The simple text will encourage beginning readers the touching tale is sure to be read again and again. Vibrant colors, fold-out pages, and a fun-filled narrative all work together to show the waxing and waning of the moon wrapped around a charming story of a father’s great love for his child. Young readers will find much to appreciate in this delightful picture book. Snow 7clouds 18.8M subscribers Subscribe 1. Then one night, a sliver of moon appears in the night sky. Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me: Miniature Edition (The World of Eric Carle Miniature Edition) Hardcover Picture Book, Augby Eric Carle (Author, Illustrator) 2,280 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 7.99 Other new and used from 1.35 Paperback 11.99 Other new and used from 1. But the moon keeps getting smaller and smaller until it disappears. She jumps and dances with the moon she hugs the moon and throws it into the air.

The moon tells Papa that he gets a little smaller every night and when he is small enough, Papa can take him to Monica.Įvery night the moon gets smaller and smaller, and when he is just the right size, Papa takes him, climbs down the ladder, and takes the moon to Monica. Papa puts the v-e-r-y l-o-n-g ladder on top of the v-e-r-y h-i-g-h mountain, and climbs up and up and up.įinally Papa reaches the moon and tells the moon that Monica wants to play with him, but he is too big. You could also connect it to the topic of giving gifts. At nearly 400 feet tall, its bigger than the Saturn V rocket that carried Apollo astronauts to the moon. About the author (2015) Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of more than seventy books for very young children, including The Tiny Seed, Papa. It’s a lovely story that is a wonderful springboard into talking about the phases of the moon or even other nature cycles. Starship is a stainless steel beast of a machine. Papa gets a v-e-r-y l-o-n-g ladder, and carries it toward a v-e-r-y h-i-g-h mountain. Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me by Eric Carle is an enchanting book about a Dad who gets the moon for his little girl.

Monica looked out her bedroom window and wished she could play with the moon, so she asked her father to get the moon for her.

Get the moon for me