The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Banks, Kate Hallensleben, Georg, Illustrator

And If the Moon Could Talk

34 pp. | Farrar/Foster | January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-374-30299-5

(1) PS Banks and Hallensleben's third collaboration evokes the powerful bedtime magic of 'Goodnight Moon': the opening scene finds a young child in a large but cozy room filled with familiar objects. However, the book then soars out of the house to take in the vast world. Banks's rhythmic text subtly conveys the theme of a great and wondrous world while never sacrificing the comfort and security of parental love, and Hallensleben's rich, luxuriant palette moves adeptly in and out of the home.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.