Moon: A Peek-Through Picture Book

Pretty, and I like seeing the moon going through its cycle, and the various habits are cool, and what different critters do by moonlight.

But isn't it kinda weird how all the picturebooks act like the moon is only out at night? As if the sun and moon were balanced, and you could only ever have just one of the two?

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This book was great. I love the idea of a peek-through book because it keeps the reader engaged. In this particular book, the phase that the moon was in progressed as you went along throughout the story. I especially loved this because just like a story develops, the moon did, too. The book also rhymed, which is a great style in children's books. It helps to set a certain rhythm about the book that also plays a huge role in the engagement and interest of the reader. I loved this story, and loved the style that the author chose, so I would definitely recommend it both as a mentor text, and just a leisure read!

The moon shines down on animals in deserts, forests, tropical beaches, and Arctic tundra. What do animals do at night? What does the moon in their night skies look like?

The rhyming text introduces each animal in its habitat, each page in this peek-through picture book features cut-outs of the moon showing many different stages, waxing and waning across each page of this charming book. Young readers are sure to enjoy watching the moon change shape as they meet the different animals living in the moonlight.

This book is part of a peek-through series that began with “Tree” and “Bee” and “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” It’s perfect for young star-gazers as well as for readers interested in animals and science.

Highly recommended.

Just a lovely book and read. The moon appears throughout the book with the animals looking at it. Simple rhyming story that makes me smile.

A beautifully written and illustrated book about the moon and how animals across the world live and act when the moon is up. The illustrations are vividly magical and the colors are a mesh of blues, greens, and yellows. Each page has a cut out of a crescent moon until the very end when the full moon is mentioned. Super cute book to read to toddlers up until 1st grade.

The much-loved children’s series that began with Tree: A Peek-Through Picture Book brings you 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, show more Ocean, and The Twelve Days of Christmas. show less

This peek-through picture book gives readers the ability to travel with the moon and its light to almost every corner of the world. In this book, the moon is personified, so it gives the reader the feeling they are flying with the light of the moon. This book is great for children because they are able to experience different places around the world at nighttime.