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- Format: Hardcover
- Publication Date: 9/1/2010
- Pages: 40
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My mommy hung the moon.
She tied it with string.
My mommy's good at EVERYTHING.
The ninth children's book by the #1 New York Times bestselling team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell is a celebration of unconditional love between mother and child. Mommy is the best at everything: Not only does she carpool, untangle kites, steal bases, and bake cookies, she also seems to light up the sun with her love. Written straight from the heart and illustrated with tender hilarity, My Mommy Hung the Moon: A Love Story is a keepsake that defines the magical relationship a mother has with her son or daughter. So grab the little one you love, and rejoice as the ordinary moments of everyday life become extraordinary because of the magic of mother love.
My mommy hung the moon.
She tied it with string.
My mommy's good at EVERYTHING.
The ninth children's book by the #1 New York Times bestselling team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell is a celebration of unconditional love between mother and child. Mommy is the best at everything: Not only does she carpool, untangle kites, steal bases, and bake cookies, she also seems to light up the sun with her love. Written straight from the heart and illustrated with tender hilarity, My Mommy Hung the Moon: A Love Story is a keepsake that defines the magical relationship a mother has with her son or daughter. So grab the little one you love, and rejoice as the ordinary moments of everyday life become extraordinary because of the magic of mother love.
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2—A child rhapsodizes about how wonderful and amazing his mother is. From the everyday things she can do (drive her kid around, make him feel better, break into spontaneous dance) to the ways that she seems superhuman ("She pours all the seas/and sparkles each star./And then she collects one/in my night-light jar"), the recurring theme is that "My mommy's good at everything." It is a touching sentiment, and definitely universal, if slightly overdone in this case. There is a giddy exuberance in both the text and the illustrations that sometimes seems forced, particularly when the rhyme stumbles ("She feathered the birds./She taught them to chirp./She taught me to speak,/my cousin to burp"). There are moments, however, when the book manages to convey a child's sense of adoration with just the right amount of glee, such as when the mother bakes a "BIG MOMMA BATCH" of cookies, and the illustration shows a conveyor belt filled with cookies representing everything from ET to Mount Rushmore. It's an image that is genuinely funny and indicative of how children look up to the adults who positively influence their lives. While not this team's strongest offering, the book will find a place with mothers and children who want another book to celebrate the special connection they have with one another.—Kara Schaff Dean, Walpole Public Library, MA
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(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Jamie Lee Curtis is the author of eight best-selling children's books that address core childhood subjects and life lessons in a playful, accessible way. Jamie finds the inspiration for her writing all around her - in the experiences of her children, her godchildren, her friends - and of course in her own life. Her first book, When I Was Little, was sparked by her then-four-year-old daughter's boast that she was no longer "little." Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born, a celebration of adoption and the start of a new family, was inspired by the adoption of her own children. And as an author, of course Jamie loves big words and knows that words have power. Her latest book, Big Words for Little People, gives young children the knowledge and power of their own "big words." All of Jamie's best-selling picture books are illustrated by Laura Cornell: Big Words for Little People; Is There Really A Human Race?; It's Hard To Be Five: Learning How To Work My Control Panel; I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off A Little Self Esteem; Where Do Balloons Go? An Uplifting Mystery; Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day; Tell Me Again About The Night I Was Born; and When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth. Jamie is also well known as a film actress, with starring roles in such acclaimed films as Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Freaky Friday, True Lies, Trading Places and A Fish Called Wanda. Jamie is the mother of Annie and Thomas and is married to actor/director Christopher Guest. They live in California.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This well-crafted book deserves a place in your bedtime routine!
Kids, grandkids, nieces and nephews --- whatever your local audience, they'll be delighted by this tribute to Mommy, told in rhymes that your children will quickly learn, memorize and quote back to you...
...Which is one good purpose of the well-told story. Repetition reinforces the lessons we hope our kids will learn --- including the primary lesson here: That the world is a safer place, and a better one, because Mommy shows up for duty day after day, night after night. Moms rock.
Grab it, read it, treasure it. It's well done and beautifully illustrated also!
Dr. David & Lisa Frisbie
The Center for Marriage & Family Studies
Del Mar, California
Kids, grandkids, nieces and nephews --- whatever your local audience, they'll be delighted by this tribute to Mommy, told in rhymes that your children will quickly learn, memorize and quote back to you...
...Which is one good purpose of the well-told story. Repetition reinforces the lessons we hope our kids will learn --- including the primary lesson here: That the world is a safer place, and a better one, because Mommy shows up for duty day after day, night after night. Moms rock.
Grab it, read it, treasure it. It's well done and beautifully illustrated also!
Dr. David & Lisa Frisbie
The Center for Marriage & Family Studies
Del Mar, California
15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I'm an avid reader as are my three children and so i'm always looking for a nice book we can share together even though at 6 , 8 and 16 and all way beyond their grade level reading ability this book was young for them i couldn't resist. I'm so glad i didn't ...
Not only is the story well written and the pictures just beautiful but it touches your heart and makes you want to snuggle in bed and read it with them over and over. We read it back to back several times and i know it's something we'll share many times.
There is nothing as beautiful as the love a child has for their parent and this book expressed that love perfectly. All three of my children think i'm responsible for everything in their world and look to me when there is something they want answered or solved this book expresses that in cute rhymes and honest dialogue.
If you buy a new book to sit and share over and over with your child this is the one, it would also make a beautiful gift for a new Mom.
Not only is the story well written and the pictures just beautiful but it touches your heart and makes you want to snuggle in bed and read it with them over and over. We read it back to back several times and i know it's something we'll share many times.
There is nothing as beautiful as the love a child has for their parent and this book expressed that love perfectly. All three of my children think i'm responsible for everything in their world and look to me when there is something they want answered or solved this book expresses that in cute rhymes and honest dialogue.
If you buy a new book to sit and share over and over with your child this is the one, it would also make a beautiful gift for a new Mom.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
My Mommy hung the moon.
She tied it with string.
My mommy's good at EVERYTHING.
My Mommy Hung the Moon: A Love Story is the 9th book (following 2008's Big Words for Little People) by the I-love-them-so-much team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell and it's just as wonderful as all their others have been. Curtis says that, of the books she's written, this is her favorite and the most personal to her; she calls it "unconditional love in the form of a book."
My Mommy Hung the Moon: A Love Story is a touching tribute to a mother's abundant and seemingly endless powers told in simple rhyming phrases. The reading experience is greatly enhanced by Laura Cornell's giddy and colorful illustrations. As always, Cornell's drawings include a lot of detail; each time you read the story, you're bound to discover something new to smile over.
Not only is this a good choice for parents and grandparents to read with children they love, it would, IMHO, make a great gift for adults to give to their own mothers. I think many mothers would be appreciative of the sentiment behind such a gift.
Curtis & Cornell's books center around the growing child, providing entertaining takes on a child's changing world and some of life's mysteries. They emphasize love, caring and self-esteem. If you're new to their work and would like to check out the the rest of the books, they are:
When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born
Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day
Where Do Balloons Go? An Uplifting Mystery
I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem
It's Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel
Is There Really a Human Race?
Big Words for Little People
I'm happy to add another story by this talented team to my collection.
Highly recommended.
She tied it with string.
My mommy's good at EVERYTHING.
My Mommy Hung the Moon: A Love Story is the 9th book (following 2008's Big Words for Little People) by the I-love-them-so-much team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell and it's just as wonderful as all their others have been. Curtis says that, of the books she's written, this is her favorite and the most personal to her; she calls it "unconditional love in the form of a book."
My Mommy Hung the Moon: A Love Story is a touching tribute to a mother's abundant and seemingly endless powers told in simple rhyming phrases. The reading experience is greatly enhanced by Laura Cornell's giddy and colorful illustrations. As always, Cornell's drawings include a lot of detail; each time you read the story, you're bound to discover something new to smile over.
Not only is this a good choice for parents and grandparents to read with children they love, it would, IMHO, make a great gift for adults to give to their own mothers. I think many mothers would be appreciative of the sentiment behind such a gift.
Curtis & Cornell's books center around the growing child, providing entertaining takes on a child's changing world and some of life's mysteries. They emphasize love, caring and self-esteem. If you're new to their work and would like to check out the the rest of the books, they are:
When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born
Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day
Where Do Balloons Go? An Uplifting Mystery
I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem
It's Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel
Is There Really a Human Race?
Big Words for Little People
I'm happy to add another story by this talented team to my collection.
Highly recommended.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it
Another great book by jamie lee curtis! The pictures are so bright and cute! It is as fun to turn the page and see the pics as it is to read the words!
Published 23 days ago by Katie M. Haverdink
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bright, Rhythmic, Sweet
I pray my children feel that I "hung the moon"! What a sweet book. The illustrations are magical. The words are musical. Good friends gave me this book after I adopted my child. Read more
Published 2 months ago by by Jody Cantrell Dyer, author of The Eye of Adoption, the true story of my turbulent wait for a baby
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sweet, loving story
My three-year-old daughter and I love to read this book together. It is a sweet, touching tribute to the relationship between mommy and child, and a lovely story. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Crysta M. Parkinson
5.0 out of 5 stars
My Mommy hung the moon
My grandson loved the book. His mother reads it to him a lot as a bedtime story to help him fall asleep
Published 4 months ago by christine pfingston
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mommies NEED to hang the moon, right?
my grandniece loves this book because she loves remembering wonderful things her mommy does for her. it's a nice reminder that the parent home all day is more than 'just there'
Published 4 months ago by alexa conway
5.0 out of 5 stars
Buy this for your wife or mom
Simply put this is a fantastic birthday or mothers day gift to give your wife from your children. Fantastic book that will make her melt. Nothing else needs said.
Published 4 months ago by Johnny Drama
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Heartfelt Book Through and Through!!!
Jamie Lee Curtis describes a mother's love and the relationship between mother and child in one of the best ways I have ever seen. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Miss Howe
5.0 out of 5 stars
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Great gift for kids with active moms in their lives. Great message and makes mom feel good! Rhyming even works great with my 2 year old,
Great gift for kids with active moms in their lives. Great message and makes mom feel good! Rhyming even works great with my 2 year old,
Published 6 months ago by Deana Milligton Gast
5.0 out of 5 stars
Adorable, Funny, Heartwarming Book
This is one of my most favorite baby books. The illustrations are quirky and happy, and the message (that kid thinks Mom can do anything) is heartwarming. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Ali
2.0 out of 5 stars
eh, I've seen better....
well... the story is just lame. some of the lines give me the 'dumb chills' when reading it (which isnt often as its not even close to my sons favorite). Read more
Published 15 months ago by M. Wolff
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