Customer Reviews

And If the Moon Could Talk

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I love this book! The pictures are amazing--the text, more like poetry than prose. To me, it is so beautiful that it actually makes me a little weepy.

Best of all, my 19-month old son brings it to us again and again (saying "moon, moon"). It's one of the few "bigger-kid" books he will actually sit through!

To me, it is nothing like Goodnight Moon (which we also love)--it is a whole different category!

I would like to give 10 stars. This is certainly the nicest book I ever read to my children, and we have so many books at home. They are so fascinated with the poetic text and the beautiful indoor and outdoor artwork. This book is clever, delicate, profound, moving. It makes children dream and learn. I am sure it will be around for as long as Goodnight Moon has been with us. This is a unique masterpiece and people here in France have understood that : the book is sold out.

Night is falling and inside a house a little girl is getting ready for bed. Her father reads to her, her mother tucks her in. She sees and hears all the familiar, comforting house sights and sounds, closes her eyes and begins to dream. Outside, the moon is watching over the world. And if the moon could talk, it would tell of woodland creatures hurrying home for supper and sand blowing in the desert, waves crashing on the shore, birds safe in their nests and lion cubs safe with their mother. It would talk of stars coming out to shine on the world and a little girl curled up with her stuffed rabbit, fast asleep. And if the moon could talk, it would whisper, Good Night..... Kate Banks has written a lovely, simple bedtime story full of imagery and magic, pre-schoolers will want to hear again and again, night after night. Her soothing, understated text is beautifully complimented by Georg Hallensleben's lush and expressive artwork and together they've authored a story that will capture your youngster's imagination as he/she are lulled gently to sleep. And If the Moon Could Talk is a must for all home libraries and is sure to become a classic in the years ahead.

One of our favorite books for over and over reading to our 2 year old. The artwork is brillant, a mass of colors and impressions. The text is fun to read, though there's so much in the artwork that it's easy to ad-lib.

This is a fantastic child's book! It is gorgeously illustrated with mysterious, lush, beautiful night scenes; the text is rhythmic, soothing, subtle poetry of the highest quality. I've been reading this book to my niece for three years and she loves it still! When she was four I'd read it to her and she would get to "read" the refrain "And if the moon could talk" each time it appeared. When she was five and six she'd read it with ever-increasing ease as she learned to read; now that she's seven we alternate pages, but she still has her favorite parts she will not allow me to read--she insists on having those pages to herself. We imagine we live in the beautiful town, assigning houses to grandma, uncles, cousins. This is a book to treasure!

This is my 21-month-old son's absolute favorite book. Since finding it in our library a week ago, it is the only book that he lets me read to him at bedtime. Hallensleben's lush and dreamy illustrations, along with Banks' carefully chosen text works like magic to lull our little guy into a deep, peaceful sleep. If I dare put the book down for a second or suggest another book, he gestures wildly until I return to his favorite. Hallensleben is a remarkable artist, and adults and children alike are transported into his magical world. I can't wait for this and two other Banks/Hallensleben collaborations to arrive in the mail.

There is an abiding peace about this book. The inevitable comparisons to Hurd understate the differences between the two, especially the more impressionistic art of If The Moon Could Talk. We return to it again and again.

The paintings (you just can't call them pictures) in this book are lovely and peaceful. The text is poetic and beautiful. It is made to read at bedtime. My son is a bedtime resistor, but he loves to pull this book out and have it read to him. It is a wonderful transition to sleep.

This is one of my very favorite picture books, as it is equally enjoyable for children and adults. This treasure of a book is aesthetically pleasing to both eyes and ears, and its message sweet, imaginative, and meaningful. The paintings are richly colorful and simply beautiful, and the text is lyrical and soothing. It's a perfect bedtime story that begs reading again and again and again.

This perfect bedtime book is utterly charming. The colorful, impressionist-like artwork is terrific -- full of familiar animals and objects that the little readers can find and point out. The text is nearly poetic as it moves deftly from the real world to the world of imagination, and inexorably, toward sleep and dreams. Our son and daughter (21 months and six months old respectively) both love it. A must have for all parents who make reading to small children a bedtime ritual.