Meet Me At The Moon
Author and Illustrator: Gianna Marino
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This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the enchanting story of a baby elephant waiting for its mother’s return, as she goes to ask the skies for rain.
Mama reassures little one that she is always there and to listen for her song on the wind and feel her love in the warmth of the sun. After the rains come they will meet again where the moon meets the land.
Gianna says, “I have always been fascinated by the sources of our ideas for stories, especially stories for children — written by adults, sometimes for children and sometimes, in my case, for more personal reasons.”
The powerful themes of interconnectedness, love and of remembering a loved one who is not present are deep and precious concepts. Meet Ne At The Moon is thoughtfully written with tenderness and great beauty.
The artwork is gorgeous showing both animals and dramatic African landscapes in rich emotive colours and detail. A jewel of a book that every child should have the chance to know.
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Book details
- Hardcover: 40 pages
- Publisher: Viking Juvenile
- Publication Date: 29 March 2012
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0670013137
- ISBN-13: 978-0670013135
- Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 10.9 x 9.4 inches
- Age Range: 2 – 6 years
Underbelly – “A vulnerable or unprotected part, aspect, or region.”
“This led me to revisit the most powerful, meaningful, and touching stories from my childhood, the ones that made me laugh out loud or the ones that scared me or those that reminded me of a sweet, long-forgotten childhood memory. How, I thought, could I do that in my stories? How could I touch that underbelly for my readers and be vulnerable in my writing?”
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