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Discuss how strong readers have lots of questions when they read. Some are superficial and others are critical to understanding the story and compel us to keep reading. As you read, list the questions you generate. Sort them into regular and burning questions.

In one column of a T-chart, list the words used to describe the moon. In the other column, list words for describing the sun.

Sometimes the illustrator uses three small pictures to show a sequence of events. Describe what occurs in these vignettes. Practise using sequencing language such as first, next, then.

Write a class book, retelling the story from the perspective of the moon.

In this story, people feel sleepy all day because of the moon. Find and organize the words about sleeping and feeling sleepy. 

Sometimes the illustrator uses three small pictures to show a sequence events. Describe what occurs in these vignettes. Practise using sequencing language such as first, next, then.

Research information about the moon and its effect on the earth. On a T-chart, sort information into true and fictitious.

How to Catch a Star, The Moon Jumpers, Yuck, a Love Story, Sidney, Stella, and the Moon, Earth and Sky

Mots-clés

Fantasy , Picture book , day and night , everyday life , imagination , moon

Commentaire descriptif

Children will love this fun story about a day spent in night. The young narrator wakes up to find the moon hovering in her backyard. The whole town is affected, as they try to conduct a normal day’s business in sleepy darkness. The language is lyrical, humorous and rich with imagination. It describes the moon’s texture (“cold and chalky”), dozy muddles at school (“1+1=moon”) and the tide that seeps into the backyard (“The tide came in, smooth and thin, and settled underneath our moon.”) Realistic illustrations depict the surreal moments. Set in shiny black pages, coloured pencil and wash effects glow with nighttime light. Just by opening the book, readers are enveloped in a dark and beautiful world. The girl watches from below, as her parents try to dim the moon with blankets and tablecloths. In the end, the family takes the moon to the top of a hill (“. . . we drove with the moon in our window that night”) and as they drive away, the moon grows smaller, “and it was a good night everywhere.” Clever, convincing and gorgeous, this book is a tour-de-force.