"Look--the moon can still shine even when the night is darkest." - When the Moon Forgot, Jimmy Liao
This week I am trying something a bit different on this blog. Instead of the typical book + recipe post, I am going to expand my theme throughout the week to include other books and projects we do that relate to our featured books (yes, two today) and recipe. With school being out we have a lot more time to spend with our books, and more hours of the day to fill with activities.
One of my boys' favorite topics--a subject we return to time and again--is outer space. They are fascinated by our solar system and space exploration. Over the years we've built up quite the collection of space books, from non-fiction to easy readers to fictional picture books. Kids are just fascinated with the moon and stars, even from a very early age.
To begin our week I chose two books that seemed to complement each other in tone and theme: Oliver Jeffers' How to Catch a Star
and Jimmy Liao's When the Moon Forgot
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and Jimmy Liao's When the Moon Forgot. 
1 Comments on ...like the moon and the stars and the sun..., last added: 6/16/2010
You might enjoy The Cow That Got Her Wish by Margaret Hillert. Cow wants to jump over the moon. She tries and tries but fails and fails. Then with the help of Frog (maybe Toad, I can't remember), Cow succeeds.