Catching the Moon - Softcover

Goldberg, Myla

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0989752704 ISBN 13: 9780989752701

Publisher: Velocipede Books, 2013

Synopsis

From the bestselling author of BEE SEASON, a memorable book for children. Every night, when the moon comes out, an old woman sits and fishes with rod, reel and...a mouse? Whoever heard of such silliness? No one else would fish in the dark! But the Fisherwoman knows what she's doing, and everyone else will soon find out. A book that explores the unlikely friendship between a salty old woman and the sweetest man in the night sky, CATCHING THE MOON shows the unexpected pleasures to be found when people come together.

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About the Author

MYLA GOLDBERG is the author of the bestselling Bee Season, a 2000 New York Times Notable Book. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2—Each night, the old Fisherwoman casts her rod into the moonlit waters near her home. The Moon looks on and notices that she usually comes up empty-handed. At the new moon, he pays her a visit, wearing sunglasses and hiking boots as a disguise. Each new moon thereafter, he makes additional visits, enjoying tea and conversation with her. He learns that she is really trying to catch him. The high tides are destroying her home and the dock on which she sits. To appease her, the Moon sends the woman a large can of a very luminescent paint. As she paints her cottage, she asks the moonbeams to keep the tides away from her home. This charming book has a wonderful melding of text and illustrations. The deep purples and blues of the nighttime scenes counterbalance the glowing yellows and golds of the moon. Some of the paintings almost glow in the dark. In one, the Moon's light can be seen seeping under the closed door and through the keyhole. In another, its glow brilliantly enhances the woman's laughing face, making her homely features beautiful. Goldberg's text flows almost like the tides and includes words that will gently stretch a young child's vocabulary, e.g., crustacean, luminous, and guffawed. This delightful book is not to be missed.—Elaine Lesh Morgan, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR
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Edition details

• Publisher: Velocipede Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0989752704
• ISBN 13: 9780989752701
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 50
• Illustrator: Sheban Chris