The Moon Tonight is a children’s book and was written by Jung Chang-hoon and illustrated by Jang Ho.
Summary: This book explains the moon phases and lunar cycles as viewed from earth.
My Thoughts: I didn’t care for this book. It is educational, but the words were not engaging, and the book really didn’t hold my interest.
The book description states this is a story of a father and daughter discovering the moon together, but I failed to see that in the book-not even in the pictures. There wasn’t a real story line, and the book felt disjointed throughout. It was very much here is what the moon looks like now. Here is what it looks like now.
The different phases could have been tied together more smoothly, and I found myself wanting to speed through it just to finish.
I actually found it most interesting when the author began to talk about how people tracked the moon in the past, and I think that would have been a better way to bring more story to this book.
If it would have started with early humans and how they tracked the moon, and then tied it forward in history to today, it would have made for a more engaging story.
I did like the questions and answers section as it had good solid questions children might ask along with interesting answers. That section would have made for a great book as well had it been drawn out.
And, I did enjoy the pictures. They were very unique and I liked them.
Overall, I think I liked the idea of this book better than the execution, and I don’t think it would engage most children-even if they really enjoyed learning about the moon.
I would like to thank Blue Dot Kids Press for providing me with a free digital copy of this book in exchange for my review.
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