Courtesy of wikipedia.comBook Summary: This book is about a King always gets his princess daughter anything she asks for. When she asks for the moon, he is stumped. He brings in all of his important advisors and asks for help. When he finally gives up, he tells his woes to the court jester. The court jester comes up with the solution of just asking the princess what she actually expects to receive. This is cute tale solving tough problems with simple solutions.
APA Reference:
Thurber, J. (1943). Many moons. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers.
My Impressions: This book does a good job of showing how simplicity is sometimes the best option. When we're banging our heads against the wall, we usually find help in the least likely of places. The illustrations are more modern and any of today's students would like this book.
Professional Reviews:
PreSchool-Grade 3-- Although the Caldecott-winning edition illustrated by Louis Slobodkin (HBJ, 1943) is the one that many parents and librarians grew up with, this new full-color version by Simont has a charm of its own. His illustrations are more modern in appearance, although the essentially periodless style of dress on the characters has the timeless look that this literary fairy tale demands. Backgrounds are generally sketchy, giving the characters center stage. The clever Jester, dressed in fool's motley, is still the only one of the King's advisors who has the sense to ask Princess Lenore just what she expects when she asks for the moon. The pompous Lord High Chamberlain, the skatty Wizard, and the absent-minded Mathematician are as helpless as ever, and the little princess with her common sense and gap-toothed smile is charming. This will delight a whole new generation of children. --Rosanne Cerny, Queens Borough Public Library, NY
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable
edition of this title.
Professional Review Reference:
Cerny, R. (1991). Many moon. School Library Journal, Retrieved from http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/
Library Uses: This book could be used in guidance lessons to show we shouldn't give when it seems nothing is going right. Help might be just around the corner. Another use could be in teaching predicting outcomes.
Library Uses: This book could be used in guidance lessons to show we shouldn't give when it seems nothing is going right. Help might be just around the corner. Another use could be in teaching predicting outcomes.
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