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Eliza and the Moonchild
A small moonchild tires of his white, white moon surroundings and whizzes down to earth only to find it a shadow-dark place without color. He meets Eliza, who reassures him that the morning will bring color, and together they watch the sun rise while the little girl paints all they see. The moonchild returns home with their picture and paintbox of his own that he uses to bring color to his world too.
- GenresPicture Books
32 pages, Hardcover
First published April 5, 2007
About the author
Emma Chichester Clark
280 books58 followersEducation:
Chelsea School of Art, B.A. (with honors), 1978;
Royal College of Art, M.A. (with honors), 1983.
Additional information about her life can be found at:
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1059...
Chelsea School of Art, B.A. (with honors), 1978;
Royal College of Art, M.A. (with honors), 1983.
Additional information about her life can be found at:
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1059...
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September 13, 2021
This open-hearted story of a Moonchild who journeys to Earth in search of colour is dazzling in every sense!
Emma Chichester Clark is the talented writer/illustrator of the Blue Kangaroo and Wagtail Town series - I love the emotional literacy of her stories and my children have fallen in love with her characters. They are complex and real and explore the reasons why we might act out - but without being "worthy" or agenda-driven - just a total joy to read.
This story is is slightly pared-back and should resonate particularly with younger readers. The Moonchild and his mother live on a stark white world, and he is transfixed by the distant colours he can see on Earth. So early one morning he crash-lands into a garden and meets Eliza! Without waking anyone else up, Eliza names the colours for him one by one, and to his delight, captures them in paint.
She painted the purple butterflies.
"How about this, do you like this?"
"I love this!'
Emma Chichester Clark's sensitive drawings gradually introduce more hues (they are exquisite - complex and somehow calm, beautiful without being busy) until (spoiler!) the perspective pulls back and we realise that Eliza's colourful wilderness is actually a roof garden in the heart of a city - someone has painstakingly cultivated their own dream of colour in an otherwise monochrome environment.
Maybe it's just because I live in the 'hood and on the way to the library my children sing "the road is grey and the sky is grey, the houses are grey and..." you get the idea, but this gentle uplifting story was an instant favourite in our house, and it lent itself well to follow-up activities playing with colour and paint.
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We loved this book!
Emma Chichester Clark is the talented writer/illustrator of the Blue Kangaroo and Wagtail Town series - I love the emotional literacy of her stories and my children have fallen in love with her characters. They are complex and real and explore the reasons why we might act out - but without being "worthy" or agenda-driven - just a total joy to read.
This story is is slightly pared-back and should resonate particularly with younger readers. The Moonchild and his mother live on a stark white world, and he is transfixed by the distant colours he can see on Earth. So early one morning he crash-lands into a garden and meets Eliza! Without waking anyone else up, Eliza names the colours for him one by one, and to his delight, captures them in paint.
She painted the purple butterflies.
"How about this, do you like this?"
"I love this!'
Emma Chichester Clark's sensitive drawings gradually introduce more hues (they are exquisite - complex and somehow calm, beautiful without being busy) until (spoiler!) the perspective pulls back and we realise that Eliza's colourful wilderness is actually a roof garden in the heart of a city - someone has painstakingly cultivated their own dream of colour in an otherwise monochrome environment.
Maybe it's just because I live in the 'hood and on the way to the library my children sing "the road is grey and the sky is grey, the houses are grey and..." you get the idea, but this gentle uplifting story was an instant favourite in our house, and it lent itself well to follow-up activities playing with colour and paint.
How about this book, did we like this book?
We loved this book!
October 27, 2021
A lovely little story about a moonchild who wants to find colours so visits Earth. Lovely illustrations. I liked the surprise when we zoomed out to find out where Eliza lived.
March 6, 2009
Weird concept, but still cute.
July 29, 2011
This book will remind you how lucky we are that we live in such a colorful world. This is a new favorite in our house. You must read this to your children.
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