
BfK 137 November 2002
Price: £7.99
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Genre: Picture Book
Age Range: Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Length: 32pp
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Reviewer: George Hunt
ISBN: 978-0099432944Price: £7.99
Publisher: Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noonGuaranteed packagingNo quibbles returns
Genre: Picture Book
Age Range: Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Length: 32pp
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The Moon Jumpers
Illustrator: Maurice SendakA sparse, haunting text interleaved with seven double pages of Sendak’s crepuscular paintings present a vivid description of the rise of a full moon and of the awe and joy this arouses in a family of young children.
The story is told in brief, tersely poetic sentences, using an incantatory historic present. The pictures convey exhilaration, enchantment, a tinge of danger and a resigned return to bed. This is a simple, exciting and reassuring book.