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Title: Papa Please Get The Moon For Me by Eric Carle ISBN: 0-689-82959-0 Publisher: Little Simon Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Board book Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.61 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: What a great dad!
Comment: This book is the beautiful story of a dad who goes to all lengths for his daughter - he actually gets the moon for her!
In typical "Carle fashion" this book expands (as the moon appears to do), the pages ascend ever higher (as the moon ascends in the sky). As with Carle's other stories you don't just hear them and see them - you FEEL them. I love the motion in this book. The tenderness of the gift from father to daughter and the representaion of the child's joy in playing with the moon. This story has a wonderful opening, fantastic struggle and beautiful ending. I especially enjoy how the moon itself is a character in the book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Blue moon, you see it standing alone
Comment: You hear about this sometimes. An artist becomes so famous and influential that they're eventually able to go back to some of their earlier works and (to their mind) improve them. Steven Spielberg did it with "E.T." Singer/songwriters are constantly reinventing their old classics. Eric Carle did it with "Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me". And though I usually object heartily to artistic preferences changing old classics that technically belong to the masses (ya hear that Speilberg???), in Carle's case I'm willing to make an exception. Changing a mildly interesting story into a complicated (but hearty) pseudo pop-up book, Carle has recreated his art the only way an artist should: he has made it better.
Following in the tradition of such children-asking-their-parents-for-the-moon classics as "Many Moons" (highly recommended!), in this simple story a girl asks her father to please get her that large circular piece of rock in the sky. The father complies, hauling out the longest ladder anyone has ever seen and taking it to the tallest mountain in the world. Initially depressed by the fact that the moon is (surprise!) too large to bring to his daughter, the father is eventually comforted by the moon itself. It tells the man that if he just waits for it to wax and wane, it'll become a manageable size in no time. This turns out to be the case and the little girl is delighted when the father hands her the sliver that is the moon to play with.
The book flap says that by reading this book, children will come to realize that, "even a seemingly unreachable goal can actually be attained". I dunno about that. If that's the moral of this story, then I want no part of it. No, the message I received from this tale is that a man will sometimes move heaven and earth to bring his children the things they want the most in the world. They might not always succeed, but if a man were able to get the moon for his daughter, he'd do so.
Carle's illustrations are classic Carle. I'm personally a little lukewarm on him. The pictures here are a little more swirly and paint based than his usual cut paper concoctions. The book flap mentions that for the reissue of this book Carle, "created new illustrations for his original story", so I do not know how much he has changed. If the pictures are lovely, however, they are merely a compliment to the book's real joys. Pages in this story fold out to reveal the enormity of the father's task. A single ladder, once the pages are unfolded, takes over a four page spread. And the moon itself, when at its full capacity, opens up to become larger than the book that holds it. The effect is stunning and enjoyable for those kids that love interactive pictures. Nicest of all is the durability of the paper used for these effects. I'm sure we've all seen the effects a three-year old can wreak on a pop-up book it loves. I took this book, published in 1986, from my local library and the pages STILL work just as well as the day they were made. If that's not sturdiness, I don't know what is.
Should you be scientifically inclined and you object to such notions as a moon being physically smaller when it is but a crescent, avoid this story. If, on the other hand, you enjoy a good fold out pop-up book enlivened by colorful cut-out illustrations as much as the next guy, then I highly recommend this delightful piece of lunar propaganda. It is certain to be beloved of millions of star gazing children worldwide.
Rating: 5
Summary: My 19 MO daughters favorite book
Comment: Every night my daughter wants us to go outside and look for the moon. When I saw this book I knew I had to get it and she LOVES it. We change the name from "monica" to our daughters name, and when you get to the moon pop-out page she always laughs and screams and jumps. I also recommend "The night moon fell down" - another wonderful favorite.
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Title: Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle ISBN: 0698116321 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: From Head to Toe Board Book by Eric Carle ISBN: 0694013013 Publisher: HarperFestival Pub. Date: 31 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Very Busy Spider Board Book by Eric Carle, Benjamin ISBN: 0399229191 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: August, 1995 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle ISBN: 0805053883 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle ISBN: 0064434508 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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