Moon: A Peek-Through Picture Book Hardcover – Picture Book, February 20, 2018

Beautifully illustrated book!

My newborn loves this book. It’s in our nightly rotation.

The book arrived slightly bent, but seems to have straightened itself out in time. This is such a great book. Fantastic artwork and just the right amount of words for my 2 year old.

Beautiful book! I purchased the board book version and was then gifted the hardcover version for our moon obsessed toddler. The colors in the board book version are significantly more vibrant and rich, as well as being a smaller size which encourages independent reading, so if you are wondering which version to get- go with the board book!I feel like the cut outs have a more powerful effect in the board book, as the pages are thicker also. I don't feel like the cut outs hold up well in the hardback edition. We also own 'tree' from the same author, again as a board book and it's a firm favorite. I really wanted to get 'ocean' as well, but it is only available in hard back and the paper the hard back pages are printed on are VERY matte, they seem to absorb all the color and just looks a bit lackluster, especially on darker scenes- to the point of being difficult to read in lower light- so I will wait until they do a board book edition of that before purchasing.

Before my son was born my wife and I painted the wall closest to his crib to depict the solar system amongst a star field. The stars and planets themselves glow at night. Around the 9 month mark he recognized them and would point to the plants and stars. Since then I’ve been buying him books that talk about the stars, planets or moon. I recently stumbled upon this book; Moon. My son is now 21 months old and after reading him this book two, maybe three times he now actively looks for it before bedtime because he wants to make sure I read him this one. What I like about it is that the moon really stands out amongst the dark colored pages. The artist did a great job depicting moonlight for kids. What’s even better when I combine this book with a dim light from the rear it really puts my son into night night mode. The pages are a matte coloring so it doesn’t reflect a lot of light as well.The only small negatives would be that the pages are made of thick paper rather than something more durable. I’m always on the lookout for a stray hand jetting out to grab the moon silhouette and accidentally ripping a page. I’d like to see slightly thicker pages and a slightly smaller frame but that’s me being picky. Truth is that the book is excellent from the writing to the art and your child will probably love it.

Wonderful artworks

Great story book. 3 year old grandson loves it. Great way to teach little ones about the moon. Got the board book - recommended.

Beautiful book. Gave as part of a baby shower gift