I'll Catch the Moon
©Nina Crews 1996 Greenwillow Books, HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 068814134X
About I'll Catch the Moon
The moon! There it is, outside the window, shiny as a new quarter. The child narrator imagines building a ladder to outer space, going up and up, until she can hold the silver circle in her hands. And what a magical time they have together!
Reviews
Using photographs of the moon and of a city's buildings imposed against the dark–blue night sky, Crews creates a mood piece in which a child fantasizes about climbing to the moon and circling the Earth. The photographic collages are stunning and the youngster is charming. She compares the celestial object to the shiny quarter she holds in her hands; remembers the cow that jumped over the moon; fancies the sky filled with helicopters, astronauts, clouds and comets; and imagines herself climbing a great wooden ladder into the realm of night and space before returning to home and family. The book has striking visual images and while there is no strong story line, it does capture and convey a child's power to imagine and wonder. Read aloud by adults, it may encourage discussion of children's ideas about the world and their part in it. School Library Journal May 1996