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Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me
by
Eric Carle
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me In this unique and delightful picture book, the story literally unfolds as pages open dramatically, extending both outward and upward. Monica wants the moon to play with, so her Papa sets out to get it for her. It isn't easy to climb all the way up to the moon, but he finally succeeds -- only to find that the moon is too big to carry home!...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
August 20th 1991
by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
(first published April 1st 1987)
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Nov 06, 2008
Rob
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
little spoiled brats that have everything except a grasp of logical, natural consequences
Shelves:
with-holden
What kind of message was Eric Carle sending here? The "Papa" in this story is a hopeless push-over -- the way that little girl bosses him around! Going for whimsy and fantasy is one thing but this little brat has done nothing to earn the heroic feat that her father performs. And then she acts all surprised when the waning moon disappears? She looked old enough to have put together the pieces of lunar dynamics on her own.
I will say this though: the way the pages fold out is extra creative. For th...more
I will say this though: the way the pages fold out is extra creative. For th...more
Our summer school theme is NASA and space this year. So, I am teaching fiction and non-fiction about the moon, stars, and aliens. We have lots and lots of cool plans. For example, we are designing our own life-sized aliens, having spaceship races (decorated Frisbee), writing poems about what the moon is really made of: green cheese, milk, white chocolate, a pearl... Their ideas are vast and fun. As a part of summer school, we are reading tons and tons of moon, star, and alien related books. I'll...more
Jun 30, 2011
Candice
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Sophie
Shelves:
picture-books
A story about the lengths to which a father will go in order to make his child happy. Monica sees the full moon from her window and wishes she could play with it. No matter how she stretches, she can't touch the moon, so she asks her father to get it for her. What follows is a series of pages with foldouts involving very long ladders and very high mountains, as the father makes his daughter's wish come true. It's also a story about the waxing and waning of the moon. The pictures are what we have...more
Best for kids ages 5 and up.
Early Literacy Skills: Print Awareness, Print Motivation, Narrative Skills
From cover:
Monica wants the moon to play with, so her Papa sets out to get it for her. It isn't easy to climb all the way up to the moon, but he finally succeeds - only to find that the moon is too big to carry home! The way in which this problem is solved is a joyful surprise.
Cute story with a very interesting page layout that helps the story literally unfold. Eric Carle's fanciful illustratio...more
Early Literacy Skills: Print Awareness, Print Motivation, Narrative Skills
From cover:
Monica wants the moon to play with, so her Papa sets out to get it for her. It isn't easy to climb all the way up to the moon, but he finally succeeds - only to find that the moon is too big to carry home! The way in which this problem is solved is a joyful surprise.
Cute story with a very interesting page layout that helps the story literally unfold. Eric Carle's fanciful illustratio...more
A teacher could use this book in the classroom to integrate science into a literature lesson plan.
Teachers can use this book to show how the moon changes in shape. After a read aloud, students will create a concept map to share everything the students know about the moon. The teacher can pose questions to get them to think about whether or not the moon is the same every night. Allow students to show a shape of the moon they have seen on an Oreo. This combination of this book and activities above...more
Teachers can use this book to show how the moon changes in shape. After a read aloud, students will create a concept map to share everything the students know about the moon. The teacher can pose questions to get them to think about whether or not the moon is the same every night. Allow students to show a shape of the moon they have seen on an Oreo. This combination of this book and activities above...more
Aug 25, 2009
Jack Kirby and the X-man
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommended to Jack Kirby and the X-man by:
New York Public Library
Shelves:
1980s,
2009,
author-us,
childrens,
science,
fiction,
library_book,
must-read-list-ny-public-library-10
I generally am not a huge fan of Eric Carle - but he does do the novelty book well. The little-finger-sized holes in The Very Hungry Caterpillar were true genius - and in this book he takes the fold-out-page to another level.
I also like the text-to-picture sizing - with 95% of the page taken up by illustrations.
It could be a really useful book to start a conversation about the moon and astronomy in general.
What I don't really like is the plot - which is, like most of Eric Carle's books, paper th...more
I also like the text-to-picture sizing - with 95% of the page taken up by illustrations.
It could be a really useful book to start a conversation about the moon and astronomy in general.
What I don't really like is the plot - which is, like most of Eric Carle's books, paper th...more
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I don't like that the girl is so demanding and the father is so quick to meet her demands, BUT I still like this book. I like the way it introduces the concept of the phases of the moon. Generally I am not a fan of foldout pages as they usually don't add to the story and only get ripped and bent. This book is an exception. It really adds to the story and highlight size and distance in a unique way. Well done Eric Carle. Even though it is a little old and a little long, it still worked well for l...more
The daughter wants the moon, so her father goes and gets it for her but then realizes he can not bring it home.
Children all have things that they want that sometimes are not plausible, but parents do what they can. Teaching children that when their parents try to do everything they can for them is like giving them their love is so important for them to understand.
Children will have to do a random act of kindness for someone, so that they know what it is like to give their love.
Children all have things that they want that sometimes are not plausible, but parents do what they can. Teaching children that when their parents try to do everything they can for them is like giving them their love is so important for them to understand.
Children will have to do a random act of kindness for someone, so that they know what it is like to give their love.
Teachers can use this book to show how the moon changes in shape. After a read aloud, students will create a concept map (guided by the teacher) to share everything the students know about the moon. The teacher can pose questions to get them to think about whether or not the moon is the same every night. Allow students to show a shape of the moon they have seen on an Oreo. This combination of this book and activities above would be most appropriate for students in second grade.
A simple story, told and illustrated as only Eric Carle does. Not the best book with all of its folds and flaps. I liked looking at the larger pictures and getting the idea of a very tall ladder, and a really big moon. However, our library copy is rather beat up. I would assume any copy of this book that would be checked out frequently would end up in this condition. What I liked best in this book was how the dad so willingly wanted to make his daughter's wish come true.
This story is not only artistically pleasing, but has features to the book itself that young children would love. There are pages that must be folded out, flipped up, and unfolded to reveal a moon twice the size of the book itself. The illustrations are done in an abstract, yet quite simplistic oil painting technique that emphasizes form and movement.
Monica looks out her window every night and sees the moon. She wishes to play with it so her father agrees to get the moon for her. As the nights...more
Monica looks out her window every night and sees the moon. She wishes to play with it so her father agrees to get the moon for her. As the nights...more
I thought I liked this book well enough when I read it to my son, but I thought it might be missing just a little something at the end. But then we were out walking at dusk, and he turned to me with a mischievous smile and said, "Mama, please get the moon for me." Such an unbelievably sweet moment that it didn't seem real. Enough to make me keep reading the book more than I thought I would. I also like the way it builds curiosity about the phases of the moon.
So Monica wants the moon, and Papa (in what I must admit is a very cute picture) climbs up with his very long ladder and gets it for her - what happens to the rest of us? I guess we don't get to enjoy the moon anymore because Monica was greedy and Papa couldn't say no. Veruca Salt, anyone? Carle was clearly attempting to imitate Mother Goose, but I think he should have left this story to the cat, the cow, the dish and the spoon.
A little girl asks her father to get the moon for her and her father, using an extra long ladder, finds a way to bring home a small sliver of the moon for her. Eric Carle's style is distinctive and beautiful and this book hits just the right note. I loved the interactive fold outs and the dark blue sky.
Recommended for young readers, this book could also be used with elementary students as part of a moon or space themed science unit.
Recommended for young readers, this book could also be used with elementary students as part of a moon or space themed science unit.
Beautiful illustrations and a cute story about the lengths a father will go to make his child happy.
This book got the "storytime stamp of approval". My storytime crowd was pretty restless the day I read this book, but when opened the first foldout page, they were almost instantly attentive. When I was finished, they all crowded around the book on the floor and took turns opening the big foldout of the moon.
This book got the "storytime stamp of approval". My storytime crowd was pretty restless the day I read this book, but when opened the first foldout page, they were almost instantly attentive. When I was finished, they all crowded around the book on the floor and took turns opening the big foldout of the moon.
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle is a cute story that could be taught in a science lesson teaching students about the moon and how it changes shape. It could also be used to teach calendar because students could observe the moon during the daytime or nighttime and record how it looks in a calendar they create, in order to see the moon's different shapes. I would use this book for students in 2nd-4th grade.
The silliness of the concept of "getting" the moon is the winning element at read-aloud time with this book. The girl asks Papa to get the moon, so he does: a big long ladder (pages fold out to make room) is all it takes. When the moon wanes, it's a good size to transport back to the girl, and then when it waxes, it's back in the sky and getting larger each night. An obvious tie-in for units about the moon.
This is one of my favorite Eric Carle books. My kindergarten class really enjoyed this book. We talked about the moon today in class. I then read this book. I think they really enjoyed the pages that open in this book to make a bigger picture!! It kept their attention and they could identify with seeing the many shapes of the moon (crescent, new moon, half moon, full moon, etc.)
What a clever little book. Eric Carle author of The Very Hungry Caterillar put together another wonderful book to not only delight my son but I as well. I love his timeless artwork. The blue/green skies are magical. He too put a lot of imagination not only in the story but how the pages unfolded before your eyes. This is a very fun read and just the purfect size for my little guy.
Eric Carle's delightful illustrations combined with some clever paper engineering. A little girl wants the moon, so her father fetches a very, very tall ladder to get it for her.
You know you know what Eric Carle's illustrations look like. You've read The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Don't lie.
Short, sweet story with fun fold-out pages. Great for a story time for toddlers.
You know you know what Eric Carle's illustrations look like. You've read The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Don't lie.
Short, sweet story with fun fold-out pages. Great for a story time for toddlers.
Sure, it sets impossible standards for myself as a father whose limits are planted firmly within reality. And sure, it plays fast and loose with the laws of physics. But my two-year-old loves it, from the angular paintings to the fold-out pages, from the daddy and daughter to the moon and stars. And isn't that all that really matters?
I loved this book! It has beautiful, fold out pages, and even one pop-up page!
Basically, the little girl in the story wants her father to get her the moon! It's all lovely until he actually gets it for her. It waxes and wanes, something my preschool story time audience just couldn't quite grasp. They couldn't understand why one day it disappears entirely.
We did had a little talk about pretending because really no one can have the moon! It's too high! This Papa loves his little girl a lot to tr...more
Basically, the little girl in the story wants her father to get her the moon! It's all lovely until he actually gets it for her. It waxes and wanes, something my preschool story time audience just couldn't quite grasp. They couldn't understand why one day it disappears entirely.
We did had a little talk about pretending because really no one can have the moon! It's too high! This Papa loves his little girl a lot to tr...more
This is a cute story about a little girl who wants to play with the moon. Her papa tries to get it for her but it is too big. The moon tells him not to worry because he will get smaller every night. Illustrations are great and the pages are so unique. This would be a good story to read before teaching phases of the moon in second grade.
I was reading this book while waiting for my dad and of course it reminded me of the unconditional love most parents have for their child. The simplicity of the book and illustrations plus the ending of the book is something you don't read everyday in children's books. I guess the timing was just right when I read this.
I got this book the same time my preschool's science class was learning about the sun, moon and stars. she knows that the moon gets its light from the sun and asks me how come the size of the moon changes. it was easier to explain to her why in this book the moon gets smaller and smaller then grows back again!
This is an interesting book. First of all, it is one of my favorite Eric Carle books. Second, this book has some pull-outs that add to the reading experience. Finally, I like how the phases of the moon are presented here. This is something I will use with my students to introduce them to our study of the moon.
May 07, 2010
Dolly
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
parents reading with their children
A sweet book about the lengths a parent will go to in order to make their children happy. Like most of Mr. Carle's books, this one has some educational component (the phases of the moon) that is subtly incorporated into the story. The fold out pages are fun to look at, especially when reading aloud with children.
As with all Eric Carle books the illustrations are the highlight. I didn't like the folding of pages, it was a bit cumbersome to read at bedtime with the kids. On one hand it's a sweet story about a dad who would do anything to make his little girl happy, but I didn't find the story very engaging.
Great for the phases of the moon. It shows each phase but does it in cute story form. I love it because of the father daughter relationship. This can also be used for younger grades to introduce night and day but personally I like the phases of the moon lesson better.
Grade: 4th- phases of the moon
Grade: 4th- phases of the moon
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Eric Carle (born June 25, 1929) is a children's book author and illustrator, most famous for his book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which has been translated into over 30 languages. Since The Very Hungry Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 71 million copies of his books have sold around...more
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