About This Book:
A gorgeous picture-book ode to wonder and safety, told in cumulative rhyme and with earthy illustrations evoking brick brownstones and crisp autumn skies. In a galaxy spiraling white, on a small blue planet with a moon so pretty, in a green park in a bustling city, a little girl sits on a blanket with her family, eating a sandwich, an apple, and chips. Equipped with telescope and space book, Violet gazes up into the great beyond, imagining a rocket ride to the stars . . . and a soft, sleepy return to her blanket. Lyrical and meditative, this is the perfect picture book to savor and share during a late-night picnic under the moon—or anytime.
*Review Contributed By Karen Yingling, Staff Reviewer*
Somnolently Repetitive Bedtime Tale
I can see this being a popular title with young children who like the repetition of the poetic lines like “the tiny blue planet with a moon so pretty”. There’s a sort of Goonight, Moon quality to this verses and the pictures; perhaps the repetition is a great way to lull children to sleep. Try this one at bedtime along with Hegarty’s Night Night, Little Ones, Burke’s Don’t Turn the Page, Wynter’s Everybody in the Building, and Norman’s Hush Little Trucker.
