Sun and Moon

K-Gr 2— Moon wants to spend one day—just one day—being the sun. Moon sees his world as boring and lonely, for it is dark and everyone is asleep during his nightly watch. In comparison, Sun's life seems so much better, with beautiful flowers blooming, children playing, even tigers sunbathing. So, Moon asks Sun to trade places. Sun agrees, but only on two conditions. First, the trade is a permanent one and second, Moon "must spend an entire night in the sky looking very closely at the earth —closer than [he] ever has" before deciding. Moon is thrilled and agrees immediately. Carefully watching through the night, he notices things he never saw before. Down on earth below, there is a lively nighttime carnival, foxes waking to the hunt, children in their beds dreaming, blossoms on the baobab tree, fireworks, and so much more. It is all so fascinating that Moon decides he wants to do nothing more than to spend his time "enjoying the exciting and wonderful things that [come] to life in his moonlight." The artwork, which combines collage, cut-outs, porcelain block, and inks, is expertly used to create a beautiful and stunning modern-day folktale. The detailed, stylized artwork is perfectly in tune with the text.