Monica wants to play with the moon, but she can’t quite seem to reach it. This story literally unfolds as the pages extend both outward and upward, and readers will empathize with Monica’s longing for the moon as well as be reassured by her father’s willingness to try to make her dream come true.
Carle scores again with this stunning 4.2" wide by 5.75" tall mini picture book, drawn in thick, brilliant brushstrokes of blues and greens and reds that dazzle the eye. Ingeniously designed with several fold-out pages, the books opens out horizontally to show a very long ladder Papa fetches, opens vertically to show him climbing the ladder above a very high mountain, and unfolds into a huge spread of the full moon, where the ladder has led Papa. A splendid introduction to the monthly lunar cycle, this is also a wondrous work of art that will stand up to countless readings.
Hardbound, 40 pages
