Book Description
for Switching on the Moon by G. Brian Karas, Jane Yolen, and Andrew Fusek Peters
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
As they did in Here’s a Little Poem (U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2007), Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters have collaborated on an anthology of poems for young children that delight and, in this volume, inspire quiet contemplation perfect for bedtime. The selectors/contributors (both have written several of the poems included) have clearly made an effort to include a range of poems and poets not typically found in other anthologies (along with a few favorites), making this a welcome and distinctive contribution to poetry books for young children. The poems are divided into sections titled “Going to Bed,” “Sweet Dreams,” and “In the Night.” G. Brian Karas’s soft, soothing illustrations spanning the page-spreads feature comforting hues and eye-pleasing scenes. (Ages 1–5)
CCBC Choices 2011. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2011. Used with permission.