To be published July 2015
NZ Writer &
illustrator (both born in Canada – now living n New Zealand) Elizabeth Pulford,
illustrated by Kate Wilkinson Finding Monkey Moon Walker Books, Australia 2015 $24.95hb 32pp ISBN 978 1 9217 2073 4 Themes: Bedtime/ Determination/ Fathers and
sons/ Loss/ Missing toys/ Nighttime/ Playgrounds and Reserves
Monkey Moon, Michael’s favourite and most
loved toy are inseparable. One night when it comes to be seven-thirty and time
for bed, Michael finds Monkey Moon is missing. A great hunt ensues. First it is
round the house but without result and then, Dad and Michael, well bundled up
against the cold, go out into the streets and into the local reserve and
playground. The softly drawn illustrations and the understanding words evoke
the magic of the nighttime and the feeling of a close-knit family. Lucky
Michael to have such a supportive father…
Preschool
up/ Age 4 up
** Tomorrow I am off to Wellington to National Library and to the LIANZA Children's Book Awards. With such a strong list of finalists I cannot start to predict to myself whose names I will be putting here on Tuesday. Watch this space!
** Did you realise that, had she lived, Anne Frank would have been 86 last Friday, June 12th? Would she still be writing? Several new articles about her have appeared over the past two days - just Google her name to find them.
** Tomorrow I am off to Wellington to National Library and to the LIANZA Children's Book Awards. With such a strong list of finalists I cannot start to predict to myself whose names I will be putting here on Tuesday. Watch this space!
** Did you realise that, had she lived, Anne Frank would have been 86 last Friday, June 12th? Would she still be writing? Several new articles about her have appeared over the past two days - just Google her name to find them.
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