The Magic Moon Machine

Magic Castle Readers

by Jane Belk Moncure, Linda Hohag (Illustrator), Dan Spoden (Illustrator)

An astronaut in a magic moon machine agrees to take Kim with him on his journey, but Kim has so much baggage the machine will not fly.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1920

About the author

Jane Belk Moncure (born December 1926) is an American author of early childhood non-fiction, fiction and poetry. She has also written under the names Bruce Wannamaker and Jennie Davis.

Moncure has lived in Virginia and North Carolina. She worked in early childhood education for thirty-five years. She lives in Elon College, North Carolina.

Moncure is a creative and prolific author: there are millions of her books in circulation, and they are widely distributed in schools and libraries. Distribution has been primarily through The ChildsWorld, ChildrensPress and Scholastic. Her creations and works include My First Steps to Reading, My First Steps to Math, My First Steps to Science, Word Bird, The Soundbox Books, and The Magic Castle Series. Her works have been translated into British English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Malay. Belk Library, Elon University holds a collection of all published books by Moncure.

Jane Belk Moncure is a recipient of the C.S. Lewis Award and over the past 20 years, her works were recognized by numerous Awards. Most recently, in 2008, Jane received the Scholastic Teacher's Choice Award for her outstanding contribution to the My First Steps to Learning Program. --from Wikipedia

Reviews

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 3 out of 5]

We did enjoy the absurdity of this one and the rhyming.

[Brittany]

An astronaut in a magic moon machine agrees to take Kim with him on his journey, but Kim has so much baggage the machine will not fly.

This book is fun although I would probably use it as entertainment only. I would like to have this book in my library collection so that students can read it and take an AR test on it.

[Christine Levinge · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to use as a math lesson read-aloud. The whole story is filled with counting and math problems. Also, the story is cute and funny and the kids will really enjoy it.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

great system of books to help teach children to read, each book shows one or more lessons on words, repetition or sound editions. this system has great colorful books with very simple books

[Claudia Telleria · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book! It is such a goo childrens book for beginners. I love the artwork and the context! I would include this in my classroom.

[Kymberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute & simple read for beginner reader. Could show of what clutter does, stops us from going where we want to go.

[Verylazydaisy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kids loved this book so much, they had the story memorized and would still ask me to read it again. Love this book, and the whole series of similar titles.

[Alyssa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Could work for storytime.