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Moonlight: The Halloween Cat
Softly padding through the darkness, Moonlight explores the world on her favorite night, Halloween.
The town and countryside glow with shining stars. The wide yellow moon lights pumpkins, racoons, and children out having fun. . . .
Told in eloquently simple, lyrical words, with dazzling, luminous paintings, Moonlight evokes not just the excitement of Halloween, but something...more
The town and countryside glow with shining stars. The wide yellow moon lights pumpkins, racoons, and children out having fun. . . .
Told in eloquently simple, lyrical words, with dazzling, luminous paintings, Moonlight evokes not just the excitement of Halloween, but something...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
August 19th 2003
by HarperCollins
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Another adorable cat-Halloween book!:)
This one is more in poem form (though it doesn't rhyme-it's just that there's very few words per page, so more poem-ish I guess), but the pictures are adorable, and the story is very sweet and pretty.
The only thing I was concerned about, was the fact that the cat is given a piece of candy at the end of the story. I would have been much happier had it been a more cat-appropriate treat, just because I'm not sure how good peppermint candies are for kitty stomac...more
This one is more in poem form (though it doesn't rhyme-it's just that there's very few words per page, so more poem-ish I guess), but the pictures are adorable, and the story is very sweet and pretty.
The only thing I was concerned about, was the fact that the cat is given a piece of candy at the end of the story. I would have been much happier had it been a more cat-appropriate treat, just because I'm not sure how good peppermint candies are for kitty stomac...more
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So cute!!! The picture of the kitty curled op cozily on a scarecrow's lap is just too precious!!!
Moonlight: The Halloween Cat by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet is a soothing story of a black cat who loves Halloween.
Moonlight the cat enjoys wandering at night, but Halloween night is her favorite. She likes the smiling pumpkins and the straw scarecrow laps. Moonlight follows the trick or treating children. Moonlight likes to watch the yellow moon, flying owls, and wandering raccoons. Moonlight loves the shining pumpkins and stars, and the dropped candy treats!
Rylant writes in rh...more
Moonlight the cat enjoys wandering at night, but Halloween night is her favorite. She likes the smiling pumpkins and the straw scarecrow laps. Moonlight follows the trick or treating children. Moonlight likes to watch the yellow moon, flying owls, and wandering raccoons. Moonlight loves the shining pumpkins and stars, and the dropped candy treats!
Rylant writes in rh...more
This is such a gentle and beautifully illustrated book about Halloween told from the perspective of a black cat who loves the night, especially Halloween Night. The kids hung on every word of the simple text and studied the beautiful illustrations with great interest. This is an amazing book that presents everything that is Halloween in a non-scary and gentle manner. Great ending book for a storytime.
In my continued search to understand how Halloween is marketed to kids these days, I read this little book. The text is pretty simple--can't see it appealing to kids over the age of five--but I like the fact that it features a cat with black fur, and writes about both the cat and the holiday with a charming, fear free approach.
I think my students and children will like this story of a cat that loves Halloween. I liked it...until the last couple of pages...just didn't like the end much. It repeats a few lines from the beginning and then adds that the cat finds a candy. It just didn't seem to flow as nicely as I would expect from Rylant.
I would give one and a half or two stars to this book.
I certainly do recognize the illustrations handiwork of Melissa Sweet from her collaboration with James Howe on the often lauded "Pinky and Rex" series, but this book provides an excellent vehicle for her to take her artistic abilities to another level.
The beautiful, panoramic paintings compliment the graceful writing of Cynthia Rylant to perfection, as one of my favorite versatile authors proves that she is very adept at taking a subject...more
I certainly do recognize the illustrations handiwork of Melissa Sweet from her collaboration with James Howe on the often lauded "Pinky and Rex" series, but this book provides an excellent vehicle for her to take her artistic abilities to another level.
The beautiful, panoramic paintings compliment the graceful writing of Cynthia Rylant to perfection, as one of my favorite versatile authors proves that she is very adept at taking a subject...more
This story follows the journey of Moonlight, a black cat, on Halloween night. She travels around her neighborhood and finds many things to keep her entertained! The simple sentences and colorful pages of this book make it the perfect find for a beginning reader.
This is a very simple picture book about a cat who loves Halloween. We follow the cat as she skulks about on Halloween night and finds some candy. even though the text is sparse and the story simple, there is something endearing about Moonlight that makes you forget all of the bad stereotypes about black cats.
The acrylic and colored pencil illustrations are beautiful done in large bold strokes that brighten the nighttime setting.
The acrylic and colored pencil illustrations are beautiful done in large bold strokes that brighten the nighttime setting.
I like the story of a black cat touring the neighborhood for Halloween. However, as a volunteer for a local animal rescue, I worry that children will find it okay to let their black cats out at night. Not cool for the cat these days.
I read this for story time and the kids really liked it. I personally thought it was rather boring, but I'm an adult who doesn't care much for cats...so what do I know?
Good for a Halloween read-aloud.
Good for a Halloween read-aloud.
Moonlight is an indoor/outdoor cat who loves to wander at night. Not the safest life for a kitty cat, but a fun one!
Moonlight travels around her neighborhood on Halloween night and loves it!! Her favorite night of the year.
Moonlight travels around her neighborhood on Halloween night and loves it!! Her favorite night of the year.
Meg didn't particularly like this (I didn't really either). I think it's because the pictures weren't the greatest compared to some others we've looked at lately and the story was a bit choppy.
I agree with my son that this was "stereotypical" - and it wasn't even believable - how lame to expect dogs *sleeping by the fire* on Halloween. I think Rylant is getting lazy.
The illustrations are gorgeous but the story does not go along with it.
Moonlight the cat loves everything about Halloween, from pumpkins to children to candy.
Moonlight the cat loves everything about Halloween, from pumpkins to children to candy.
Cute story about a cat who loves Halloween most and what he sees as he travels at night during Halloween. Preschool to Kindergarten.
I love this book. My one problem with it is the very last page - something that is not healthy for cats is the "happy ending." Maybe she'll just play with it... That's what I'll probably tell the kiddo.
Great illustrations and not too many words per page. Will work nicely for Circle Time Language Group.
A cute Halloween themed book about a cat who loves halloween.
Halloween book.
This is a fun book to read at Halloween. The cat explores his neighborhood and sees all kinds of kids and creatures on Halloween night. The narrative is simple and the illustrations are colorful, yet dark, to convey the friendly spookiness of Halloween.
I really like this Halloween book and think it would be a great choice for storytime with toddlers and preschoolers because it's not scary in the least. The illustrations are gorgeous and it's cool to see Halloween from a cat's perspective.
This book is mostly about the cat Moonlight and what it likes to do. The storyline seems somewhat repetitive. I guess I was expecting a little more from this book, but it's a fun one to get from the library for Halloween.
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An author of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for children and young adults as well as an author and author/illustrator of picture books for children, Cynthia Rylant is recognized as a gifted writer who has contributed memorably to several genres of juvenile literature. A prolific author who often bases her works on her own background, especially on her childhood in the West Virginia mountains, she...more
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