NZ Writer and Illustrator
Ned Barraud
Moonman
Craig Potton Publishing
2014 $19.99pb 38pp
ISBN 978 1 9272 1327 8
Themes: Fantasy/ Space travel/ Wishes
Moonman is a lanky, caretaker with a crescent
shaped head whose job it is to sweep the moon and keep it sparkling clean and
able to reflect the mysterious blue planet he longs to visit. An amazingly
imaginative story, in text and image, that nearly all children will relate to
and appreciate it’s tantalising open-ended ending. Older people who share the story
with them will be sure to get the point of the importance of sometimes seeing
where you have come from, from a different perspective and to be able to return
to it - wiser and more content. Nick
Barraud is the illustrator of Under the
ocean, At the beach and In the garden
written by Gillian Candler. He works at Weta Digital as a texture artist and is
hopefully already creating his next picture book for younger childen.
Preschool up/ Age 4 up
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