Thank You, Moon: Celebrating Nature's Nightlight by Jessica Lanan, Melissa Stewart
ISBN: 0593435079
Genres: Non-Fiction
Format: Picture Book Nonfiction
Source: MSL Book Review
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In a series of thank-yous paired with brief notes on nature, Stewart highlights the influence of the moon on wildlife and the only known instance of direct lunar influence on a plant – the moon stimulates joint pines to exude a sticky sap to draw pollinators when it’s full in July. Towards the end of the book, a brown-skinned child appreciates the beauty of Earth’s only natural satellite. At the end, there is a schematic explanation of lunar phases and  information about the animals and plant that readers encountered earlier in the book. The pictures are rather dark, understandably because it depicts nighttime, making this book a better choice for one-to-one reading rather to a group. Ages 5-7.

Barb Rehmeyer. Liberty Library