The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

O'Leary, Sara

The Boy and the Blue Moon

40 pp. | Holt/Godwin | February, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62779-774-0 $17.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Ashley Crowley. A cat and "his boy" take a walk on the night of a blue moon, when "anything can happen." They come to a lake, climb into a waiting boat, and have a magical adventure--including a trip to the moon. The text is appropriately fanciful and lyrical; the mixed-media illustrations use gouache, graphite sticks, pastels, colored pencils, and a water brush pen to attain deeply saturated blues.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2018