for a short time. The writing is just on the wrong side of precious for my taste, but I have to admit it's a beautiful book.
This is a touching story of a mother elephant having to leave her baby elephant alone for a week or so, to go "ask the sky for rain." During the time she is gone, she promises to be watching the same star as her baby and always thinking of him. It is an easy to understand and relatable book for small children. Myself and the children I read this to enjoyed this book. It is a very good way to explain how mothers may have to leave their babies for a short while (for work or what have you), but they always come back and think of their babies the entire time they are gone.
While I wish the author had better explained exactly why the mama elephant had to leave her baby in order get the rain to come, the illustrations in this book are absolutely amazing. There are some amazing quotes about love, and I have to admit I cried while reading this! Extrapolations can be made about how sometimes parents have to leave their children in order to bring about better things (i.e., going to work, etc) but there will always be a special bond between mama and child.
This is a sweet story about a mama elephant who must leaver her baby for a while to ask for rain since the land has dried up. She gives her baby things to think about so he can remember her and tells him to meet her where the moon meets the horizon. This book teaches that it's okay to be sad and miss someone when they leave, but they will come back. This book could go with a geography lesson about Africa's dry and rainy seasons.
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A sweet story of mama going away for a time, but always coming home. I work far from home, and this story was a sweet reminder that no matter how far I go, or how long I'm gone, I will always come home to my baby. The illustrations are sweet and add to the story in beautiful, warm, heart-like tones. Definitely recommended.
This book blew me away, of course I am a little partial to mother/child stories; they just make me so happy. Meet me at the moon is a cute little story about a mama elephant and her baby being away from each other for a period of time. The moon is what connects them through distance, and when they meet again your heart will melt. The illustrations were very well done also, so this book really hits the top of my list.
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This book tells the story of a mother going on a journey to talk to the gods about the lack of water on their land. although little one was sad, the mother gave little one somethings to look for so that little one knows mother is with him. I think this was a good book for students that have parents away from them. I love that it has elephants at the characters because they play an important role in my life. Would suggest this to teachers and i would have it in my personal library as well.

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Picture Books, Children's Books
DDC/MDS
813.6Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English2000-
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PZ7 .M33882 .MLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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