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Will Hillenbrand

The Moon Might Be Milk Hardcover – March 15, 2007

by Lisa Shulman (Author), Will Hillenbrand (Illustrator)

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Rosie wonders: What is the moon made of? Cat thinks the moon is a saucer of fresh milk, spilled from the sky into puddles on the ground. Dog thinks it’s a pat of sweet, creamy butter. Butterfly thinks it’s made of sugar: sticky and sparkling and oh, so sweet. But Gran knows best. Using milk, butter, sugar, and other ingredients, she shows Rosie how to bake moonshaped cookies and captures a magical piece of the moon in her very own kitchen.

This classic-in-the-making from Gran’s hearth is sure to inspire family baking and sharing. Sugar cookie recipe included.

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PreSchool-K—As Rosie watches the full moon sink in the sky, she ponders what it is made of. Cat thinks it is a saucer of milk, but Hen says it's an egg from which chicks hatch to become the stars. Butterfly says it's made of sugar; Dog thinks it's a round pat of butter; and Mouse believes it is made of white flour, which makes clouds when the wind blows. Finally, Gran settles the matter by mixing a batch of moon-shaped cookies, using all the ingredients mentioned in a satisfying, tasty resolution to this story that has wide appeal. Childlike illustrations in soft patterns and colors complement the delightful whimsy.—Sally R. Dow, Ossining Public Library, NY
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*Starred Review* Awakening before dawn, Rosie looks past the cat on her windowsill to the moon and says, "I wonder what it's made of." Cat replies that the moon is a saucer of milk. Rosie concedes that it might be, but she gets dressed, goes outside, and asks several other animals the same question. Hen thinks that the moon is an egg. Butterfly believes it's made of sugar, Dog says "butter," and Mouse is sure that it's made of flour. Each animal joins Rosie on her quest. Finally, they arrive at Rosie's grandmother's house, where Gran combines milk, egg, sugar, butter, and flour to make moon-shaped sugar cookies, satisfying everyone. The mixed-media artwork features Hillenbrand's strong, distinctive lines that define the characters, colors that range in intensity from brilliant to muted, and a rich array of patterned surfaces that make the settings varied and vivid. Though some of the illustrative elements fade into the background, even the shadows here contribute to the storytelling. The story reads aloud well, and in an open-ended conclusion, Rosie asks a new question for readers to explore on their own. The final page offers a recipe for Gran's Sugar Cookie Moons, for those who want to extend the story into the kitchen. Carolyn Phelan
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

Item Weight : 15.2 ounces
Hardcover : 32 pages
ISBN-10 : 0525476474
ISBN-13 : 978-0525476474
Product Dimensions : 10.3 x 0.39 x 10.36 inches
Publisher : Dutton Juvenile (March 15, 2007)
Language: : English
Reading level : 3 - 6 years

Best-sellers rank #1,789,582 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#3,800 in Children's Multigenerational Family Life
#10,864 in Children's Nature Books (Books)
#58,062 in Children's Animals Books

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Jasmine Robinson

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Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2015

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Wouldn't have purchased if I knew it was s library book

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WHAT A SWEET AND THOUGHTFUL STORY THIS ONE IS.

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2012

"The night was almost gone, and a large round moon sank
in the sky. Its bright light poured through the window, waking
Rosie.
`Look at the moon,' she said to Cat. `I wonder what it's made of.'

It is the cat's opinion that the moon is a large saucer of fresh milk. "It spills from the sky into puddles on the ground.' Rosie is not at all sure so she and Cat go ask Hen and then Butterfly, and then Dog, and then Mouse. Each of Rosie's animal friends have a different answer; sugar, flower butter, an egg! Who can answer the question?

Grandmother of course, and they all troop off to grandmothers house to ask what the moon is really made of.

This is one delightful and mellow tale of adventure and curiosity. I hate to use the word "sweet" but it is the only one that will really work here. No high adventure, no alien beings, no zombies, no wretched social issues to deal with...just a good old nice sweet story. I have to tell you that I like that. Having read this remarkable book to quite a number of little ones, I can assure you that they also think quite highly of this story.

Woven into the story is a good lesson for the kids; people have different ways of perceiving their surroundings - it is sort of like the old story of the thee blind men describing an elephant having never actually seeing one before...only feeling the different parts of the elephant. We do most of our learning through our experiences and not everyone has the same experiences. The thoughtful adult reader can come up with a very nice little lesson on tollerance here.

The writing is simple, but not to simple; hovering just off the edge where a few change in the wording could place it in the complex category...it is just enough to challenge the wee ones and force them to have to think, not only of the story, but of the rather delightful syntax. The artist, Will Hillenbrand will be familiar to those who are familiar with children books. His illustrations are exciting, everything is in constant motion is a mellow warm way. I like this man's work.

In addition to the story told here, the author has thrown in a very nice recipe at the end of the book for sugar cookies (one of my favorite) which is simple enough that it would make a great project and cooking lesson for the little ones.

I do like this book.

Don Blankenship
The Ozarks

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Two boys' review: A nice bedtime story with a bonus recipe

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2009

After a rough streak of mean-spirited picture books we came across this simple treasure, "The Moon Might Be Milk" by Lisa Shulman and illustrated by Will Hillenbrand.

The story follows a little girl named Rosie as she tries to learn what material makes up the moon. Along the way, animals make suggestions (e.g. the cat thinks it is milk, the hen thinks it is an egg). By the book's end, include all of the ingredients necessary to make "Gran's Sugar Cookie Moons," which Rosie and her grandmother enjoy together.

The story's simplicity isn't a negative. In fact, it makes a nice change of pace for my two sons (ages 6 and 4), who love picture books and stranger stories like The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales .

In summary, this book is a wonderful bedtime story. The recipe at the end of the book is a nice bonus.

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Liamsmama

Sometimes awkward language, but my son loves it!

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2007

Some of the phrases are awkward and there is a bit of stilted sentence structure... I like my preschoolers books to be well written grammatically and I actually amend a couple sentences when I read it to my 2.5year old... that being said, he loves this book. It's been one of his top requests for the past 2 weeks. The illustrations are simple and colorful, and I do like the cute recipe included... we will be making these cookies soon.

Three Star Update: tried the recipe and it is not very good at all... surprised and disappointed... going to have to use another sugar cookie recipe in place of the one in the book, which is a shame bc part of the fun was reading the illustrated recipe at the end of the book.

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MaliaMacDiarmid

charming, good illustrations and recipe included

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2007

Lisa Shulman has come up with another wonderful book to read to your children or students. The illustrations are very good, colorful and suit the story. My children are older now, but they liked the story and my daughter wants to include it in her babysitting fun-box. I liked the fact that I was surprised by the grandmother turning everyone's idea of what the moon was made of into ingredients for a cookie and I especially liked having the recipe at the end. I found myself thinking about my grandmother, she would have loved this book. She always had freshly made cookies for our visits; if she'd had a book like this, she would have incorporated it into our family traditions, calling sugar cookies "moon cookies," pointing to a fingernail moon and asking "who took a bite out of the moon?" This book reminded me how much fun it is to cook with your children--an activity which has the added bonus of eating the end result. The only negative about this book? Now every time I see a full moon I get a craving for cookies.

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Charming

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2019

We love this book. It is delightfully charming, gentle and sweet. Borrowed from the library and our 3 and 6 year olds enjoyed it so much that we're getting our own copy for home.

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