Hello, Harvest Moon
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (690 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0618164510 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
For a little girl and her cat, it is an invitation to enjoy the wonders of the night and a last flood of light before the short days of winter set in. While tired farmers and their families are in bed, the harvest moon silently climbs into the sky and starts working its magic. It is time to hunt, to work, or to play in the shadows. With an evocative text and radiant illustrations, this companion to Twilight Comes Twice offers a glimpse of nature’s nightlife long after bedtime.. For some, it is the nightly signal to rise and shine
Five Stars mg love it. "Really nice harvest story!" according to Maggie. Our son and we really like this book a lot!!!It is very hard in my opinion to find really beautiful children's books theses days, that do not talk down to children or assume they show no interest in the seasonal changes and nature anymore.This book conveys autumn nights beautifully, we love to cuddle up in bed and read this!. the illustrations are really pretty, but it ends there the illustrations are really pretty, but it ends there. the prose, if you could call it that, is awkward and wordy. it also remarks on the moon being thought of as "the eye of a god" - however you feel about that. i didn't care for it at all and i haven't read it to my kids once.
Warm hues evoke homey, autumn scenes. Kiesler's luminous oil paintings portray the luscious moon glow, and a refrained use of brush stroke captures the mystery of nighttime when the familiar world becomes exotic, dazzling, and alive with nocturnal life. From School Library Journal PreSchool-Grade 4-In this lyrical offering, the harvest moon rises on a quiet neighborhood and bathes the silent streets in brilliant lunar light. A young girl and her cat play hide-and-seek by its light, a pilot flies her plane in near-daytime brightness, and a night watchman wonders if he'll need his flashlight. . It illuminates corn and wheat fields, inspires luna moths to perform ballet in the crisp air, and casts a silver shadow on the red and orange autumn trees. Imaginative metaphors add to the text; as the moon sets, it sprinkles "silver coins like a careless millionaire." Careful use of second-person narrative draws readers into the text. As morning nears, the moon sets in daylight and the child and