The Moon is a Silver Pond, The Sun is a Peach

by Sara Cassidy, Josée Bisaillon (Illustrator)

Originally published separately as: The Moon is a Silver Pond. Victoria, British Columbia: Orca Book Publishers, 2019 ; and: The Sun is a Peach. Victoria, British Columbia: Orca Book Publishers, 2020.

A flippable book.

In this flippable picture book, the sun and moon are used to explain the concept of metaphor.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

48 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2022

About the author

Sara Cassidy is an award-winning Canadian author of 20 acclaimed books for children and teens. Her early novel GENIUS JOLENE won the 2020 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. Her middle-grade novel NEVERS was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award in Young People's Literature and the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Two novels appeared on Kirkus's Best Middle Grade Books of 2018 and 2016: THE GREAT GOOGLINI and A BOY NAMED QUEEN.

She is the author of the highly praised picture book FLOCK, and the wordless graphic novels KUNOICHI BUNNY and HELEN'S BIRDS, a 2021 Canadian selection for the Silent Books Collection (IBBY). Her board books include I MAKE SPACE, about creating boundaries, THE SUN IS A PEACH and THE MOON IS A SILVER POND, which received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.

Sara lives on Vancouver Island and loves to visit classrooms over Zoom/Skype/Teams. sarascassidy@gmail.com

Reviews

[Kristin Nelson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nope, this book (books) did not work for me. Some of the metaphors are easy for the young reader (and me) to get. Sure, the moon is a pail of milk and the sun is an egg yolk, but the sun is a bee sting? An open book? Time?!? Way too deep for me and I'm guessing almost all picture book readers. I did love the illustration of the moon being a tunnel through the dark night as it lit up a large swath of light on a bedroom floor!

[Beth Bauman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like how this book contains two stories, back to front. Illustrations are great.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

How marvelous to combine the complementary books into a 'flippable' omnibus. I love that each ends with an invitation to the reader to come up with more metaphors.