Moonday
Falling asleep on the ride home one night, a girl awakes in her bed the next morning to find the moon she’d been admiring through the car window is now in her own backyard. “Morning had missed us. In darkness, the town awoke and went to work.” Everyone is moonstruck without even knowing it. The teacher writes “1+1=moon” on the board. People yawn and drift through the day. Meanwhile, the girl’s mom hides the moon under a patchwork of blankets, and the tide drifts into their yard. Adam Rex’s picture book is a beautifully balanced blend of words and pictures. The spare, lyrical storytelling takes a funny premise and makes it softly surreal, so that the humor is sleepy and muted and perfect for the dreamlike tone of a story that ends with another car trip, to lure the moon back into the sky. The girl falls asleep in the car once again, setting up the idea that it’s all just a dream. But what a dream! ©2014 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Adam Rex
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-8
Age Range:
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Bedtime
Dreams
Humor
Imagination/Imaginary Play
Space/Astronomy
Publishers:
Disney, Hyperion
Publish Year: 2013
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781423119203
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Rex