Papa, please get the moon for me

Picture Book
Title: Papa, please get the moon for me
Author/Illustrator: Eric Carle
Age Level: 5-8
Rating: 4 out of 5

Summary
This book is a story about the love a father has for his daughter, Monica.  Monica wants to play with the moon but she cannot reach it.  Her father then gets a very long ladder and climbs up to the moon, but the moon is too big for him to take. So he waits for the moon to get smaller and smaller and takes it back to his daughter for her to play with.

Opinion
I think that this is just another wonderfully written and illustrated picture book by Eric Carle.  His work is always done so well and I still love reading his books today, as well as my child study student.  The illustrations in this book are very vibrant and unique.  The background of each page is done in a blue/green color that looks as if he just swiped his paintbush across the page which makes for a really appealing look.  I also loved how the book had some pages where you could open the page even further to see illustrations and parts of the story that were supposed to be expressed much more dramatically than the others.  I read this with the student I work with and she absolutley loved this book.  She was so excited every time she came to a page where she had to open it up and see what was inside.  I also think that the story is relatable to children because it has to do with the relationship that a son or daughter has with their parent and how their parent will try and do whatever makes them happy.

I would definitly keep this book in my classroom library along with all my other Eric Carle books because I think that children really enjoy reading them.  This book is very appealing and may give children the creative mind to try and create an Eric Carle book just like this with the pop-up pages and everything.  This may be a fun activity for students and a way for them to really experience creating their own work as an author.


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