梦幻月圆夜

by （美）亚当·雷克斯

魔法象图画书王国ME003：日本动画大师宫崎骏、《绘本之力》作者之一柳田邦男推荐俄罗斯经典动画电影《雾中的刺猬》同名图画书。一场大雾带来的惊奇之旅，向孩子展现爱与幸福的真谛！

《雾中的刺猬》是广西师大出版社魔法象图画书王国推出的作品之一。

黄昏的薄暮里，小刺猬出发去小熊家，他们准备一起喝茶、一起数星星。走着走着，雾中出现了一匹白马，好奇的小刺猬走入雾中，想知道在雾中是什么感觉。可是大雾中什么也看不见，只有突然冒出来的飞蛾、蝙蝠、大象和猫头鹰，小刺猬在一片白茫茫的雾里迷了路。惊慌失措中，他掉进了河里。在一条鱼的帮助下，他终于回到了小熊身边。就在小熊焦急地诉说着对他的担心时，小刺猬却定定地望着前方，陷入了沉思。

★ 本书荣获2001年第48届日本产经儿童出版文化奖（美术奖）

★ 俄罗斯国宝级动画导演尤里•诺尔斯金同名动画电影荣获东京拉普达动画节“跨时代的...

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森林鱼国际绘本大师经典。

月亮跟着一个小女孩回了家，住在她家后院里，于是太阳无法升起，小镇陷入昏睡状态。在课堂上，同学们昏昏欲睡，连老师也打着瞌睡；在大街上，朋克乐队唱起了催眠曲；在广场上，大伙儿都打着呵欠；还有邻居家狂叫的狗⋯⋯于是，这家人决定开车把月亮送回山顶（他们就是从那儿把月亮接回家的），让小镇恢复正常的生活。那些经常在车上昏昏欲睡的孩子会特别喜欢这些常见的场景，这个幻想故事的框架就是来源于此。

★美国总统奥巴马买给女儿的成长礼物

★《纽约时报》畅销书作家亚当·雷克斯新作

★激发孩子想象力、培养孩子的观察能力

★一个具有催眠效果的超现实主义睡前故事

★散文诗般的语言，富有内在的节奏和韵律，由青年翻译家、《猫武士》系列译者张子漠老师精心雕琢

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记得小的时候，走夜路，常常会看着月亮跟着自己一起走，这份孩提时美好的体验，是那么的熟悉。

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Genres: Picture Books, Fantasy, Childrens, Fiction, Space, Storytime, Juvenile

48 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2013

Reviews

[Kaethe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is part of my 365 Kids Books challenge. For a fuller explanation see my review for 101 Amazing Facts about Australia You can see all the books on their own shelf. Yay, Reviewers list is fixed, as far as I can tell. Still waiting for the Readers list to be fixed, though.

Continuing my romp through just some of the fabulous Rex books.

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8 August, 2019

Everyone has moon displays for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing and for the theme of this year's summer reading programs. So I picked it up again. Still love it.

Also I worked out that what I only very dimly remember is (probably) the landing, not the moonwalk. It was a big deal about the moon on TV in the afternoon is all I recall, and I am by no means confident that I really remember it, rather than having created a memory over the years. Everyone remembers where they were when they heard certain momentous news events, but comparisons of memories immediately after such events and a year or more later show that most of us are far off in our accounts, so I remain skeptical about my accuracy in every regard.

You know what I do remember vividly and confidently from that same year? Dr Seuss books (One Fish, Two Fish and Fox in Socks), the apartment building fire somewhere close enough to walk to, two of my Christmas presents (a Snoopy-shaped pillow with my name on it and a little flying saucer toy with a purple alien inside), practicing writing my name correctly on the floor of my mother's bedroom while listening to a tape that was a letter from my father who was in Viet Nam [apparently my preschool teacher had taught me an incorrect spelling], some kind of Pop Tart-like breakfast food shaped like an elephant in chocolate (my favorite) or a lion in peanut butter (my brother's favorite), breaking a tooth on same, Space Food Sticks, and Tang.

Feel free to share what you remember from 1969, if you do, or from the year you were four, if you don't, or about the moon.

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16 May, 2014

Now everyone is going to be wanting one! I love the idea of a small planatoid in my backyard. Sure, there are drawbacks, but apparently it's possible to get the gravity just right, so that one can walk around upside down like the Little Prince.

Gorgeous story with a clever kid.

Library copy

[Paula · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is so light, light in a lovely, slow, dancing way. It is quiet like snow falling and branches creaking and little taps of chalk on chalkboard. It's like a nice song playing on a radio through a window down the street.

But the specific things I appreciate are these:

1. Lines with rhythm and a little internal rhyme in places, but not rhyming text: "Hushed, they shuffled through slush and dozed off at stoplights."

2. A mom who is up for the adventure but practical at the same time: "Okay. Zip up your coat."

3. Some of the best painting I've seen Adam Rex do, and I'm a fan. Architecture, faces, cars - very glowing and layered, and in fact now that I'm looking at it, not painting, or not all painting. Rough pastels or colored pencil is involved. Gives everything a grainy, nighttime texture.

In a year of marvelous picture books, this is a treasure.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

What is supposed to be an imaginative and beautiful take on a child's day with the moon, comes off as confusing, by trying to do too much in its short space. When the moon comes down from the sky it causes mayhem to the world's sleep cycle, tides, and dogs. The author mentions how important the moon is, but barely gets across how much it would be affected, in fact it makes light of what would happen. Certainly, the moon is depicted with great beauty, but even that is given little attention.

As a child's tale, disbelief could be suspended as to why the moon is there, but the presence of the child's parents, who question neither its appearance, nor panic at what would certainly mean the end of the world, only emphasizes its illogical aspects.

If the story focused on one or two points, this could have been a triumph, but the story of the child has no clear point, the information on the moon is too briefly addressed, and the moon itself is not given enough time to truly shine.

[Becca]

Moonday by Adam Rex is my nominee for the 2014 Caldecott winner. I chose this particular book because the drawings were so colorful and electric that it draws in your attention so fiercely. When the little girl discovers that the moon has lowered into her very own backyard, the illuminus moon just shines right out of the book. The reflections from the bright moon onto the people are outstandingly drawn and really gives the reader a feel for how bright the moon really is. This illuminating effect that the illustrator/author gave the book was the reason I think it will win the next Caldecott award. It really is mezmorizing to look at, almost as if the real moon was on the page!

[Vivian · Rating 2 out of 5]

I can appreciate the child's fascination with the moon. I vividly recall observing the moon through the car window and having the sensation that it was following me home. That is the crux of this story, but it leaps to hyperbole in the same way the story about what would happen if it were Christmas every day. The story trounces on the romance a child has with the moon. Didn't like the illustrations either.

[Just a Girl Fighting Censorship · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice whimsical story about the moon following a girl home. The star of this story is the beautiful artwork, the moon is gleaming out of the page, gorgeous. A great bedtime story. Keep an eye out for a cameo from the author as the bespectacled father.

[Miss Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrated picture book about the full moon. I am using this book for my family program.

[Aneesa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reminded me of books I read as a child, like Tuesday and June 29, 1999.

[Meg Stolte · Rating 4 out of 5]

Moonday is an imaginative, beautifully illustrated book about a little girl who wakes up to find the moon has descended into her backyard. Morning never comes, and everyone at school and throughout the town is sleepy and drowsy as they go about their day in darkness. Meanwhile, the main character and her parents try to cover the moon with tablecloths before they decide to go for a drive, where they can then see the moon from afar, on top of their hill.
This book is a picture book, as it contains mostly pictures with a few lines of text on each page. It’s aimed at young children, likely for K-2, and my first thought while reading it was that it’d be a fun stepping stone to a writer’s workshop connection. Since the book deals with an imaginative thought – what would happen if the moon descended into your backyard? – the story covers the consequences of this, including the tides rushing into the backyard, and many dogs running over to howl at the moon. In a classroom setting, a teacher could use a creative writing prompt similar to this, such as: what would happen if the sun descended into your backyard instead of the moon? What would happen? The teacher could also point out the subtle details in the story, as well; for example, the little girl is in the car with her family at both the beginning and the end of the story, and ends up being tucked into bed. The class could discuss how the whole story might have been a dream, and could talk about how when we ride in a car at night, the moon seems to follow us as we drive. This could tie in some science concepts, as well, if studying the moon or the planets, and can touch on misconceptions about the moon (such as the thought that it “follows” you as you drive in a car).

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

When the moon decides to hover in an admiring child's backyard, at first it seems rather cool to have the moon so close at hand. But the rest of the town, even the teacher and students, seem tired and sleepy. It even attracts the attention of howling dogs and the tides. Eventually, the youngster decides that too much of a good thing might not be desirable, and suggests taking the moon for a drive to the beach. After telling it to say there, the family returns home to a good night's sleep--presumably without the moon's glow keeping them awake. This book blends fantasy and reality in an interesting way, and the illustrations of the moon are lovely.

[Nancy Kotkin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Creative premise but the execution lacks focus. The unquestioning zombie-like people in the story, including the parents and the teacher, overtake the book, rather than concentrating on the boy's wondrous adventure with the visiting moon. For a picture book, there is way too much attention given to adults.

[Becket · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting departure for Adam Rex--this is a more dreamy, luminous story and style than some of his previous, more madcap work.

The page depicting the lullaby-crooning garage band especially tickled me.

[Mike Hutchinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great picture book from Mr. Rex. Not as silly as his past works, but he did force us to have the conversation with our 4th grader of how moon could be a noun and a verb. The art is perfect and the story is magic.

[Beverly · Rating 5 out of 5]

A unique, lovely story in which the moon follows a girl home and stays in her backyard. While it is fun for her to walk all around the moon, the moon also keeps the next day from arriving. Very nice paintings.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quirky with gorgeous, photo realistic illustrations. If you've ever rode in the backseat of a car and watched the moon "chase" you, you will find a lot to like in this imaginative story.

[Miss Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty illustrations, weird story

[Jennifer Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have loved Adam Rex since I stumbled upon Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich on display in a local bookshop years ago. That was before I even had a kid to rationalize the purchase, but I got it anyway. It is a perfect storm of morbid humor and expressive illustration, and it still makes me laugh out loud in some places. Rex is one of the rare author-illustrators whose prose and art are *both* remarkable.

Moonday is a simpler, quieter story. But as with FMAS, Rex once again pairs a poetic sensibility with deft, detail-rich art. What happens when the moon follows a family home and hangs out in their backyard? Well, morning might not come. Yawns might become extra contagious. The tide might come in around the house.

My little guy loves the silly idea of walking around and around on the backyard-bound moon. I like the rhythmic, sleepy language. A win for both of us.

[Misbah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little boy watches the moon out of his car window and that night the moon comes down to Earth and hangs low in the boy's backyard. They try to get rid of it but it doesn't budge and engulfs the town in perpetual night. When the whole town just walks around sleepy, they decide that the moon must go back up in the sky. In the end, they finally manage to get it back up there.




Reminds me of those quiet moonlit nights of my childhood that I would spend watching the moon follow us as we drove along in our car. There's a particular instance that comes to mind. I think it was the day we bought this musical alarm clock from a mom and pop toy store. We went there a few times that month because they had just opened and were having a sale.

[Sheri · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is about the moon and the colors of pages are dark because it is told at night with the moon shining. The fantasy part is when the moon actually sits just over the child's backyard almost touching the ground, the parents cover the moon, and the child stands on the moon. Shows a time when school is in but the darkness outside and the moon's presence is still there. Maybe the read aloud would be a time to question real vs. fantasy and what to believe and not to believe.

[Christy · Rating 5 out of 5]

What do you do when the moon lowers itself into your backyard?
When mornings are replaced by perpetual night,
and people sigh-sleep in their eyes.
What do you do when the tide comes in,
and all the neighborhood dogs won't stop howling?

You take the moon for a ride.

Adam Rex creates a fantastic tale that is both imaginative and beautiful; one that blurs the line between dreams and reality

[Adriii · Rating 3 out of 5]

Llegué a Moonday después de disfrutar "On account of the gum" y, aunque me resulta menos redondo, me fascina el talento de Adam Rex. Tanto el estilo como el tono son muy distintos aquí; este es más melancólico, más surrealista, más ambiguo; más adulto, si me apuras. Consigue una atmósfera onírica nostálgica muy guay, pero quizá se queda corto en la ejecución de su idea. Creo que le habría sentado muy bien tener más páginas.

[Yesha · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book, although the illustration style was mixed for me: I loved some of the illustrations, especially the way the moon was depicted; but the way the people were shown was a mixed bag (in my opinion.)

However, I LOVED the story and the sweet strangeness of it, and the perfectness of it for a nighttime story! Ergo the five stars!

[elsewhere · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Moonday” by Adam Rex had had a creative premise – the moon on a family’s backyard – although I would have to say that I was not as invested in the text of this storybook. But overall, the combination of the art and plot was satisfactory and would make a good story to read aloud to children.

[Jordan Barnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

An adorable story about a child discovering that the moon has decided to land in their backyard along with everything that comes with the moon such as tides and dogs staring over their fence to see it. With the moon in their backyard, the whole town is sleepy until the child finds a way to bring the moon back into the sky. Very imaginative!

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this little surreal story. When the moon turns up in our protag's backyard, what happens next? The artwork was lovely, too. This is a perfect bedtime story, and just the thing for my first read of 2018!

[Trisha Parsons · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love that this picture book encourages abstract thinking and playfulness as the moon is hanging out in this family's backyard and causing tidal waves in their yard and darkness all around the town. The family has to figure out how to get the moon back in the sky.

[Meg · Rating 1 out of 5]

Reading a bunch of moon picture books in advance of the Lunar Landing anniversary in July, but this one just did not click with me. I thought the story was completely nonsensical. Maybe that would be charming for some readers, but I wasn't enchanted.

[Maeve · Rating 3 out of 5]

A young girl, on the way home, notices the moon is following her...and it ends up in her backyard! The whole town is affected; until the little girl realizes they must put the moon back!

A cute fantasy picture book with beautiful illustrations.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

One night the moon shows up in a boy's back yard. Now what does he do with it?

[Molly Cluff (Library!) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cool illustrations