by Eric Carle
Who doesn't love Eric Carle? He's written some of our very favorites like The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Brown Bear, Brown Bear. But Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me is one of his best, I think, and it's my #6 pick. The story is about a little girl who wants to play with the moon and asks her father to go get it for her. The father tries and tries and eventually reaches the moon, only to find that it's too big to take home. So, he waits until it gets smaller. This story appeals to children on many levels. It teaches about the cycle of the moon. The illustrations are brilliant, like all of Eric Carle's books, and it even has several interactive, fold-out pages. The language is beautiful and the story is emotionally touching. We received this book from one of my best friends. I'm so glad she shared it with us.
Someday, perhaps when Lindsay (daughter #2) is a little bit older, I'd like to take both girls to the Eric Carle Museum, a museum totally dedicated to picture book art (in Amherst, MA). How cool would that be?
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