Children's Fiction Bedtime & Dreams
The Moon is a Silver Pond
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2019
- Category
- Bedtime & Dreams, Country Life, Size & Shape
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Board book
- ISBN
- 9781459818644
- Publish Date
- Sep 2019
- List Price
- $10.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459818668
- Publish Date
- Sep 2019
- List Price
- $13.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 0 to 2
- Grade: p to 12
- Reading age: 0 to 2
Description
A young child skates, bakes and milks the cow while the moon wondrously transforms above.
The moon is a silver pond when seen through the trees. When they tend the cow, the moon is the milk at the bottom of the pail.
With stunning illustrations by Josée Bisaillon, this simple board book shows children that the way they see the world—by heart, mind and imagination—is just right. Reveling in metaphor, The Moon Is a Silver Pond encourages that magical leap of imagination and asks the reader to look at everyday objects from a different perspective.
Available in French as La lune est un étang d’argent.
About the authors
Les livres de Sara Cassidy ont été finalistes pour de nombreux prix : le Chocolate Lily Award pour Black Gold et Blackberry Juice ; le Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award pour A Boy Named Queen ; le Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize pour Skylark ainsi que le Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature. Deux de ses titres, A Boy Named Queen et Double Play, ont été sélectionnés par la Junior Library Guild. Sara Cassidy a publié de nombreux recueils de poésie, œuvres de fiction et ouvrages documentaires pour adultes. Elle vit à Victoria en Colombie-Britannique.
Josée Bisaillon a illustré plus de trente-cinq livres pour enfants et créé de nombreuses illustrations pour des magazines et des journaux. Elle a été finaliste au Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général à deux reprises et a remporté le prestigieux Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award pour The Snow Knows. Il s’agit du quatrième ouvrage de Josée avec Orca, après My Head in the Clouds et Bedtime 123 écrit par Eric Walters, un succès de librairie. Elle vit en banlieue de Montréal avec sa famille.
Awards
- Commended, Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine - Best Children's Books
Editorial Reviews
★ “A volume sure to jump-start readers’ imaginations and create moon-y, luminous dreams.”
Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Beautiful...The poetic language and cool colours are calming…A classic bedtime read.”
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“Exquisitely illustrated...Both calming and stunning...Board books don’t often get this level of artistic care. Highly recommended for board book collections.”
School Library Journal
“Simple and elegant...Highly recommended for all board book collections.”
CM: Canadian Review of Materials
“Bisaillon's illustrations are truly stunning...A largely successful effort to convey metaphors to young readers.”
Kirkus Reviews
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